Bus Pants

Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory" doesn't drive, and when he needs to take the bus he wears his "bus pants." And so my friend Yaya reminded after the following happened...

My car is crashed.  I'm okay, nothing happened to me, but yes, I've had my first car accident.  I've been driving for about 15 years and I've never been in an accident.  I witnessed one once as a pedestrian, so a part of me feels that this right if passage was overdue.  I'm sure my car will be declared a total loss, still waiting.  It was sudden, I was pretty nonchalant, and it all got processed, towed, and talked through pretty quickly.  Just waiting on some more info, we shall see.

The good thing, if there is a good thing, is that this happened pre-Thanksgiving, when I have time to sort things out.  If you're not from LA, let me tell you, having a car is essential.  However, I'm no stranger to the public transport.  I didn't have a car in high school nor did I have a car when I lived overseas, so don't go off thinking I'm staying put because I'm 100% car dependent.  These things happen, c'est la vie.

A glimpse at the occurrence (unfortunately, it's worse than this frame)

The Fall is Falling

October is a staple of fall, a preview into what November will be.  October was a huge month.  Was it because it was Halloween?

I once again went into my novel-based characters (I should revisit Harry Potter & Peter Pan pictures, and went for Oz's later named king, the Scarecrow.

But no....that wasn't it.

It was because I just go new nephews!!! Yes, nephews, with an S.  My sister super recently had twin boys, Danny & Javier.  Here they are:

Now here they are with their awesome uncle:

While on the date of their birth, I felt quite accomplished because I could instantaneously tell them apart, that skill did not last long. They grew into their not-so-smooched-anymore features post-womb.  Now they are extremely identical and I made the same mistake their parents are now prone too, good thing they still have their hospital anklets.

We are now in the midst of autumn and it feel crisp (previous blog post), hopeful, and near-conclusive.

Many things to do, per usual, enjoy the long weekend.

p.s. My condolences to Julie H., who recently lost her husband, Jim.