... just a passing thought

had a nasty car accident saturday night. everyone is okay... car not so much. this being the day after, it's been a rather surreal day.

when you're trying to hold it together and keep up a damn fine front of sturdy frontier fortitude, a little kindness from a stranger or a friend can really make you feel less alone on the prairie.

i've been given obstacle after obstacle today and just had to push through it. at the end of this day, i'm sore and exhausted. the four hours rest i had wore off sometime around the time i was standing in the middle of a downtown hotel discovering that the car rental agent told a fib on the phone and i was looking at being left in the proverbial lurch.

lesson reiteration: don't count on anyone or anything. be ready for a change and be freaking flexible.

thank goodness i'm okay with that.