{Insert "Wheels on the Bus" parody here}

I got hit by a school bus this morning! Or "bumped", as Brandon says. I was sitting at a light, minding my own business, and there was a *BOOM*! and my car lurched a bit and I was like, I think I just got hit. So when the light turned green I drove across the street to Putt-Putt and parked, and the school bus lady did, too, and got out and said she was really sorry, her foot slipped (because some bad kid was causing problems). So...her foot wasn't even on the gas, and it was loud and...lurch-y. I figure it would have been a lot worse if she was accelerating, and also if I hadn't had my foot on the break I definitely would have been pushed out into traffic. And it's a good thing that school buses have that metal bar in front of their bumper- that absorbs a lot of the impact. So I have some scratches on the back of my car and one side of my bumper is drooping slightly. After about fifteen minutes or so a very friendly police man showed up, and a few minutes after that two representatives of the school system came to make sure everything was being handled properly, and then they yelled at the kids on the bus for a while. That was nice. They totally deserved it. And then my pappaw and uncle showed up and stood around in the cold drizzle with me while everything was finished up. The whole affair took about an hour. It could have been a lot worse. I mean, a big yellow school bus versus my little escort....I think I know who would win that one. There wasn't a single nick on the bus (duh- the officer laughed and seemed a little surprised!)
Anyway. That certainly made an interesting start to my day. I left the house pretty early to go spend time with Brandon and I ended up getting there late. When I called him to ask him to call mom and tell her I got hit by a bus, for half a second it sounded like he didn't believe me. It was like, "Hey, do me a favor and call mom I got rear-ended by a school bus." "What?" "A school bus. I have to go- please call her. " "A schoolbus (with a note of disbelieving)." "Yes, ok, just call her." I think that's pretty funny.