Driving Incidents

Let me just start by saying that I have always been a fast, but safe, driver. I am quick and I know my limits when it comes to weaving in and out of traffic, or driving with my knees as I file my nails, or put lotion on. I have never gotten a speeding ticket nor have I ever been in an accident. I was pulled over once for an "illegal lane change", but, considering I had a good excuse (my son who was 2 at the time was screaming his lungs out and I had one hand on the wheel and the other hand was looking for his chupe somewhere in the back seat when I realized I was kind of in the other lane, so, I decided I might as well switch lanes, and I just so happened to be switching lanes in front of a police car, oops) the officer let me off with a warning. Most likely because Caleb was still screaming his lungs out due to the fact that he's stubborn and I still hadn't found his chupe, which by the way was lodged underneath the seat. Anyway, I say all of this to tell you about my first car accident and ticket. A double whammy.
Josh got to Fort Gordon safely and upon arrival found out he had the weekend off. So he calls me late Friday night to ask if I would drive down the next morning. Well, my car had been having some problems, so, I really didn't want to drive it 4 hours when it needed to be worked on. Josh, not being able to take no for an answer, called up a friend, and within 20 min I had a car I could borrow for the weekend. It was a little two door pick up that had a grip of papers stuck in the visor so I couldn't use it or all the papers would fall out. So, there I go, Caleb is in his car seat up front with me and we go off on our trip. I am in a hurry because I want to spend as much time with Josh, but I got up late and I ended up in major traffic in Atlanta. They have these "traffic bases" where the cops slow down a whole portion of the freeway to a stand still for about 20 min and then slowly let them go. But, not being from the area, I thought there was a major accident or something. About the time that I was cursing at myself for not getting up sooner, Josh txt me to see where I was at. It was like the 100th txt he had sent me that morning trying to hurry me up. I was pretty upset, the sun was in my eyes, and we weren't moving, so, I decided to txt him back while I was driving. Something I have done a million times, especially with this new phone I have that is like a computer. Well, needless to say, as I was txting, the traffic slowly moved, and I let up on the brake. I thought I had enough space to roll to a stop, but as I looked up into the sun, I slammed on my brake too late, I hit a little red car. At this point, I was so upset at myself, I am sure my blood pressure was up 3 times the normal amount. I was red (if possible for being brown) and I felt my chest hurting. We pull over and I get out to see that my truck was fine, but the front licence plate of my truck left a dent in the little red car. I try to talk the guy into letting me pay him for the damage with out our insurance getting in on it because it isn't my car and not my insurance. But, he was a real peace of work, and he said he wanted a police report. Well, we waited for the police, but with the traffic base, it took an hour. As I'm sitting in my truck, cursing under my breath so that Caleb doesn't hear, I see the traffic move surprisingly quick. And I think, well, that's good, at least the traffic is gone. But about 30 min later, it all comes to a stand still again, it is at this point that the cops show up, and not only give me a ticket for "following too close" (I'm sure they don't have a "txting while driving" ticket), they put the accident on my friends insurance, and, he tells me I'm gonna have to wait for the next traffic base to pass in order to get back into traffic. BOOOOOOOOO that's all I had to say.
The only good thing about this story is that I made it to Fort Gordon and I had a great time with my family, all together again, and, let's be honest, thank God it wasn't a terrible accident.