Wasted time

Well, today was a pleasant and relaxing day in many ways, but also annoying owing to self-inflicted problems.
Tutor group: fine. I had the bright idea of using the data projector to pull up Youtube to show the latest hit clip - the JKWeddingMarch - basically a young bridal party doing cool moves as they all dance down the aisle in pairs etc. So we all enjoyed that.
Yr 10s - drafting their satirical narratives. No big dramas.
Yr 12 - drafting their resumes and letters. Several away, including the slackest baddies, so class ran pretty nicely, despite my need to confiscate a couple of phones during the lesson - they don't like that!
Then 8 RAVE times 2: finishing off Evan Almighty which has really grown on me as a film - not at all offensive, and if I may say so, a bloody good choice for a Yr 8 RAVE unit! Need to follow it up with a discussion of discipleship etc next week.
Then a lunch duty where I was somewhat incensed by 5 year 8 boys who crossed my path brawling and being stupid - they soon came to regret the error of their ways as they accompanied me on a big litter pick-up. Silly stuff!
Then lots of spare time this afternoon which I mainly misspent playing chessmaniac games - continuing my winning run but making I think a fatal error in at least one game, so I suspect I'm going to be a dead duck there. I was disappointed to find the afternoon had disappeared in that way, but maybe I needed the wind-down time after being amped up at lunchtime!
When Nigel and I finally took off and made our way home for the umpteenth time, something incredible happened.
We got to the big roller coaster section of the road at Mt Crosby and we were listening to basically an announcer's comedy routine when suddenly there was a boom on Nigel's side of the car and I found myself shocked to realise I had actually veered slightly too far over and had actually bounced off the guard rail! I was able to immediately pull over safely and we both jumped out. There's a long thin mark along the side of the car and perhaps a slight depression, but no major damage, which is pretty lucky. I felt incredibly stupid - how easy it is to lose concentration and of course having a passenger on board was embarrassing. It certainly could have been a lot worse in many respects. We got back in and took off and I was a little surprised at how calm I felt as we drove along - but then again maybe I am just a cool customer who's become used to adjusting to strange circumstances.
Haven't told Al about it as yet but probably will tomorrow - would be good to see if I could clean it up before she sees it, but I'm not sure that will happen!
Bed now - absolutely intent upon getting as close to 8 hrs sleep each night as possible from now on. Must get back into the gym routine as well, but I don't think tomorrow morning will be the day!
With prayers for a good, productive day tomorrow, ciao.