the Dalaverse

So I got into a car accident today.

Nothing serious. The Cheese is largely unharmed, just its hood a little popped up, and the airbags didn't deploy or anything. But it was mortifying, and entirely my fault. I was switching lanes on the highway in the beginning of rush hour, and I simply didn't watch what I was doing and rammed into the car in front of me, which then hit the car in front of it. It's possible that the guy in front of me in fact hit the woman in front of him and then I hit him, but I've no way to prove that, so as the last car I'm pretty much responsible for both of them.

I was completely hysterical, having never been in an accident before and not knowing what to do. The other two people were very annoyed at first, but got nicer when they noticed how I was freaking the fuck out. I got off at the next exit and pulled into a gas station, burst into tears, and called my mother. Who made me go to work, because she's an evil troll. I must be losing my touch. In any case, I pleaded back pain, which is half-true, and got her to pick me up after an hour. Honestly, if a car accident's not a good excuse to blow off work, what the hell is?

And now I'm sitting here for a brief spell, unable to sit at my computer and write because of the supposedly incapacitating back pain.

I would like some rum.