Flying Solo - Week Eight

Let me preface this post with the following comment: The dog is ok.

It will make sense shortly, I promise.

Now down to business.... actually, this week held a little too little business for me. I was laid up with a monster cold that had me curled on my couch sipping cup-a-soups with a pained look on my face. (I'm a bit of a baby when I'm sick). You?

By mid-week I had pretty much recovered, so I decided to celebrate being able to go outside with a trip to get my nails painted. I hop in my car, pull out of my alley and as I'm completing the turn - BANG! - a huge something collides with my passenger side.

I'm thinking "What the heck was that?!?!" So I pull over, jump out of the car and a big and bashful dog comes over and licks my hand with a slightly stunned look on his face.

Yup. I was hit by a dog. As Mrs. Doubtfire would say: "it was a drive-by dogging!"

Turns out the dog was being walked by a friend of its owner, a 50-something guy who brought the dog out without a leash and was chatting with a neighbour (i.e. not watching the dog) when the dog decided to tear up the street on its own.

The poor dog is ok, but it left a $1200-$1500 dent in my car!! I spent the next day collecting quotes from body shops to get it fixed. The guy walking the dog was giving me the run around, and it looked like a $300 deductible claim was coming out of my pocket. Not happy!

Finally JZ (my guy), in a flash of brilliance suggested I go to Canadian Tire and pick up a giant suction-cup thing that pulls dents out. Its $7 price tag sounded much better than $300, so I gave it a go. After a few heaves with all his body weight JZ pulled the dent out! Now my car looks much better, with only a minor dent left to remind me of the dog incident.

My poor car has now been hit by two uninsured things: a dog, and last year - a cyclist (the biker fell off the sidewalk, his bike dented my hood, then he bounced back up and rode away). Awesome luck, right?? JZ suggested I watch out for pianos rolling down the street, but personally I'm hoping this is the last of these bizarre incidents!

Have you ever been hit by something weird? What else should I be on the lookout for?

Bon weekend everyone - keep it clean, and keep it safe!
xo