Our car got side-swiped by an old man this morning. I was in the left most lane and he decided that he wanted to be in that lane too - so over he went and into the side of the Volvo. He didn't stop, so as the car wasn't too damaged I drove up to him at the lights and raised my hands in a "WTF?" gesture? and he said through his wound-up window "you were in my blind spot" and off he went when the light changed to green.
So my daughter and I continued on our journey and then checked the damage, which I guess is minimal...some scratches, broken plastic and thing on the side completely gone. Then I thought maybe I should go to the Police about this.

The police man was very nice and took down what I was saying then came out to see the car. Later on he called me and said that he couldn't get the old guy on the phone but his wife was home and she said "but he wouldn't have know what he's done as he is deaf". (!) So - I'm not too bothered about the damage but should get the car checked in case something else has happened, like maybe the wheel alignment, I don't know, I'm not a mechanic.

It sure does add drama to the day!

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We are in the first week of school holidays and have been lucky to have lovely weather. Today its just me and my girl home, so we've been playing board games and just 'chillaxin'. Its nice to do that. This weekend we are going camping in the Flinders Ranges. I haven't been camping for about 21 years! So this is going to be a huge adventure. At the moment we don't have a tent - or any camping equipment - so I'm hoping that we can all that sorted tomorrow. There is supposed to be rain coming in but I'm hoping that it won't.

Last night I went out with my friend for a belated birthday celebration. We had a lovely dinner out at the Belgian Beer Bar, had an Oost plate to share, then to the movies to watch The September Issue. I had really been looking forward to seeing this movie/doco - and it didn't let me down. I loved it and would actually like to see it again. Not sure what got me so into it, what I did like was witnessing the dynamics between the Vogue staff and just how they work to put the magazine together. It was representative of the working process, how it goes from ideas to the resulting product - and then the gap between intentions and result.

My daughter is listening to a Charlie & Lola CD and it is quite distracting...but anyway...

Uni was so frustrating yesterday I really wanted some kind of physical act to occur! My supervisor seems to have amnesia and is very forgetful about what we've agreed on etc, so it feels like I am doing the same things twice. Or what was important is suddenly not important. It always feels like I am uncertain as to what to do. But my progress report is signed off for the year - so that is the important thing.