Scooter Shuffle

Well, it has finally happened.. I have been banned from riding the scooter to work.. Well, actually from riding it at all as it happens....

I knew it was going to happen, but I thought I would be coming home one day and saying "You know, it's just not comfortable riding that scooter anymore..."

Nope. It happened in the worst way imaginable..

OK, so I am riding home from work last Thursday afternoon, happily enjoying the fact that I managed to leave work almost on time, and that the weather is so much nicer this time of year than winter... Anyway, I'm in the middle lane of the roundabout and am indicating to turn off the roundabout (I am doing nothing wrong, I am in the correct lane to be going straight ahead, and I am indicating my intention to leave the roundabout).. As is my practice, I check to my left to make sure there is not a car in the lane next to me, looking like he's coming around..

You guessed it, there was a car in the lane next to me coming around... I mean, what kind of idiot turns right from the left hand lane of a roundabout??? Oh yes... THE LAWYER IN THE MID LIFE CRISIS SPORTSCAR WHO HIT ME!!!!

He hit me, I smacked his bonnet and rolled off the front before hitting the road. The scooter ended up a couple of metres from where I did.. I was lucky his bonnet took most of the impact, and by the time I hit the road, I was moving pretty slowly, physically, my only injuries are a good little graze on my knee, some skin off my elbow, a little internal bruising in my tummy and a few nice black ones on my legs (possibly where I kicked the bike away with my legs as I came off)...

Being Miss Independence, I got all the guys details and refused a lift home.. I started the scooter (Yeah, i was surprised it started too..) and rode home sobbing.. I don't know how I managed to balance, stick to the speed limit, be pissed off that someone had the gall to hit me, and cry like nothing else at the same time.. it must be a testament to my ability to multiskill..

I went to see my doctor on Friday for a bit of a checkup and he had a feel around my belly etc. and said that although he was pretty sure Beanie would be OK, he was going to send me for an ultrasound anyway..

So, the good news is that I have pictures of my Beanie!!! I will post all about the ultrasound, and the pictures tonight (am on lunchbreak at work at the moment so I don't have the pics with me)..