Tom called me earlier today to let me know the new Dell arrived. He had mucked out the office (which was shall we say a wee bit messy) and set it up and was having fun playing with it. He didn’t even want to go to work as he was having so much fun with the new toy.
I was looking forward to playing with it too (I’m almost as much of a geek and gadget nerd as Tom is)so I picked up the Boys and was on my way to my Ex’s to drop them off for a few days (his time for a visit) and was going to head on back home to play…
It was a nice day today, not raining or anything so you can’t blame a slick road…but still I got rear ended. The light changed to amber and I stopped for it, the dude behind me (who is 20 and driving his Dad’s car btw) said he thought I was going to go for it through the Amber and didn’t stop in time. He TRIED to stop but was rather unsuccessful.
The first word out of my mouth was a loud FUC…well you get the picture!!!!! and immediately checked to see if the Boys were ok. They were a bit freaked by it, and Sean was immediately concerned about Freddy (the car) being damaged. I was more concerned about them, THEN I was concerned about Freddy.
The guy came over to see if we were ok, declare he didn’t know I was going to stop AND proceed to tell me that he didn’t think I had any damage as “Cars like mine are built to withstand impacts” blah blah.. he was very nervous and I said “yeah well I’m gonna need your insurance and Drivers license info…” Anyway we agreed to pull over to a nearby parking lot and exchange info. He came out of his car towards me and handed me his info, I gave him mine.
He then knelt over to say “Doesn’t look like there’s any damage.. oh wait, look there is some right there” He kindly pointed out what he had done to poor Freddy for me….He kept repeating how he was SURE I was going to run the yellow. I told him he should NEVER assume anything and to make sure he wasn’t following so close he couldn’t stop if need be…
I kept my cool though, I know he’s probably sweating up a storm with his Parents tonight.
I called in my claim to Insurance and have an appointment with an inspector on Monday. I was already getting stiff and could feel a bit of muscle ache starting not long after. I guess it’s because I was bracing on the wheel and stiffened at impact.
The lady at the claims centre told me to go visit the doctor over the weekend if necessary and to take my claim number with me when I do. I will probably feel a bit more sore and stiff tomorrow but I will live and so will the Boys and that’s the important part. I called the Boy’s Dad to let him know what happened so he can watch them and make sure they are still ok. I talked to him again a little while ago, and he said they are both still fine. Poor Chris is thinking twice about learning to drive now. I told him look I’m still driving and I just got hit..
Of course the shakes got worse a little bit later along with the ‘near tear’s feeling I still can’t entirely shake. I was running on adrenaline at that point just wanted to get the Boys to his place and go home. It freaked me out because that’s never happened to me before (any real accident) so I never knew what it would feel like or how I would react. This was only a fender bender too. I don’t even want to imagine or ever find out what a real accident is like….I just feel a lot more aware of certain muscles right now!
I told Tom about it when he called me on his lunch break. I was so bummed and he was concerned (he’s so sweet) and he called me again later to see how I was doing.
I was trying to avoid getting stiff so I went for a walk, returned my insurance docs to the car and took some pictures of the damage to show Tom while he’s at work. He said he was picturing it a lot worse that it is. That’s one tuff lil car!! My Metro would have collapsed like an accordion with a strong wind, my lil Mazda 3 guy is really good and I highly recommend them!
I’m upset Freddy got damaged, even just this much. He was so perfect and shiny (ok dirty) and almost new!!!!
Freddy Damage
Our Building (took it while out walking.. unrelated to rant but thought what the heck…)
Anyway… I’m off to go sulk for a while before bed… (pout)
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