well as my two readers already know, i was in a car accident last week. i had just gotten done teaching a cycle class and i was my way to deposit some money into the bank when all a sudden BAM! car accidents are weird things; they have that really fast but really slow feeling to them. It felt fast in the sence that i was just driving along and suddenly all i saw was blue metal of a car then white from my air bags. it felt slow in the sence that i saw the car and my brain was telling me to brake but my body wouldn't comply.
we were driving down town which has a million one way streets; some lady from out of town was trying to find something so she said she was looking at addresses and completely missed the stop sign.
considering the damage, i'm really lucky no one got hurt too badly. the cop said if my airbags hadn't have gone off i probably would have died or at least gotten way more hurt. my hand really hurt and i got some bruises and burns, but nothing too bad. the cop thinks that the airbag blew my hands back, then i think i tried to grab the wheel and slam on my breaks and i just caught my thumb funny. one of my knuckles still really hurts but what can you do. apparently, i had a leg airbag (who knew?) that went off. i instantly felt like my legs were burning and on fire. i tried to hurry out of the car because i have this weird fear thing that cars that get in accidents are going to explode - i think it's from watching too many movies. so i jumped out and ran to the sidewalk. then i remembered i had about $400 in cash sitting on my passanger seat that i was going to deposit, so i ran back to grab that. my fears were not lessened at all seeing fluid dripping from my mangled engine, but eventually i came to terms that my car was not going to explode and trecked back and forth hauling all my stuff out of the car.
i went to the hospital afterwards just in case; i was really worried about my knee too. so they were checking me out and i was SO embarrassed. i hadn't shaved my legs in about 2 weeks so they were looking over the burns on my legs and i was just red in hairy leg shame.
ugh, car accidents just SUCK. not only is the wreck scarey enough but then you have to deal with crappy insurance stuff. they told me to go to any esurance car rental place, so i looked them up and the only one i knew where it was was by the airport. apparently if you go to that one you get charged "airport fees" without them telling you. give me a break people! my 2008 beautiful baby just got killed!
i think i found another car though, it's another lancer. pretty much idential to the one i had. they are getting ready to release their new model so they're marking down prices pretty low.... so hopefully that works out. still it just SUCKS.
it just reminds me how much i hate how powerful money is. i just feel like everything of mine is broken. my car, computer, ipod, phone and i have no money to fix any of it. plus i can't afford to go to the school i really want to... i might have to sign my soul to the devil to try to afford it. just makes me sad. also, a few days earlier i had gotten yelled at by an old man at work so it's just been a super bummer week. that's all. here are some pictures of my poor car:
2 comments:
I really, really hate how powerful money is, too. So frustrating. I often feel like I'm in money prison. I'm just so glad you're okay, Lex. And I'm really glad that you might have found another beautiful Lancer. That's super cute that you felt like your car was going to explode. I love that.
Oh, your poor car. Mine wasn't nearly as bad, and I was ready to cry about it. But I remained strong.
And yes, money sucks, and is super powerful. I read this book that said "Money is a great slave, but a terrible master." So true, so true.
I'm glad you found a new car. You'll have to show pics of that one! YAY!
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