Doe a Deer

I do not hunt, but yesterday morning I got my first deer!

On our way home from grocery shopping, I hit a deer. Vivienne and I were driving along the country road and just like they say... "it came out of no where and I didn't see it until it was right in front of my grill." I slammed the brakes and closed my eyes. I must have peeked because I remember seeing it slide across the road and fly into the ditch on the other side. :(

I was crying when I got out to see the damage to the front of the car. It was a mix of shock, mixed with fear, since Vivienne was in the car with me, and guilt that I killed something that was alive moments ago. What I saw was that the headlights and grill were gone. There was a hissing noise from the radiator (just like in the movies!) Vivienne started crying  so I decided to calm down and stop crying myself :-) I unstrapped her and we sat in the back seat together. While fiddling with my cell phone, I heard Vivienne, "mmmmmm." This is what she does when she wants to kiss you. She pretty much only gives kisses at night when she's ready for bed. She leans in, pinches her lips closed and says, "mmmmm." I was super surprised so I looked up from my cell and sure enough she was leaning in for a kiss. I kissed her and it was like she wanted to tell me, "Don't worry. Calm down Mommy." So sweet! That was the best moment of the whole horrible morning.

Dave arrived shortly after the sheriff's deputy. He had the morning off thank goodness. He brought a sippy cup of milk for Vivienne and the extra carseat. On his way to meet us he was thinking how he should take and mount the antlers for me. Too funny! He was a bit disappointed when he and the deputy peered into the ditch and saw it was a very small doe! We were able to drive the SUV back into town to an auto body shop. After stopping at one shop and getting little to no help (long story here) we felt that we were supposed to leave and drive the vehicle to the dealership where we bought it.

So we strapped the extra carseat into our other car and Dave drove Vivienne home so she could nap and he could get ready for work. I drove the SUV to the dealership. I called our salesman on the way there. He remembered me right away because we were the couple buying a family-friendly vehicle three days before adopting a newborn. ha ha! When I arrived, the paperwork was already started and a tech was waiting to see the damage. Good choice to leave the other place!!!

They sent me home with a quad-cab Chevy Silverado in a beautiful blue color. It only has 3000 miles on it and it smells amazing -- new car smell. :-) Needless to say, Dave has not stopped drooling over the truck!!!!

It's 24 hours later and they've already completed the repair quote, submitted it to insurance, ordered parts and will start the repairs next week. So although quite traumatic when it happened, we are doing well now. Not the simple grocery shopping errand I was thinking it would be!