September 18, 2008

• Wreck

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      After I had the accident, I had to struggle to shake the idea that God was punishing me.  But now it has become clearer.  I do believe everything happens for a reason.  I think maybe God knew that I was going to need some more money to pay the bills this month.  Like a good neighbor State Farm is there!  I'm getting the driving parts of the car fixed, but they also paid for body work which I don't need on that old rusted tank anyway.  I need the electricity and water to my house a lot more.  And food. 
      
       I do hope to be starting my new job soon but there have been hold ups.  I'm trying to get my extra retirement money but they don't make it easy.  And I won't do any more work for my old job until I get it.  So for now, just thank God I have good credit and good insurance.  *g*  

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      I wonder how many Xangans, after having a car accident, blog about it in one way or another.  I had one a few nights ago.  I am getting a bit creeped out by the number of times I have declared something lately, only to have it soon rebuked.  I mean, it was only a few days ago that I boasted about how I've never been the driver in any car wreck in my life.  Well... mark that one off the list.  
       No one was hurt badly, THANK  YOU GOD.  Though I was really lucky that the clip I put on my seat belt to give it slack on my neck, didn't rip my eyeball out.   And it's kind of amazing really, that my car (Toyota 4-Runner) had barely a scratch, while the other car is probably totaled, though I haven't heard anything from their insurance yet.  So she's now earned an official name- The Tank.        
       It's probably also pretty amazing that I didn't get a ticket.  I was changing lanes from the right hand to the left to make a left turn, but  there was a car in my blind spot that I ran into.  Their car went out of control and spun and swerved around a bit before it stopped, and their poor front wheel was busted all up and angled wrong and it had to be towed away. 
       Maybe the cop didn't give me a ticket cause I was crying fairly hysterically.  I told him I was from out of town and lost and I'm not used to driving in big cities, and I was looking for a convenience store and had just spotted one before I crashed.  But I did get calmed down before they left.  So after the ambulance and fire truck and tow truck and everybody left, I backed up and into the exit from a parking lot that was to  my right.  And there I sat for a very very long time waiting for the light to turn green.  But it never did.  I finally realized that it wasn't going to turn green until morning, when the parking lot behind  me opened.  I had to just sit and cry some more before I finally ran the red light and continued on to the store.

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