I'm back!

Hello. Do you remember me? I know that there are many of you who say "Jill, it has been a super long time since you have posted anything... and an extra super long time since you've posted something consistently." To this I reply- I know and I beg for your forgiveness with big puppy dog eyes and alligator tears. Did it work? Are we all forgiven? I sure hope so! Personally I blame it on face book. But I shant do that any longer.

Everyday I am still having random things happen that I feel I that the world (or the few of you who read this) should be able to participate in. So thank you for being patient. I am back and ready with many stories to tell.

This past Monday I was so set to finally get settled into my room. It had been 2 weeks (2 weeks!) since I had moved and had nothing on the walls. It felt so empty and I didn't feel at home in my room. So I took matters into my own hands and went out in search for things to help make it a little more me. One of the first things that I needed were some shelves. I had exactly what I wanted in mind. However, this can sometimes be dangerous because the store is most likely to fail you. Not to be a Debbie Downer (which I don't think is even possible since my name is not Debbie) but the stores have certain things similar to what you want, but not the perfect picture that you have in your mind. And that's exactly what happened. I went to a few stores and was sorely disappointed.

However, I opted to not get discouraged, and I continued on in my journey. Then I saw that Marshalls was right in front of me. I had never been in that store, but I thought "hey- why not?" And you would not believe it- but right there in front of me were the EXACT shelves that I was looking for! Also- the best part was that it was ALL discounted. And the even bester part (I know its not a word, but it fits so perfectly!) was that I got the last ones! How lucky can one girl be?! I found a few more things and was super excited to get home and put them up! (I now believe that I should be the PR person for Marshalls. Why I haven't found this store before, I don't know. But I do know that I feel it my duty to tell the world!)

As I headed out to the parking lot, I was stumbling through my purse to find my keys. This is a difficult task on any normal occasion, but add a lot of bags full of shelves to interfere with my vision into the purse and it was basically hopeless. Needless to say I was very focused on finding my keys and not really on the surroundings of where I was walking.

All of a sudden I saw red lights out of the corner of my eye and looked up right as I saw the back of a van right in front of me. At first I thought that I was walking crooked and had actually almost ran into a parked car (which may have happened before and that is why I thought that it had happened again!) However, then I realized that the car was still moving. Yep- it was backing up INTO me! It was so close that I had to just raise my hand a little from my purse to touch it. I put my hand up and hit it to let her know that I was there as I tried to jump out of the way. She quickly slammed on her brakes and rolled her window down.

She was very apologetic ( I think that she thought she had actually hit me when she heard me bang my hand into the back of the car.) I reassured her that I was okay and not paying attention either.

I could have yelled "Hey! Watch it lady! Don't you know that I have awesome shelves here? You could have crushed them! Oh... and my life...I'm not quite ready for it to be over yet either!" However, I was reminded of the time in high school when I was late to school (surprised?) and I ran out to my car, jumped in, starting backing up and THEN looked behind me. As I did I saw something big and dark going down as I realized that I had hit something. I was instantly sick to my stomach as I jumped out, ran to see and then felt the relief when I realized it was the garbage can. I would have kissed it - except that it was the garbage can- because I was so relieved that is wasn't a person! My dad had pulled it off the street and placed it there for me to take in the rest of the way to the house- thinking for sure that I would see it! That was such a wake up call to me and have always tried to remember that when backing up!

So I couldn't really blame the lady for making a mistake.Therefore, I reassured her that I was fine and to not worry.

I was very happy to get in my car and drive home vs being road kill by a white minivan. Just think, had she hit me, I may have never been able to put my cute shelves up! And that right there would have been tragic! :)

Tip of the day- Maybe we should all buy those cars with rear view camera thing. I bet it would save lives...and shelves!