Mean Streets

I have been a little too preoccupied to write this week - first there was the excitement of getting a job (hooray for me!) and then there was the trauma of my car crash.  It was outside my house, and I was just turning into my drive from our notoriously hazardous road, when some madman came screeching up behind me way too fast, couldn't brake in time and so went smashing into the back of me.  And then, to add serious insult to injury, he took one sideways glance in my general direction and then sped off up the road.  Luckily, there was an ambulance parked just a few houses up and she saw the whole thing and caught his license plate and called the police.  It was a bit of an ordeal I don't mind telling you, and even though you don't think it will something like that kind of shakes you up for a little while.  To top it all off, the b*****d doesn't have insurance and they haven't arrested him yet, so it looks like my first month's wages will be going on my car repairs.  Just brilliant.