The $500 misadventure

You know when you're just having one of those days? I can definitely say that was me today. I came home from work for lunch, as I typically do. My husband and son were at home because my son has been sick and is out of daycare until later this week. I'm on the 17 Day Diet (more on that misadventure later), so I was cooking myself a few turkey burgers. Well, the chef in me knew just what I was doing because Bobby Flay told me that all I need to cook a turkey burger is some olive oil and a non-stick pan.

So, here I am seasoning my burgers feeling very Wolfgang Puck. My pan of oil is hot so I decide to drop the turkey burger in. If you guess that I splashed hot oil out of the pan and burnt my arm, you win! I now have a nice little splash  pattern all over my right arm. But that's not the biggest misadventure of today.

I managed to eat the turkey burgers without further incident. After playing with my son, Tyler, for a little while, it's time to go back to work. I say my goodbyes and hop in my car. I begin to back out of the garage and look to make sure I'm not too close to the side as I come out, just like I always do. After my initial check I continue to back out. BAM! I hit the side of the garage and tear off the driver's side mirror. Apparently I was crooked coming out, so my obligatory check was no good. I managed not to shatter the glass, but now there's a big, dangling mirror creating an eyesore on the side of my car. The noise was loud enough to bring my husband and son from the house. Bless my husband's heart, he took one look and said, "Accidents happen!" Definitely what I needed to hear over, "What did you do!"



Needless to say, I hopped out, loaded up into our SUV and went back to work fuming the whole way over a silly mistake. Upon arriving at work I called my car dealership and explained the problem. They explained the could get the part in a week, but it would come unpainted so that would have to be done too. I told them to order away! The grand total for the fix: $500! I would call this a very big misadventure and one I won't soon forget.

My husband's handy taping job!



View from inside



The moral of the story, look more than once before backing out of the garage. It'll save you from having your mirror duct taped to your driver's side window for a week!