WHAT MADE YOU GRIMACE & GRIT YOUR TEETH TODAY?

She is documenting! She's posting here!

I can just imagine a2k being used for evidence in a trial...

Good point, Mac!

I was in a twirlaround at an intersection when I was the one doing the left turn. I was nosing into the intersection, but not in front of traffic lanes, standard procedure in LA, no one at all just stays behind the crosswalk before things are clear or there'd be battery from all behind them. As I understand now, one should not enter an intersection at all unless one can clear it, but all of LA would go into tharn at certain times of day if that was followed. Anyway, the light turned from orange to red, no one was approaching, I finished my turn. Someone sped from the opposite direction, blasting, I think accelerating from the back of the inner turn lane, and hit me into a spin. Luckily I had two witnesses, the woman behind me and a guy at a bus stop who stayed to give me his name, bless his heart.

Also luckily, all the zillions of other cars stopped. The guy was a very recent immigrant with a temporary license and an assurance to the police from his cousin with the Cleaning establishment down the street that he had insurance, just not with him. Nah, he didn't. Not only did he not, they tried to sue me (cousin was slick), but it went nowhere. I'm not anti-immigrant but I'm not a fan of this particular guy.)

I told the fire department and police that I was just fine, though my car, luckily a volvo since I was protected by it, was totalled, another grueling story. My whiplash started bothering me after two weeks and took about six months to go away. I'd already told my insurance I was personally fine. I had health insurance but high deductible, and my car insurance was only liability. The good thing was that it was established that it was the other guy's fault. My insurance did not go up. at least any more than usual.

That was the episode that had me (me, past owner of some nifty cars, driving a chevy citation, my husband's recently deceased father's car, for the next four years. That was worse than the whiplash.

YOU ARE NOT MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL!
[sorry for the caps]

You are reporting an accident as you are required to.
You are seeking medical attention as simple prudence dictates.

Woke up this morning feeling fine. No soreness or anything.

Have a doctor's appt., though, purely for reasons of thoroughness.

Trying to figure out whether I should work out. I have a bar-code card thing to swipe to get in, which would provide a record of when I go, and I'm thinking I probably shouldn't between the accident and the doctor's appointment. (Picturing lawyer saying "Yes, but can you be certain that the the neck sprain didn't result from using that machine <points dramatically>?")

I dunno. Still feel like I'm overreacting, but better safe than sorry and all of that.

E.G.'s been rear-ended twice and said both times he was sore right after but then felt better and had no lasting ill effects.

Oh and in addition to posting here (good point, mac!), I took pictures of the bumper yesterday (with time and date stamp) and wrote a thorough account of everything I could remember about what happened in an email that I sent to my husband (and kept a copy in my sent mail).

Looking back, I think I was wrong in saying my whiplash didn't start bothering me for two weeks. Weird what memory does. Anyway, I think it was more like four or five days.

I usually tell people to expect to know within a week if they're going to have any soft tissue problems. It's fairly unusual for them to be noticeable in the first 48 hours.

How mean of you, Soz, to reverse up hill into the vehicle of that nice lawyer lady who was just sitting there waiting for the lights to change!

It's all part of my evil plan...!


Sorry to not update things (and sorry for this lengthy tangent, msolga!), everything seems fine.

E.G. called our insurance agent the morning after the accident and got some good info. Didn't file a claim. I went to the doctor and he put me through my paces and said that everything looked good. Evidently it was to my benefit that I didn't see her coming, and was relaxed at the time of impact. If people see/hear the car coming and tense up, that can cause more problems.

He said that it's not definite that I'm fine, and not to sign anything saying that I'm fine or anything, give it a month or so. But he's not concerned and is pretty confident that no problems will develop at this point.

So, hopefully that's all over and done with.

Thanks again for the sympathy and advice, everyone, much appreciated.

Sounds like the 'i's are dotted and the 't's are crossed. Way to go!

Not at all, soz!

Anyone would be grimacing & gritting in similar circumstances!

Pleased to hear that you're OK!

Was at a party in South Boston yesterday. In the bathroom, and hear this ridiculously loud crash. Come out, and it turns out some teens threw rocks through the 2 living room windows. Somehow, nobody got hurt between 2 big rocks flying in and glass going everywhere.

Beer, St. Paddy's Day weekend, and amateurs. Good times.

that's no way to crash a party...

paying deposit for my rented house move

Expensive, I gather, Dorothy.

£525 msolga.



the remains of my overdraft facility.

Sometimes in the quietness of my night, I look back over my day and it tires me just looking at it. I sometimes wonder if I know what I'm doing. I've done this before, so I should know. Right? I'm talking about working and going to college, too. But really, there is a difference this time. I have more responsibility. I have way more bills. Mortgage payment. Car payment.....yadda, yadda, yadda. My boss has been great. Still has me on salary, albeit a smaller one. (as it should be for less worked hours) Financially I'm ok. A lot of adjustments made to make it ok. But I do need to watch my money now. I can live with that.

But if I'm not on campus, I'm in my office. During the day on Saturdays, I clean house, do laundry, shopping, and with time left, I work on homework or whatever it is that I have brought home from the office that week, Cuz God knows....I can't seem to do it all during the week. Sometimes I don't wanna go out and have fun cuz it just feels darn nice to sit on my butt and do nothing except hold the remote control. I do have trouble doing that, though if I'm home. It's hard for me to sit still and not do something constructive when there's always homework that needs done for the upcoming week. Sundays are as big a rush as Saturdays cuz I go to parents and come home and do more work or homework......always something. I pull all-nighters when I have to cuz that's just how it is. Time does not stand still and wait for me to catch up. Heaven forbid if I allow myself to drop below a B in any class or any test or any homework assignment. That's totally not acceptable to me. I want the A's. B's are ok but they don't make me hold my head up when I know I can do better.

Today I think it must be catching up to me. I'm just tired and I have no idea why I'm sitting here crying...except maybe it really is too much. I have a long ways to go so I need to suck it up. Bad thing is .....this fall, it gets kicked up another notch. But the end will justify the means. Done being a big baby now. Geesh, one would think that I would at least be thankful for christmas and spring breaks.



Bob Seger ..... Like a Rock. If I listen to it enough, I will become it.

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