Harrowing morning

I need to vent.  SCRE-a-e-a-e-a-e-a-e-a-e-a-MMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!  Read that loud, strident, angry and angst filled, please. 

We had a total wimp of a snowstorm come through this morning - only about 2 inches, but total nuisance because it came from 6:30 - 9 am, totally F-ing up rush hour and turning the roads into nasty brown slushy slippery swampy messes.  I gingerly pulled into a Swiss Farm Store Drive thru on my way to work to get some 1% cottage cheese for my breakfast protein.  I pulled behind the car that was already being waited on, put my car in park, and then set to getting my wallet from my purse.  Next thing I know, a very unattractive angry woman is standing at my door claiming I hit her car from behind and pushed her forward ("I felt forward momentum").  Now, unless I had a mini-stroke or a moment of unconsciousness, that did not happen.  I felt no impact or even a tiny subtle tap that you occasionally feel when parallel parking and you barely tap the car in front or behind with the rubber bumper as you maneuver.  NOTHING.  The was no touching of her car by my car.  I know I would have sensed it, felt it or something.

I was shocked and assured her I did not even tap her car, let alone touch it enough to push her forward.  She started shrieking at me and asked for my insurance info.  I was stunned and flabbergasted.  I told her I'd give her my info but that I did not hit her car at all and would tell my insurance company that.  She stormed up to the Swiss Farm workers and said to them, "YOU'RE MY WITNESSES!", to which they replied that they weren't witnesses as they neither saw nor heard anything.  They also said there's a security camera in operation, at which point the woman came back to my car and said "You'll change your tune when you find out there's a security camera, HUH?" 

It was totally bizarre - I gave her my info, which she watched me copy from my insurance paper and then insisted she see my license to verify I was who I said I was!  OMG it was awful.  Not to mention that her bumper and mine both look perfectly normal.  I need to stop writing about it because I'm getting myself stirred up and I had finally de-escalated.  I came straight to work and called my insurance company and gave them a full report, including my rage and shock over this crazy woman.  That was the upsetting part - she started out treating me like a criminal and going for my jugular before I even knew what she was mouthing to me from outside my window as I rolled it down in the beginning.

Okay - I feel better venting it again.  I have to let it go because I've done everything I possibly can, and ruminating about it is only going to further affect my day.  You guys know I'll let you know if anything transpires.  My insurance company rep said she may not even call them, but I have a feeling she's going to try something.

And as the perfect punctuation to this story, once I pulled up to the very nice lady at Swiss Farm, shaking like a leaf as I was - the lady handed me a rubber spongey ball and said, "Here's a stress relief ball for you, and would you like a free cup of coffee?  She was nuts!"  That was good, but then it turned out they were totally out of cottage cheese, so that trip was futile anyway.  Oh well - there's no way the rest of the day isn't going to be better.  Thanks for letting me rant. 

I'm doing something major tomorrow morning related to my weight loss intention that I'll write about afterwards.  I'm psyched and excited.  Have a good w/e, and drive CAREFULLY and DEFENSIVELY!!!