ouch!

What do you get

when you look to the left

and you look to the right

and then you 

back straight 

into 

a 

tree?

You get this.

Here.

Let's try looking at it

from another angle.

I am currently trying 

to think of something funny

about this.

The only funny thing I can think of

is that I got out of the car,

went to the back and looked

and did not see this.

I was looking at 

the bumper.

There was nothing there.

Nada.

Nary a scratch.

I even said a prayer of thanks to the 

Good Lord

for protecting my little car 

from that mean old tree.

And I put my rubber boots on

and got to work 

picking up trash 

and throwing it on the fire.

Feeling proud

of my strong little car 

and her strong little bumper.

Of course, 

my trusty son

the one who sees 

and knows

all

came over

 and the first words

out of his mouth were

MOM  what did you do to your car????

What do you mean?

Nothing.

Well, ok, I did back into a tree.

But I checked!

there was nothing there.

Whew, I said.

Lucky me!

Husband and Son dash outside

to inspect the damage.

Husband predicts

$1000 - $2000

in damage.

Husband and Son cannot believe I didn't see this.

I even opened the back hatch to put my boots away.

And did not see it.

The  only thing that is keeping me out of the doghouse

is the fact that

Husband has a big dent 

in the passenger side door of his

Chevy Silverado

from when he

backed into a tree

several months ago.

Hahahahahaha.

I'm not  laughing.

I'm just chuckling inside.