So life is always full of ups and downs. Sometimes we are given a choice....will we see the glass as half empty or half full?
Are you ready? Here goes....
Last week I embarked on a quest for a new certification. (Les Mills-Body Flow) It's a high intensity training that is not for the faint of heart or body. I worried about my ability to make it through....but I came through with flying colors. Now I just need to submit a video of me teaching and I am good to go...
..but that will have to wait because....
I was in a car wreck not 10 min after leaving the gym to head home. It was a pretty bad accident. I'll leave out the gory details, but my car is not so good....may not even make it, I'll find out tomorrow. I'm not so good either. I ended up in the ER and HW had to drive 3 hours to come pick me up. Even with drugs, my back is hurting pretty bad. I'm feeling it everywhere.
On the plus side, as I stumbled out of my smoking car, I prayed that someone I knew would stop because I didn't want to be alone. I know exactly 12 people in San Antonio. And one of them did see me and did stop. She was such a support. I couldn't think straight because I was stressed and in pain. She got my things out of my car before they towed it and followed me to the ER. Just having her there made a big difference.
The cops came to the ER just to check on me and let me know what was going on. They didn't have to, they could have just filed the report and left it at that, but he took the time to stop by and see how I was and to let me know that I was 100% not at fault as far as he could tell and that I shouldn't worry aobut anything.
A friend was watching my kids for the weekend because HW was working. She graciously has been watching both kids pretty much non-stop since the accident. I can't pick my daughter up so she kept them overnight and brings them by to see me durring the day. 3 nights in a row, she has let them spend the night at her house so HW doesn't have to wake them up at 0'dark thirty to drop them off. She has taken me to docter apts and made sure that people brought dinner for us. I can't think of anything better than knowing I have friends who care this much for me.
Another friend is a dancer in Cancan with me. Turns out she is a lawyer who handles personal injury cases. She set up a chiropracter apt for me and arranged it so I don't have to pay out of pocket, it will be billed directly to the insurance. I didn't even know I could do that and she took the time to explain what benifits that I have and how to take care of it. (I actually decided to hire her officially because she made it so much easier to deal with...I don't have to worry about the insurance companies or even the repair shop...) She was doing this as a friend and didn't expect compensation...once again, good thing to have a friend.
My yoga class is very understanding and I have several people just calling to check on me.
So I could focus on all the bad stuff (plenty there to choose from), the pain, the cost to rent a car, time lost from work, the hassle, the pain, etc but I choose to be grateful for the people who care for me and have gone out of their way to help me and make this situation better.