"No hay mal para que bien no venga..."
True statement. If you look at every bad situation, you can still see the good in it.
Case and point: Yesterday, while driving with my best friend from college to see another friend about an hour and a half away, I got into a car accident, just around the corner from our final destination. (
mal) I basically rear ended the guy as he stopped suddenly without leaving me much reaction time, and his truck hitch went through my pumper and car radiator (more
mal). It was raining (
mal) and traffic was stopped right outside of a church a midst a funeral service (all
mal). Now my car is resting at a towing company lot until Monday. (
mal)...yet all of the places within a short distance were closed for the day! (
I know, right???) The closest was a 7 mile drive out, and my friend doesn't have a car. How was I gonna swing this within a few short hours when my last hope for a rental was closing?! Oh, and that play (which I'd left the tickets for at home anyway)...not happening. There goes that money down the drain...(
mal, mal, mal)
Well, hey, accidents happen, of course, and this was my first major one. But I had a witness step forward and be willing to help me out, no one was hurt, and only my car had damage (
Bien!) Though the cop asked the driver of the other vehicle (which was actually his company's car) if he wanted to cite me for points, he declined, stating that all was fine on his end and to spare me the extra chaos. (super
bien). Plus, my tow was covered thanks to Roadside Assistance, and though I had to rent a [significantly larger than my own car] out of pocket until I get this all worked out (definitely
mal), thankfully I had the credit for the rental car right now (haha- soooo
bien). And that "normal guy" I'm
appreciating right now, lives out there and gave me the lift that I needed while staying with me and making sure that I made it back home safely, even though he had to go out of town just an hour later. Got to spend time with him after all (
bien de bien). He even told me to do something for him: and be safe- he'd wait for me anytime, so rushing out to see him is never going to need to be an issue (Oh dear LORD that is
BIEN!) My friends and I did a night of catching up in the end, and I get to see my local loves again when I go out to pick up my car. (Doesn't get much more
bien than that. ;-)
So, upon recharging my phone and turning it on to submit the claim this morning, I see 2 reminders that-Oh, it's Mother's Day!- my niece and my best friend from high school's new baby boy! In the end it's proved- there is DEFINITELY no bad for which good does not come.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you great mom's out there. I'm off to see mine and my grandmother, in my sleek new rental... :-P
Keep your head up always,
AngelQT
