So... I was driving my girlfriend home at like 1:30 - 2:00 and i decided I didn't want to take her home yet so we went to McShitsandgiggles... I mean McDonalds, and then we drove around and chilled for another hour/hour and a half then i drove her home. Then i decided I'd go home REALLY REALLY fast so I could text her before she falls asleep. So I did. I shit you not, I literally was going 150 km/h down the street and slamming on the breaks before I turned corners, so i decided "hmmm... what if i rip the e brake going like 60-70 around a corner?" so i tried it. it scared the shit out of me cuz the road was wet but not snowy so it slid but it like SNAPPED back into going straight so I swerved a little bit and shat myself a lot. But when i was almost home i decided to go into the grocery store parking lot beside my house and do some donuts and see if i can finally do a 360 spin in my car. I did one and i felt invigorated so i did some other shit and i was drifting around cuz there was slight slush but not snow, just enough for my car to lose traction and slid. So i decided to go video game style and i went from one corner of the lot into the middle and ripped the ebrake and did a 270 turn and i feathered the throttle, spinning the tires a bit, so i could maintain my drift, and uh oh, the car starts going straight on ice and i can't turn or stop at ALL and i'm headed straight for a cart carousel thing and BANG. "OH FUCK". i get out to see 2 pieces of my bumper on the ground and a gaping hole JUST under my headlight. like literally there isn't even half an inch of bumper under neath my headlight. So at this point I am sitting here at 4:36 in the morning freaking out because my parents are going to be up in 3 hours and they are letting me use the car tomorrow morning to drive my friend around so she can apply to some places and I'm staying up so i can confront them about it BEFORE they go out for their morning coffee and go WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY CAR>??!?!?!!!!!! I'm up shit creek right now. Apparently its $200-400 to paint a bumper and any where from $60-250 for the actual bumper cover plus labor. So i'm gonna buy the bumper online and just get it painted then put it on by myself.
Making good out of a bad situation: at least i'm okay and at least I didn't hit the headlight and smash that up too.
This has been an excerpt from Travis Pettipas' new life.
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