Tuesday, May 15th, I was at my boyfriend's house. I spent the night and he was doing better. Wednesday morning he was alright, but home. He was going to work from home that day. Around 7am, I left his house on a wet, cold, rainy morning. After a light, 2 cars ahead of me decided last minute to turn right. The SUV in front of my little coupe slammed on her brakes. I slammed on mine, but just SLID. I knew I wasn't stopping and somehow managed to hit my horn, hoping to let her know I was about to hit her. (And I only know that I really did hit my horn because a witness told me that I did when I asked. He said I hit the horn, but she had no where to go.)
I ended up underneath her SUV. Airbag went off, my car went crunch. My hat flew off and was on the floor between my seat and the drivers side door. My glasses broke into pieces from the airbag and landed on the flood on the passenger side. I still have a small scar by my eyebrow on my right eye from where they cut my face.
I've never been in an accident where the airbag went off. Its been years since I've had any kind of car accident, forget about something to this level. I was terrified. I was so confused when the airbag went off. I didn't even know who I hit! I had blood dripping down my face, I couldn't see and I was shaking.
Thank God for my boyfriend! He was amazing! I called him, hysterical. He drove down to get me where I was sitting with the police. I pulled a few things out of my car, waiting for it to be hooked up to be towed away but my boyfriend only has a 2 seater convertible. Only so much could fit.
He picked me and some of my stuff up, then drove me home. I fed my cats and grabbed a few of my things for the day before we went back to his house. He was home working as I called my insurance company to report the accident and started to figure things out. I knew my car was a total loss, from the extensive front end damage plus the airbag!
That afternoon, we went and got a rental car, then drove over to the tow yard to clean out my car. That's when I really got a good look at the damage. I almost started crying again when I saw it. I still can't believe it!
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My little car just went CRUNCH! :(
That was a bad day, to say the least. Since then, things were all over the place. Settling with the insurance company (good, LOVE Plymouth Rock insurance and can't say enough about them!) to trying to buy a new car! (HATE the way I was treated at one dealership, not even mentioning their name at all but already put a bad review on Yelp).
I FINALLY got my new car last weekend. Well, new to me. I figured I could get more car for less money if I went used. A 2010 with 33K miles, tons of options including a moon roof and a cute little hatchback. I love it! I'm really really happy with it.
This dealership was INCREDIBLE! Bernardi Hyundai in Brockton, MA. EVERYTHING was just so friggin easy! Even my boyfriend thought they were great and he compared the service I was getting to what he gets at his Mercedes dealership! Now, that's saying something!
My back is still bothering me though. I have 3 chiro appointments this coming week. I didn't go to work this past Thursday because of how bad my lower back was. I couldn't move! I ran for the first time since the accident a week and a half ago. It was SO slow and only 2 miles. NOT good. I felt great during the run, but not since.
I've been taking it easy but it still isn't right. I have been living on anti-inflamaroties, muscle relaxers and ice. And taking it easy is NOT easy for me! It is killing me! I can't run, I can't lift weights, I can't go to kickboxing. I HATE this! I'm so stressed from NOT working out. And I feel like a slug.
But, hopefully things will keep getting better. I'm on a slightly better path financially. I was bummed that I was paying off my car and now I am starting all over again but I'm hoping I can do extra payments here and there and pay it off sooner. We'll see.
Summer is here, life is hopefully on track and I'm keeping my fingers crossed things will be going in the right direction for me. But with me... I never know!
