OT -- ****

Well, yesterday I was gonna post a topic like, yay, I'm 21, it's mah birthday! But here's what happened:

My birthday started out uncharacteristically warm and rainy, which I didn't like. I was wet. Annoyed. Had a test, etc etc.
So we got home, rested up. I picked out an outfit, did my makeup (I never do) and prepared to go out for drinks. I let my boyfriend drive to get a feel for my car, as he'd be driving me home.
Anyways, we live TEN MINUTES from the restaurant. Speed limit's 45, we're doing roughly that or a little under. We have right of way. People facing us are turning left. One last car decides, maybe he can make the turn. He can't. GAH.
It's wet, and my boyfriend slams on the brakes and tries to avoid this d-bag, but we hit him and the airbags deploy and bust me in the chest and break my windshield. And my thumb.
So the other driver jumps out of his car and runs away, leaving his passenger.
WE CAN SEE THE RESTAURANT. GAH.
Paramedics look at me, crap happens, my roommate won't answer her phone, so she can't pick us up, my car gets towed with the keys in it. I barely got my wallet back.
So the cop drives us home, before I realize I have no keys, so then we walk a mile in the rain to McDonald's and wait half an hour for my boyfriend's mom. She takes me home and my parents take me to the ER where I get X-Rays and Vicodin and they take forever.
Today I find out, my truly beloved little car, Pimp, is totaled. I had him five years to the day. I feel like a living thing died. I loved it so.
I'm bruised, I have sausage fingers, my chest hurts, thumb hurts. Mostly I miss my car. But I'm so proud of it. Airbags went off and everything and it didn't crumple like paper, like all my friends' cars. I'd just put $900 into that car. Not two months ago. I guess it's good the brakes had been fixed.

Also, I gotta poop! But my chest hurts and I don't wanna push. Blah.

So much for celebrating. And I'm gonna have to relegate certain delicate Thanksgiving cooking proceedings to my boyfriend.

Yeah, we were lucky. He just bumped his elbow and he's fine. I was the only one hurt. We hit on my side mostly.
Me too! I never got my drinks either. I only wanted quesdaillas and two drinks. X( But Thanksgiving's coming up I guess.
It was a 1997 Ford Escort. We only buy Ford. I want another... they seem very reliable. But I kind of want a Jeep. If I could find a little big bigger Ford that'd be great, but they seem to cost more.
Thanks! I appreciate it.

Wow, that's quite a story! I'm glad you weren't more seriously hurt. And I'm sorry about the car and the hassle.
I hope you can relax and recover some this next weekend!

Sounds like a story for the books. Sorry you had a crappy birthday. Maybe this will give u a wonderful birthday present in getting a new car. ;) Sure hope you don't hurt much though. Was your car paid off? If so, then you have that much more money that the insurance company will give you to buy a new car. ;)

fruitgirl, we were going to Ruby Tuesday in the mall, I just wanted a couple drinks, maybe get something at Meijers for home. There was actually an accident at the same intersection that night two and a half hours before ours.

Sweetie, I got the car free but it sucks 'cause I put a lot into it. And I think I gotta buy the new one myself. And I have tuition due. Overdue actually.

Yes. "Gah" means I'm disgusted lol

Oh wow! It's a good thing your guys weren't more seriously hurt. But you sure had a stinky birthday. Happy belated Birthday btw! lol Seriously, I am glad you are ok because things could've been so much worse. Just be thankful that you got to stay alive to see the day of your birth. ((hugs)) to you and I hope your next bday will be more fun!

Oh wow, that does stink! I'm so glad you are both okay though. Now that you've started out with a bang, I'm sure the year will be uphill from here. By the way, Happy Belated Birthday!

You're accident didn't take place over by M-14 and Barton (in Ann Arbor) did it? We were coming from my friends house in Jackson and it was a mad house around that area and they said there was an accident in that area.

A major bummer, geez!!!!! Sorry that happened to mess up your 21st, just glad it wasn't worse in the injury dept. Those things are scary! Some yrs back a friend was driving me to dinner on my b'day, along a narrow suburban road that articulated buses also use. Wouldn't ya know-- we got one of those wobblies ahead of us in the right lane & my friend honked to remind the bus driver that something smaller was obliged to drive close behind due to traffic conditions at the time. Well, that dummy continued to swerve the rear end of his bus into our lane! My friend sensed intuitively that he was going to pull into our lane before the next traffic light even though there wasn't enough room for his bloomin' bus, & started to brake slowly. Sure enough, that's what he did-- so that the wobbly back end of the bus hit our right fender, but it would have been a real smashup except that my friend had braked protectively. From my vantage point in the right passenger seat, it looked for a few seconds like the rear of that huge bus would come thru my window!!!!!!! My whole life passed before me; I really thought death was at hand. Whew. At least we survived intact, the car was still usable, & a police car arrived quickly to investigate & ordered the bus to be immediately taken out of service. So we were able to go to the restaurant after all. Let me tell you, I was thrilled to be in one piece!!!!! The following week my friend got a notice from the Motor Vehicles Dept. that the bus driver was being charged as solely responsible for the accident. I hope your aches, pains, & swollen fingers heal ASAP-- poor buby. A b'day to remember ... / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)