Shaken, but OK

[selenay]

Of all the ways there are to start a Monday, being rear-ended on a motorway doesn't rank high on the list.

*sigh*

I'm OK, Sarah-Jane looks OK apart from a cracked registration plate and the other driver stopped so that we could exchange details. I'm just rather shaken up by the whole thing, although I have at least stopped physically shaking!

Not a fun start to the morning.

I'll report it to the insurance company, get it assessed, but I doubt it's going to need much more than a replaced reg plate. We weren't exactly going anywhere fast this morning.

To add to those delights, a core table in our data warehouse is currently missing the weekend's data and we were the first people to spot it. The IT guys apparently spotted that some other tables that feed off that core one were wrong and have been refreshing them in an attempt to get the correct data. Except none of them thought to check the core table. Very smart. So we are currently waiting for them to tell us when they'll have it fixed now that we've drawn their attention to it.

I have so much faith in our IT guys. Not.

Is it time to go home yet? Is it too early to pig out on chocolate? Can I curl up in a corner and cry for a while?

I did manage to do college work over the weekend, meet historyterry for coffee and get the femslash07 fic ready for posting. So it was a good weekend. Particularly if you're an England rugby fan :-)

Comments

[gmul.livejournal.com]

Do go for the corner thing. And take something sharp to wave at people if they come near... >h<

[selenay]

*g* The sharp pointy suggestion works for me. I'm drinking herbal tea and feeling much better now.

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

Ooh bless you! Take care of yourself and don't do too much. The adrenaline will still be going around your system and you might end up damaging yourself because you can't feel the pain.

*hugs*

[selenay]

It ocurred to me that my usual painkillers could be masking any whip-lash I might sustain. Oh, well.

I'd love to have a quiet day, but work doesn't seem to be agreeing with that concept. So I'm going to drink tea and try to resist the urge to hide under my desk :-)

Thanks for the hugs.

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Very sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience. Good luck and best wishes. Must say, however, I'm impressed that you've named your car Sarah-Jane!

[selenay]

Thank you. Feeling much better now.

My previous car was called Baby and I wanted something a little more kick-ass, yet feminine for this one. Sarah-Jane seem the obvious choice :-) Cars with good names, in my experience, run much better than cars with bad names.

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'll have to take your word for it. I have yet to name any car! In fact, AFAICR, the only things I own that I've named are networked/connected devices...

[selenay]

*g* My good cars were called The Black Baron, Baby and Sarah-Jane. The two bad cars:

1. Had no name. I didn't own it for long enough to have a name. My sister smashed into someone, someone reversed into me while I was in it and finally it was stolen. All in the course of six months.

2. Was called Lolly by my sister. It randomly didn't start, requiring fiddling with the fuse-board to get the loose-connection in the ignition to unloosen. And had certain gears it didn't like. Eventually the mechanic advised me to sell it to some poor unsuspecting bugger before it totally conked because it wasn't worth repairing.

I've become supersticious about naming my cars :-) My computers, however, have never had names except "You Bastard".

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

My computers, however, have never had names except "You Bastard".

While my PCs, PDAs, smartphones etc have probably all been addressed that way or similarly at some point, I've still had to give them unique names for networking purposes. That said, my naming scheme tends to be mythical monsters of some sort e.g. Leviathan, Behemoth, Golem, Kraken, Gorgon etc... :-)

[selenay]

Ah, "Sel's Pretty Dell", "Sel's Pretty Laptop"...spotting a theme? My naming scheme is pretty basic :-)

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

It is however less pretentious than mine. And as for the alternative naming schemes I considered when I set up my first home network, the options were Scully and Vansen or Zen and Orac!

[selenay]

*snort* Well, the alternatives have a certain appeal...

::starts to consider new naming schemes for the network she'll be setting up in Canada::

[mingmerciless.livejournal.com]

Terrance, Phillip, Bryan, Celine...

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

What they all said about corners, sharp pointy things and whiplash ...

... also, in several rear end shunts over the years, it's always worth checking to make sure the boot/hatch/whatever you've got at the back opens and shuts again properly (unless it's a *really* minor bump!) as I've thought things weren't too bad, and then discovered the bootlid or hatch wouldn't actually lock again ...

... the worst was a big American car (I was living in Big America then!) and the fuel filler was behind the rear number plate (no really, it was on a spring loaded hinge) and the rear end bump looked minor until I had to put fuel in (when the car was very nearly out) and discovered the number plate mechanism was jammed (so no fuel, aiiieeeee!)

Gentle stretching, warm sweet tea, and my best wishes to Sarah Jane (and you)

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

p.s. apropos of nothing, I was at a major supermarket chain this weekend, and they had a shelf label for a 4-person dome tent, discontinued item, for £14.99, but of course none in stock, nor in the four others nearby ... I don't suppose you have any useful contacts? ... Just thought I'd ask :-)

[selenay]

:-p~~~~~~~~~~~~

[selenay]

A colleague mentioned the boot problem. I've decided to test it out when I get home - discovering that I can't re-closed/re-lock my boot once open when I've got thirty miles of motorway driving won't be fun!

I've been drinking tea, I bought some snacky things for the canteen (most unusual to me) and I'm feeling fine. Even my neck seems...er...no worse than usual :-) Sarah-Jane will be getting a thorough inspection when I get home and hopefully she won't need too much help to feel better.

[(Anonymous)]

It's Nic, but not wanting to log my friend out.

*hugs* Any hitting of cars with any other cars is not nice. But sugar is good for the shock, though, so you are totally justified in eating lots of chocolate :)

[selenay]

Thanks, hon. I've been eating crisps instead of chocolate. Not that it's much better! And I'll probably curl up with a bar of chocolate tonight to 'recover from the trauma' or something :-)

The funny thing is that everyone I know has been rear-ending people lately, except me. I did things the other way around :-)

How is America? {{hugs}}

[(Anonymous)]

How is America?

American :) Washington I liked, New York is really busy, though, and because all the buildings are so tall you can't see that much. Not that there's that much to see apart from buildings. But Washington was quite pretty. I'm looking forward to going home, though, because the American accents are annoying me, and I need some normality back!

I would post on my LJ but handily, the server's been up and down, and down everytime I have time to post anything.

[selenay]

American :)

Glad you've been enjoying it, but I can understand wanting to leave the American accents behind! Canadian accents are much nicer...

*g*

Yes, LJ does seem to have been having problems over the last few days. Hopefully you'll be able to post a good report when you get back :-)

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

{{{{{Sel}}}}} Even a small fender-bender is frightening. I'm glad it was low speed!

[selenay]

Thank you. I don't know which of us was more terrified by it!

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Is it too early to pig out on chocolate?

It's never too early to pig out on chocolate (I started at quarter past nine this morning, although I did start work at 7:30 ... ).

[selenay]

*g* I try to refrain from chocolate before 11am. Usually. Unless I'm having a bad day, someone has rear-ended me...the day of the week ends in a 'Y'...

I didn't pig out much yesterday. Just had a couple of pieces. But I did eat a few squares of Green and Black's Maya Gold last night as a treat :-)) I require really, really good chocolate. Or Cadbury's Mini Eggs.