It's never a good thing to wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
Monday morning 21st march, i wake up with a start and find myself drenched in sweat. There is no light (as usual) and the weather is mad stuffy. i feel around for my phone and check the time. 2.42 am.
Na wa o. i hate it when i wake up by this time. I can never get back to sleep for one and that's when the minions start reminding me of every serious thing in my life at that point in time. I toss and turn for what seems like six hours and when i look at the time again, it's just 3.25 am!!!!
I might just kill myself at this rate.
Fortunately, much much later on, the weather picks up and all of a sudden, i hear thunder and serious wind starts blowing...... Glory!!! the rain starts falling as if we have never seen it before. It's a relief and i manage to doze off after shutting all the windows.
I get up later and start getting ready for work. The rain is still falling hard and seeing as i initially didn't want to drive to work since Suzie's fuel was very low, i'm seriously torn between leaving in the rain or going with her. The decision is made for me when i notice my other colleagues standing outside(They live in the same building) waiting for the rain to stop. We load up in the car and head off to work.
The rain is falling hard and everywhere is very wet. We make it to Ikota and out of the blues, the LCC officials up ahead of us suddenly stop vehicles to presumably let some schoolkids cross the road. Now, this act, even though done with very noble intentions, was done in a very stupid manner seeing as the roads were wet and we are on the expressway.
That, ladies and gentlemen is how my whole day turns to utter shit!!
There were four cars ahead of me. The first two hit themselves and screeched to a stop, a green RAV 4 SUV just ahead of me managed to slam the brakes on time to avoid colliding with the ones up ahead. I desperately slam the brakes repeatedly, but the road's very wet and my car is too close to the RAV 4.
I can only watch helplessly as Suzie skids on the wet surface and rams the green SUV with an almighty crunch!!!! ouch.
The ladies in the car scream and i am dazed for a minute. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and i get out of the car to check out the damage.
Shiiiit!!!... Its awful. My bonnet is crumpled up, headlights are smashed, one pointers is no where to be found, front grill is damaged and my bumper is torn in two or three different places.
and that is just on the outside.
We can see the radiator leaking and i can't tell what else is affected as we can't open the crumpled bonnet to look inside properly.
I go to the other vehicle and a young lady comes out looking very irritated. we inspect the damage to her own car and fortunately it's nowhere near as bad as mine.
The LCC guys come over and help direct traffic to other lanes and we manage to get the cars to the safe side of the road.
My office guys in the car know a panel beater close by and we have to call him to come over quickly. To her credit, the lady is very calm and doesn't want to cause a scene. She calls her husband and i speak with him over the phone. He directs his own mechanic to come over and assess things as well.
It's crazy. We're waiting for the mechanics and i'm just standing there miserably in the rain thinking about not just the financial implications this will toll on me to get Suzie fixed but also the money for repairs to this other vehicle. (of course, since vehicle insurance is just for very rich dummies, yours truly, the very sharp guy has never bothered with it).
Anyway, the guy comes and we tow the vehicles to his workshop. He is one of those upbeat types, full of good cheer and vigour.
He tells me "Ahhh Oga, make we thank God say nothing do una o. Afterall na only money we go spend to repair moto".
I know he's right but i still feel like clobbering him on the skull with my wheel spanner.
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