My mother-in-law is visiting this weekend from NC. This morning we took Sam out. As we settled into our seats she noticed my cd audio book (David Sedaris' newest novel, a gift from my friend Allison). As some of you know, I'm a huge Sedaris fan and you can imagine me running my mouth trying to explain his writing and blabbing that I saw him live last year (with Allison, also a devoted fan) and had one of my books autog--and then I backed into her car. Yep, I backed right into my mother-in-law's car in my own driveway...brilliant. I just forgot she'd parked behind me (sort of perpendicularly behind me) and I simply fell into habit and backed up barely paying attention.
My car has virtually no damage, but her rear driver side fender has a lovely ding. It's not that bad, really - probably less than $1,000 that will be covered by our insurance, but I still feel like a jackass. A ding-bat, really. She's not angry at all and kind of laughed it off to make me feel better. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that they don't have a huge deductible.
So the day progresses and it's dinner time...we had tilapia and awesome fresh-picked sweet corn from the farm store down the road (Pie in the Sky for my local peeps). Sam hadn't had corn on the cob yet, but he mastered it right away. After he cleaned the kernels he was trying to eat right through the cobs!
Not sure what adventures tomorrow will bring with Grandma in town - will report anything amusing.
3 comments:
Hey, that's awful that you hit your MIL's car! At least she was a good sport about it. I hope you have a great visit. I love PITS corn!
You must tell David Sedaris about this incident when we see him. I think you'll end up in one of his books.
Pie in the Sky corn elicits fender benders. No, seriously. I've heard this. Don't tell anyone. Shhhhh.
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