The area that I'm in doesn't have many cabs; there's a few, but I doubt that I'd have been able to get one on Christmas Eve. I only live about 5 minutes away by car, so I would have just rode my bicycle over, except I had presents that would have made it impossible to do so.

I didn't bother putting them on in the car for a couple reasons. First, it takes me no more than 30 seconds to put on my socks and lace up my shoes. My parents always forget something, so I figured they would be back in the house grabbing things, in which time I'd have already been ready (also, I didn't think they'd actually leave, as they know that it would be only seconds they were further delayed). Second, I would have had my hands full, and thus been unable to put them on in the car. This would be no big deal, except my grandfather would have seen and been worried (as when they're expecting company he likes to wait outside on the porch), thinking that I'll get sick, and asking why I didn't already have them on, which would have forced me to either lie and make myself look bad, or tell the truth, and end up causing a scene, neither of which would have worked.

No, some idiot hit me head on. I was crossing through an intersection, they were facing the opposite way, in the left-turn lane, and they went through when I already was in the intersection. Apparently the driver had looked down, ostensibly at the radio, looked up, saw the light was green, and went immediately, not bothering to check if any other car was actually passing through.

I can be petty at times, but I'm nowhere near that vindictive. Plus, as that would be a false report, I would most likely end up in legal trouble.