Oh Deer

A couple years ago, I hit a deer with my car. It went something like this:

 

 

There's also another drawing of the Highway Patrolman killing the deer, but I sadly didn't take a picture of it.

I hit an eight point buck at around 40MPH. I saw the deer about 3 seconds before impact so, thankfully, I didn't have time to swerve. I did start braking, but it was too late.

Here's what my car looked like:

I'm telling you this because, for me, this was something that happened to me one time over two years ago. For my dad, on the other hand, hitting deer seems to be his jam these days.

He's hit three deer in the past 6 months with the same car. His car has been slowly getting more jacked up with each deer event. He only has liability insurance on it, so he's been driving it like it is. Granted, it wasn't that bad; just some minor bumper damage. Well, that was until last week, when this happened:

He hit a deer going 70MPH on the highway and he still drove to work (and back) with it looking like that! Sad thing is, the car still runs great! He's looking into getting a hood and bumper and fixing it up... so he can (probably) hit some more deer!

This Is What Happened

Aaaand I'm back! It's been way too long!

I'm enjoying a lovely staycation this week where I've been watching "Sons of Anarchy" and "Lie to Me".

First up, "Sons of Anarchy". How did I avoid this show for so long?! It's so great! "Lie to Me": I love it! I'm such a huge fan of crime dramas anyway so this show is right up my alley. Can we also talk about "The Walking Dead"? I wasn't a huge fan this season, but with the midseason premiere, I'm hooked again! I feel like I've been through so much with this group. Can you tell I become way too involved with fictional characters?

Also, this happened:

I turned 27 on Monday. I'm not sure I want to talk about that number. I think I may have finally reached the age where I'm dreading my birthday. There's so much that I feel like I should have accomplished by now and one of these years, I'm going to have to face the whole "having kids" thing. Maybe I'm old enough now that people are going to stop asking? Probably not.

Also, that cake? Completely cracked and lopsided. Thanks, mom! No, really, my mom is a great cook. I don't know what happened there. She used to be the go to person for cake making/decorating. It tasted great, though, and that's all that matters.

In country music news, I just want to give a little shout out to The Dusty Armadillo for hosting Eric Church this Thursday for one of his album release concerts. Eric is going to put on shows in six cities in two days to promote his latest album, "The Outsiders". It sounds like it's going to be a fun time for everyone involved and I think it's so cool that Eric is putting on these shows. I saw him on the Jägermeister tour (with my boys Josh Thompson, Sean Patrick McGraw and Rick Monroe) a few years ago and he puts on a good show. I even saw him before the show from afar and waved to him and his wife and they waved back! I was so star struck! I also have to add that Chris Cavanaugh is opening for Eric.  I've seen him live before and he's great!  He also tweets me sometimes, which is really cool!