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I drove my pink scooter under a trash truck this week. That's not a euphemism. It all started innocently enough. I went shopping and got a toy for my niece, which flew out of the basket of my scooter on the ride home. I went back to get it, and when I leaned over to pick it up, my hand jerked and hit the throttle. My scooter shot forward, directly under the tires of a moving trash truck passing in the lane next to me. I'm OK, but my beautiful pink scooter is totaled.
I don't really believe in karma, but do you think that there is a reason that all this bad stuff is happening to me?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again ...
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Can you believe this s--t?
OK, the good thing about a challenging year is that at some point, horrible things happening cease to amaze you. When I drove my beautiful pink scooter under the huge moving trash truck ... I felt lucky for some reason. I mean, I could easily have been crushed.
I stood there looking over my bent scooter and thought, Wow, I'm the luckiest girl in the world. My head just barely escaped being crushed by the rear wheels of a trash truck. How lucky am I?
Clearly I'm bummed, because I loved my bike. And I kind of can't believe this. So many bad things happening in my world -- my mom died, I broke my leg, my dog ran away, I gained 30 lbs., I'm being audited by the IRS, and now I drove my scooter underneath a moving trash truck. And yet I'm still alive. I'm alive, I'm kicking, I'm smiling, I'm laughing, I'm spending time with people I love.
I wonder if that's the way it goes for everyone when bad things happen. They get a few bruises and (if their heads aren't crushed) they move on. I'm trying to move on, folks. I'm moving on. In so many ways ... I'm moving on.
As far as bad things happening goes, like I've said before, BRING IT ON WORLD. Surely with a horrible year like this, the next is SURE to be the most fantastic, wonderful year ever. Get ready, readers! Prepare for glory!
And if nothing else, I'll be riding into the future on a new scooter.
(R.I.P.)
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Friday 24 July
By lacheraqui
first: very glad you're still here to tell the tale.
yeah, baby..."bring it on" is a message to the universe that you're willing to show up for any and all available challenges (of which, as you well know, there are PLENTY...and you NEVER KNOW which one's coming next) -- because you realize intuitively that, if you pay close attention, you're learning the lessons that will shoot you up the spiral to the next level of BEST YOU EVER.
i've had 'em, too: my first beloved and i broke up after a year, i was laid off, moved to a larger apartment so i could start a new business, burglarized of EVERYTHING 10 days later, moved across country to work with my father, 3 weeks later he had a heart attack and died right in front of me. all in a 3-month period.
mom's three cancer surgeries, her open heart surgery and full leg amputation have kept me pretty busy. she's the best example for me of hanging tough in the face of "bring it on."
zero income while battling deep depression in the wake of a protracted divorce. oh, yeah. f-ing AWESOME!!!
labor day 2005, there was a 72-hour period in which i was fired, cut off a relationship with the man who broke my heart, and moved. 3 of the top 5 most stressful life challenges.
hell, i'm dealing with a handful right now. of what? whatever...
bring it on.
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Friday 24 July
By Mita
dear, the f*cked up part of life, if its not one thing its another... glad ur alive, sad for ur scooter.
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Friday 24 July
By Bonnie Jedell
Losing your scooter is the first of many good and great things to come for you!
Someone is watching over you and got rid of that dangerous but I have to admit CUTE scooter
XO
Bonnie
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Friday 24 July
By Gerard
Keep on your feet and something awesome will happen because of you. Just keep going CJ.
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Friday 24 July
By Edie
sorry lady
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Friday 24 July
By Erica
Last year was incredibly awful for me. Somehow it's made me a more positive person in the long run. Bizarre.
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Saturday 25 July
By Heather
That sucks! I never even had a chance to get to know that scooter.
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Monday 27 July
By Marie
Wow - that last comment really hit the nail on the head (WTF?) And while I'm at it, WTF to this year you're having? But your amazing attitude to the sh*t being slung is inspiring and keeps me coming back to your blog.
I sincerely hope that the next thing that heads your way is something wonderful.
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Thursday 30 July
By Grace Lee
CJ! I'm glad that you're A-OK.... I swear it just isn't our year or something cause a slew of events have been happening to me this year, so I'm completely over 2009. I miss you a ton and will also miss your pink scooter.. :( On the flip side, I'm glad that you aren't hurt and hopefully I get to see your lovely face and smile sometime soon! I think of all the things I've gathered from 2009 is that things can ALWAYS be worse. I'm grateful that you are still here and remember that everyone around you loves you! Miss you to pieces! MUAH!
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