Example 4,586,948 of why IÂ’m a bad dad. Earlier tonight when I picked Clone up after work, I was talking with my mother. (She runs the day care) While I was standing there, Clone grabbed my hand and started spinning around me. We gradually picked up speed. Not fast enough to pick him up off the ground, but just fast enough that momentum would keep us going. I didnÂ’t have a good grip on him and he let go of my handsÂ…

Â…crashing face first onto the concrete floor of the garage. He was screaming. When I picked him up, there was blood in his mouth. Clone had cut his top lip on his teeth. After cleaning up the wound and making sure there was no serious injury, I gave him a Popsicle to help numb his lip and bring down the swelling. For all of you potential parents out there, mouth injuries bleed a lot, Popsicles are the best thing to help reduce the swelling and bleed. ItÂ’s the only cold thing a young child will keep in their mouths that will do any good. Clone is fine, no real physical damage, and only some minor psychological trauma.

What gets me is that I know better then to do that with him. I should never have done that in the garage and I should have made sure I had a better grip on him. This was a lesson I learned first handÂ… as a childÂ… when my father did the exact same thing to me. IÂ’m also willing to bet Clone does the same thing to his kid when he gets older.

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Well it appears the damage to the van is worse then anticipated. The other driver hit her almost squarely in the rear driver side wheel. Yesterday there was a slight wobble that I noticed, but Ktreva didnÂ’t seem to notice anything while driving the whole 6 blocks home. This morning on her way to work she said that as soon as she hit 25 there was a vibration in the vehicle and a grinding noise.

Yea, this isnÂ’t waiting for the insurance adjuster to investigate. When I called the insurance back I informed them that due to the new information IÂ’m classifying the vehicle as now undriveable and taking it to a repair facility. After work tonight we had to go pick up a rental for her. She needed something to get back and forth to work in. This is going to make life difficult for a while, but nothing we wonÂ’t survive.

Now IÂ’m off to answer some questions.

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1 Oh boy... I hope that it's a relatively quick fix. :/

Posted by: Richmond at April 05, 2006 08:26 PM (e8QFP)

2 Yeah, always assume the damage is way worse than you think it is on first inspection. I'm sorry to hear that it's that bad - what a pain. Hope it gets fixed fast.

Posted by: Teresa at April 05, 2006 09:52 PM (FZwDL)

3 At least you have plenty of time to deal with this stuff, what with no access to anything at work, right?

Hope it all works out for the best!

Posted by: Ogre at April 06, 2006 05:45 AM (/k+l4)

4 Glad to hear everyone is ok, but watch them for a couple days as symptoms could take a couple days to appear.

Not so good news about the van. Make sure the frame wasn't bent, cause then your in big trouble. Frame damange will screw the vehicle up for life.

Posted by: Quality Weenie at April 06, 2006 10:08 AM (XG7jZ)

5 I thought I saw a rental in your driveway. I'm so glad Nessa and the boys are ok. Sucks about the van, but it could've been much worse. Give Nessa a hug for me.

Posted by: Wes at April 06, 2006 02:35 PM (XKQLY)

6 What a pain - but I am glad to hear Ktreva and the boys are okay.

Posted by: Barb at April 06, 2006 02:35 PM (mAp1o)

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I had a post in mind to write tonightÂ… not work related! Unfortunately, that will have to wait. I was on my way home from a very late night at work when I received a call on my cell phone. It was Ktreva, and she was upset. Her and the boys had just been involved in a motor vehicle accident. The other vehicles brakes gave out causing the driver to not be able to stop and hitting her van. No one is hurt, other then the headache associated with an adrenaline dump. The van is still drivable; the surface damage doesnÂ’t appear to be that bad.

After trying to comfort Ktreva and the boys, dealing with the police, the other driver and the insurance company, IÂ’m not really in the mood to write my original post.

More details later, probably from Ktreva, but again no one was injured.

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