Our Very First Car Accident! Wa-hoo :o(

Well, I guess I should blog about this since not everyone knows. Bellah and I were in a car accident yesterday morning. (Jan 7th). We were rear ended at the stop sign in our neighborhood. It was 7:55am, I was on my way to take Bellah to school and head off to work and we were about to turn right out of our neighborhood, but there were cars coming to the left so we stopped. The lady behind us saw us inch forward, but assumed we had gone and looked down at her wallet and hit us square in the back of my Passat. :o(

Bellah freaked out a little because of the impact and wanted to get out of her seat, but the smoothie that was in my hand (I was about to take a drink!) was all over me and the seats and I didn't want Bellah to get dirty. She calmed down after a little bit and entertained herself while I called the insurance company and got this lady's insurance information.

This is my very first accident (as well as Bellah's too) and it was not a fun experience! The first thing that went through my head was "Are you kidding me?!? Do I really have to deal with this? Did this just happen? Maybe it was my imagination!" And then I looked down and my cup that was once half full was now empty-literally! :o( It took me a minute to realize that someone actually hit me from the back and that my drink was everywhere.

The first thing I tried to do was find some napkins and clean up what I could. Go figure that I only had two in the car!!! I actually used one of Bellah's shirts in her backpack to clean some of it up!!

So, there's the damage. Not bad considering it was a Ford Expedition that hit us. I love my VW - it's totally a tank!! You can see some scratches on the bumper, the dent in the top of the bumper and the truck a little buckled.

This is one of the major areas that was damaged - nice little opening, huh? Maybe no one will notice. :o)

Here are some views of my trunk. It didn't buckle as much as it felt like it could have, so tha car is still drivable - unless it rains! :o(

The lady was very nice and said that she thought I had gone and looked down at her wallet and then hit me. If there weren't two cars coming from the left, I would have gone, but when there are cars coming - I think it better to stop! I didn't know what to do so I called my insurance company, USAA, to figure out what I needed to do and they were very helpful. I got all the info I needed from the other driver and USAA got all the info they needed from me. I love USAA!!

I've already filed the claim with the other insurance company and so far they have been very nice and cooperative. Hopefully I'll get the car into a shop by the weekend and be in a rental as well until my car is fixed!

Bellah and I went to the doctor's today to get checked out and we both are fine. I've got some serious stiffness in my neck and shoulder and lower back, but the doctor said that might go away in a week and keep and eye on it. If it doesn't, I'll go back in and we'll try to schedule some therapy or something. Bellah seems to be doing fine and hasn't acted like she has any paid or discomfort from the wreck.

Anyways, so Bellah and I had a wonderful Wednesday! :o( It would be much easier if David was here because he does all that phone call stuff. I HATE making phone calls! It's one of those things I will procrastinate until the very last second, if possible. It's a bad habit. Oh, well. I will keep you posted of any developments, but hopefully we won't have any.

David comes home in less than 30 days and we are anxiously trying to keep ourselves busy so that the time flies!! The military has pushed back his "window" to come home to the middle of February, but I'm hoping it'll be earlier - these guys keep getting screwed with this Unit they are with. America may "support" the soldiers, but the Military sure doesn't! The political world of the Military is a very frustrating beast. Thankfully, David won't be fighting it much longer!

Love ya!

JB & B