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The good news: Got the Ok go CD today, complete with a DVD of their videos. Yay.
The bad: Less than twenty minutes later we were rearended at a stop light by an old guy and his wife. The car, I'm told, has been towed to some auto yard in Texas and we will learn its fate tomorrow after the adjuster gets back to my parents who are still the lawful owners of the vehicle as we had not bothered to get the title transferred yet.
I did not witness the towing as the annoying men from the firetruck and ambulance had already loaded me onto the board thing with the collar, taken my glasses and left me blind, and loaded me up for a trip to the hospital sans my purse, my phone, my feminine hygiene products and my husband.
The man hiding behind the curtain in my ER room kept insisting that the pain meds they'd given him were not enough and making this horrid wheeze until the nurses had left and then he would quiet for a moment or two before "Hey, lady. Find Brian Lentz." I would pretend to be deaf or unconscious. "Hey, LADY! Can you hear me? Find Brian Lentz." This continued until I very quietly uttered "okay" and the scary man went back to his wheezing.
I did not go find Brian Lentz, in case you were wondering.
Eventually they let me out of the collar and free from the board and rolled me out to X-Ray where I discovered that along with chest pain to the left of the sternum and lower back pain (also to the left), my left hip hurts like a son of a fish when I'm forced to roll over to that side and lie there for a series of x-rays. Son of a FISH!
By this point I'm down to my jean skirt, tank top and a hospital gown, my shirt clutched in my arms like a very flat gray teddy bear.
Captain was waiting for me when they wheeled me back. The weight of everything sort of hit and I realized our car may be totalled, Captain has to get to work some how, we have no savings... and the dog has a vet appt. for a check up on his ear infections tomorrow afternoon and we have no way to get him there. That, by the way, is what actually set me off and I started crying.
To wind things up: Nothing is broken. Seat belts are restrainny owwie love. Tomorrow is soon enough to figure out what to do with the car/lack of car.
The bad: Less than twenty minutes later we were rearended at a stop light by an old guy and his wife. The car, I'm told, has been towed to some auto yard in Texas and we will learn its fate tomorrow after the adjuster gets back to my parents who are still the lawful owners of the vehicle as we had not bothered to get the title transferred yet.
I did not witness the towing as the annoying men from the firetruck and ambulance had already loaded me onto the board thing with the collar, taken my glasses and left me blind, and loaded me up for a trip to the hospital sans my purse, my phone, my feminine hygiene products and my husband.
The man hiding behind the curtain in my ER room kept insisting that the pain meds they'd given him were not enough and making this horrid wheeze until the nurses had left and then he would quiet for a moment or two before "Hey, lady. Find Brian Lentz." I would pretend to be deaf or unconscious. "Hey, LADY! Can you hear me? Find Brian Lentz." This continued until I very quietly uttered "okay" and the scary man went back to his wheezing.
I did not go find Brian Lentz, in case you were wondering.
Eventually they let me out of the collar and free from the board and rolled me out to X-Ray where I discovered that along with chest pain to the left of the sternum and lower back pain (also to the left), my left hip hurts like a son of a fish when I'm forced to roll over to that side and lie there for a series of x-rays. Son of a FISH!
By this point I'm down to my jean skirt, tank top and a hospital gown, my shirt clutched in my arms like a very flat gray teddy bear.
Captain was waiting for me when they wheeled me back. The weight of everything sort of hit and I realized our car may be totalled, Captain has to get to work some how, we have no savings... and the dog has a vet appt. for a check up on his ear infections tomorrow afternoon and we have no way to get him there. That, by the way, is what actually set me off and I started crying.
To wind things up: Nothing is broken. Seat belts are restrainny owwie love. Tomorrow is soon enough to figure out what to do with the car/lack of car.
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1. Love you.
2. Am glad you are in owwie-land, as opposed to dearly departed-ville, or even long-term rehab city.
3. The dog -- and vet -- will manage.
4. Can I do anything from here other than pray?
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Truth be told, I'm just so happy that Captain isn't hurt at all that I'm mostly mellow to everything else. Every once in awhile I have a moment or two of "OMG what are we going to do" but then I remember it could have been so much worse. The older couple were fine, Captain is fine, and now I know what a ride in an ambulance strapped to a board is like.
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Oh, and I found him. Let's go back to the hospital and tell Mr. Wheezy.
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I hope their insurance is mega good and that you're able to procure a vehicle without any trouble.
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And they did have insurance and I've already gotten about four calls this morning from different companies so I've got my finers crossed that whatever happens we won't have to pay too much out of pocket and won't be carless too long. Right now we're bumming rides from other soldiers.
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Ack, Miah! I'm sooo glad you're alright. And your hubby. Just...wow.
As everyone else said, the rest will work out. I'm just glad you and Captain are around to see it work out. Let me know if you need anything. Not sure what I can do from here, but if there's anything at all...don't hesitate to ask. We're all here for you and your family.
*hugs more*
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Thanks.
The car thing is frustrating, but it could have been so much worse so there's a lot of relief in my frustration.
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In other news - do you remember the detention challenge you issued a year or two ago? I finally finished my entry for it over the Christmas holidays and sent it to my beta. Only extremely late, but it was the first bit of writing I've done in... well, since right around when you issued the challenge I think.
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Really? Then that's something to look forward to then. :D Good to be back writing again?
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Good Lord! I'm glad you and the Capt. weren't seriously injured. I'm sure everything will work itself out. Hang in there.
And if you need anything, please holler. I can always hop in the car and start driving down.
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If they have insurance - and they hit you - if it's the same down there as it is up here - their company has to provide you with a rental vehicle until yours is fixed and or replaced. Keeping fingers crossed.
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She's in Nebraska, we're in Oklahoma, the accident was in Texas and the people who hit us were from Colorado so it's really a bit old cluster poop right now.
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I hope that the old people were also the type that are WELL covered insurance-wise. Were they injured or do you know?
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I never saw them but I did ask my husband and he said that he never spoke with them but they appeared unhurt and they didn't go to the hospital.
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Hugs