Jay was on his way to pick me up from work today. As he was about to pull the car out of our parking space at home, a woman driving a truck was across the parking lot, and pulled her vehicle out without checking behind her for other vehicles. The truck bumped into our car, denting the fender. Thank goodness she's insured. We have insurance, so we're going to be ok, but it was stupid. Jay is irate, but unhurt. Just about the last thing I needed.

Jay filed a police report as soon as we got home; he asked for a Spanish-speaking officer, because the woman driver is Hispanic, and we didn't want to risk a breakdown in communication if she decided she'd forgotten all her English. He also spoke with the apartment management, and was told the resident in the apartment she was visiting would be issued a written warning.

Her insurance will pay for all of the necessary repairs, plus a rental car for us to use until ours is fixed.