Wednesday, September 02, 2009

surprises

Last night I told Jason I wanted to take the Acura to school because I was just about out of gas and didn't have to get any this morning. 
*Fast forward to 8:30am
I decided I would take the X-terra to school and get gas after school/work.
I got in the X-terra and started on my way to school. I had just stopped at the stop light on University Parkway and had to stop at Freedom Blvd. I was sitting there for about 10 seconds and then my car lurched forward. For a split second I thought my car had stalled or had died, it kind of freaked me out. Then I noticed there was a big Chevy suburban behind me and I knew I had been hit. I put the car in park, put the flashers on, and walked to the back of the X-terra. We have a trailer hitch on the back with a rubber cover for it so it doesn't get rusty. The only damage to my vehicle was that the little rubber cover had been scraped a little bit. The only thing wrong with her car was the license plate holder was scratched. We pulled into a parking lot and I got the woman's phone number and name just in case there was more damage than meets the eye. She apologized a lot and explained that her kids were causing problems, she wasn't paying attention and she hit me. As she was driving away I took down her license plate and description of her car, just in case. 
I got to school about five minutes late, good thing I left for school early.
The thing I am really grateful for was that I took the X-terra, not the Acura. That would have been a great travesty! I am extremely happy that I took the X-terra and that there was no damage to me, the people in the other car, or either of the vehicles. 

The rest of the day was great and a good reminder to be thankful for all the little things. 

3 comments:

lysh like whoa said...

that's kind of like when the girl hit my moms durango...who knows what could have happened if it was my car!! since hers was over $4000 in damages!! i still dont ever want to know what would have happened to mine!

Nae said...

I'm so glad it wasn't worse!

Seth and Mariah said...

Wow...that is scary. Good thing you followed the promptings to drive the X-Terra. How lucky! I am glad it wasn't any worse.