I always depend on the kindness of strangers....

You might wonder why I'm posting on a you-should-be-out-drinking-friday night. I'll give you two words that strikes terror into the heart of parents everywhere out there:

Car. Accident.

This is not a desperate grab for sympathy, although kind words always appreciated as I am feeling rather poorly at the present hour. You'll see exactly why I hauled my ass from my sick bed to get my brother's computer to work (yes, I have been commanded back to the Mothership for a few days) shortly.

I just happened to be driving to work Thursday morning, as one does. Was perhaps running a little late due to the fact I stayed in bed just a little too long because I was re-readingthetextsexmessagesfromthenightbeforefromtheexfucker. Ahem. So I was driving along the highway, when some fucktard (and that's being nice) decided to pull out in front of me to turn right. The less said about her the better, in case I get all angry again and it hurts to breathe.

So I T-boned her @ 70km, spun, hit her again, then ended up on the other side of the highway in the middle of the on-coming traffic. There must be some sort of God, because all I know is that I was damn lucky I didn't collide with one of those cars. Luckily I wasn't seriously injured either. And, taking all my good grace to say it, luckily the other girl was either. Seriously.

Anyway, my reason for posting this is that an extremely kind woman from one of the houses came out, as did her daugher, and her daughter's boyfriend. She stayed with me whilst I was in what I assumed was stock. She spoke kind, comforting words when I couldn't reach the parents or the Ex-Fucker on the phone. She organised details for the police and helped to grab most of my stuff from the car, which was no easy task considering it was looking like a second bedroom. She invited me into her home to keep me warm, offered me tea or coffee, and even offered to drive me home when I couldn't get hold of anyone to pick me up.

All this from a stranger. I would say (and so would a lot of other people) that I'm a fairly cynical sort of girl (based on past experiences), however, it's little things like this that restore your faith in human kindness. I know that sounds cliched, but I feel an enormous gratitude and debt to this woamn, who put herself out to help and comfort me. It's something that gives me a fantastic feeling, and makes me proud to know that not everyone is so cunty in this world.

As soon as I'm feeling up to it, I've vowed to A) - take some flowers and chocolates to this woman to say thank-you. A small gesture I know, but I want to show my appreciation to her & B) - do something nice for a complete random. If everyone one did something like this....well, maybe we wouldn't need to send white paper in envelopes to people, would we?

And oh, in the veins of your mum telling you to always wear a clean pair of knickers just in case you get hit by a bus, here's a tip: Don't leave porn dvd's on the back floor of your car in case you have a car accident. You have been warned.