ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning
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Crap, glad that everyone is okay.
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That sucks... was there another car involved?
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@coliver said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
That sucks... was there another car involved?
Yeah...blinding sun + short light+ me looking away for a second = fender bender.
The lady had a Jeep with almost zero damage to her vehicle. Mine is done. And because of the age of the car, I don't have comp or collision on it...so I'm just out the car... -
@coliver said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
That sucks... was there another car involved?
Yes. But they are fine too.
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On top of all that, we're having a major network issue at work so I'm working with that. Production is having serious issues because everything was totally down for 10 minutes early this morning and now the whole network is just crawling...
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@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
On top of all that, we're having a major network issue at work so I'm working with that. Production is having serious issues because everything was totally down for 10 minutes early this morning and now the whole network is just crawling...
At least you were able to get into work!
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Glad you were able to make it to work.
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@StrongBad said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
On top of all that, we're having a major network issue at work so I'm working with that. Production is having serious issues because everything was totally down for 10 minutes early this morning and now the whole network is just crawling...
At least you were able to get into work!
Yeah, I caught a ride here. Still gotta figure out rides for work. Day job isn't that big a deal. I can figure that out. But FedEx, at 4AM, is going to be a bitch...
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@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
@StrongBad said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
On top of all that, we're having a major network issue at work so I'm working with that. Production is having serious issues because everything was totally down for 10 minutes early this morning and now the whole network is just crawling...
At least you were able to get into work!
Yeah, I caught a ride here. Still gotta figure out rides for work. Day job isn't that big a deal. I can figure that out. But FedEx, at 4AM, is going to be a bitch...
Hoping a coworker can give me rides while I figure things out...
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Glad it was just property damage!
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@Nic said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
Glad it was just property damage!
Yeah, could have been much worse.
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@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
Another angle...
I think we can fix that...
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Glad to hear that you are okay, @thanksajdotcom
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Ouch - Glad all involved are okay.
If all it did was buckle the hood, and jam the radiator, you may be able to replace both from a salvage yard and be going pretty quickly.
Hard to say without being able to pull parts and inventory.
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@gjacobse said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
Ouch - Glad all involved are okay.
If all it did was buckle the hood, and jam the radiator, you may be able to replace both from a salvage yard and be going pretty quickly.
Hard to say without being able to pull parts and inventory.
I think it was worse than that...
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@scale said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
Glad to hear that you are okay, @thanksajdotcom
Thank you.
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You know, I will say this:
It was my mistake. I was careless, and I own that. This is going to make a lot of things very difficult for me in the interim. However, I'm not feeling like I can't move, or that I'm overwhelmed. I've grown so much this year. I have the confidence now to know that I will do what I must to make things work. If that means riding a bike each morning to FedEx, well, I'll get some extra exercise and maybe lose more weight. I can get rides to my day job. My new apartment is five minutes from my girlfriend, and I can catch a ride with her (we work the same shift). I know I will make things work, and I'm not giving up. It's one more thing on my plate that was already full, but you know what? When I look back on the past couple years in a decade or two, I will be able to say that I fought the fight and won. I did what I had to so I could survive and get to where I want to go. I'm down, but I'm not out, and I'm not giving up. And it makes me proud of myself to be able to say that, and know it's true.
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@thanksajdotcom Keep at it man. I've been there too.
Rear ended a Grand Cherokee after visiting Niagara falls. 3rd date with a new lady friend and she flashed me. Whoops. Heheh.
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@thanksajdotcom said in ThanksAJ Having a Tough Morning:
You know, I will say this:
It was my mistake. I was careless, and I own that. This is going to make a lot of things very difficult for me in the interim. However, I'm not feeling like I can't move, or that I'm overwhelmed. I've grown so much this year. I have the confidence now to know that I will do what I must to make things work. If that means riding a bike each morning to FedEx, well, I'll get some extra exercise and maybe lose more weight. I can get rides to my day job. My new apartment is five minutes from my girlfriend, and I can catch a ride with her (we work the same shift). I know I will make things work, and I'm not giving up. It's one more thing on my plate that was already full, but you know what? When I look back on the past couple years in a decade or two, I will be able to say that I fought the fight and won. I did what I had to so I could survive and get to where I want to go. I'm down, but I'm not out, and I'm not giving up. And it makes me proud of myself to be able to say that, and know it's true.
I swear I feel like we're on the training fields with the football guys in Remember the Titans. Life is shouting at us "Will you ever quit?!"
To which our only response can be "No! We want some mo!"
or perhaps a different paraphrase from a book (Author is Morgan J. Rice): When we have problems in life, we get stuck, like getting stuck in the mud. When we are in the mud it feels as if we can never out. But these come to us as great life lessons: it is up to us to pull ourselves out of the mud. Not just once, but time and time again. This is your moment to pull yourself out. To show life that you are bigger than your problems."
(I changed a couple of words to make it fit, lol).
TL;DR: Keep on trucking man. Trucks ain't made to go fast. They're just made to get there.
