Last monday I was in a car accident while I was transporting two children to the office. I am not going to lie, it was traumatizing and none of us were seriously injured. I have had a whole gamut of emotions since then, but mostly angry and sad. The other driver (who pulled out in front of me) walked away uninjured and with a drivable car. My car on the other hand, was not able to be driven away from the accident. To top it off, the other driver never even came over to see if I or the children with me were okay. Instead, he was hellbent on tearing off his fender.
I had titled this post "I'm not good at making lemonade." I was really bitter about the whole situation. My car is emotionally charged and is an item of sentimentality to me. My grandpa bought it brand new for me when I was sixteen. It's the only car I have ever driven and I planned on driving it until it wouldn't go anymore. Just a couple weeks ago I replaced the brake pads for the first time. The day before the accident I filled up with gas. Earlier this year, I replaced the battery for the first time. I was less than two thousand miles away from rolling over one hundred thousand miles. When this guy ran into me he took all of that away from me. The last thing I wanted to do was think about making lemonade out of lemons.
Then I checked out the guy on judici. I found that he had a record a mile long. Not so long ago he left the scene of an accident and didn't have insurance. A bit before that he had a DUI. Basically, every time this guy gets in a car he makes it his mission to screw up as badly as possible. Long story short, I am lucky this guy stayed at the scene, let alone that he actually had insurance. I'm starting to get a little bit better at making lemonade.
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