What a day!

Thursday was the day from hell. It started with a friend's funeral. Ronnie was a work colleague from when I used to drive the Share and Care community bus. Ronnie passed away due to complications from pnuemonia after a long illness. She was 72 but ran around like a 20 year old right up until she got sick. She will be very much missed by the Northam community.

I went back to work after the service and got on with what I had to do.

About 3.30pm I got a phone call from a man named Emilio to inform me that Jeff had had a car accident! He is okay - not a scratch on him apart from a bit of stiffness but the car is a write-off!
He had been in Gingin for a bull sale (we do transit and stud stock insurance cover) and was on his way home. He has been putting in some very long days lately and unfortunately he dozed off! He was doing about 100kms per hour and went off the road at a bend, over a fallen log, moved sideways and the car landed nose down in the dirt. It is very much a wake up call for him to slow down and smell the roses. Needless to say the boys and I are very thankful that he is okay. The car can be replaced (and has been already!!) but Jeff can not be.

I am sorry to the members of my family who will read this here - Jeff wouldn't let me ring anyone about it! I think he is pretty embarrassed about the whole thing. It was impressive to see Matt and Mick lecturing their dad on the dangers of driver fatigue! I really don't think it will happen again. Like I said - we are just thankful he is okay!!

Because we need Jeff's car for the business, the priority was to replace the car. I can do nothing but praise the local car dealer. He sourced and delivered a used 2005 Holden Statesman for us and had it delivered in 4 hours from the request! The car had to come down from Moora about an hour and a half drive from Northam. Probably the easiest deal the salesman has ever done!

Tomorrow we are off to the city to see Billy Connolly live in concert. I booked the tickets for Jeff back in November and then presented them to him after it was all organised. Jeff is a huge fan of Billy and has always wanted to see him live. We are going with Bill and Gillian and we can't wait! I will tell all next week.