I know hindsight is a bitch..but sometimes I wish life was simple..

Today I killed a dusky moorhen.

I had to be in Lowood ( an hour from Brisbane)this morning and my youngest had a historical day field trip. I woke up with sore throat and body ache. There was no way I could skip work and there was no chance that my daughter was going to miss the field trip she has been looking forward to. ( I got the costume, gloves, hat etc for her). So I dragged myself out of bed and by the time got my daughter all decked up in her costume I was running very late.
As I was driving ( read rushing) to Lowood, I saw this bird coming out of the marsh. If I had a bit of common sense, I would have known that it would be trying to cross the road and the simple thing to do was to slow down and let the bird cross. There was no cars behind me and few seconds of slowing down wouldn’t have caused me any major delays. I was already late anyway.
I don’t know why I didn’t slow down.
I am so heart broken.