I CAN NO LONGER SAY I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT

[eye_need_a_hero]

yeah well people are stupid and don't know how to drive. Here I am on Joy like a car length away from the right turn lane to canton center and I'm thinking to myself.....I shouldn't go around because that would be on the shoulder - I can wait. BAAMMMMM!!! Yes that's right. Stupid girl behind me rams into me. Oh shit what do I do? It's the second day of school! I can't believe this! :o grrrrrrrrrr..... WELL I pull over and the girl in the focus pulls over behind me. I wait a minute and the girl gets out of her car to talk to me and so I get out too kind of shaking. She says basically "I'm so sorry! Are you ok?" -"yes"- "I was driving and I hit the wrong pedal. I meant to slam on the brake but I hit the gas instead!....." -she notices I have my cell out- "Do you want to call the police?" I say "sure" as I look back and see them at the accident like 60 yards away. I call....and they say they'll send the police down soon. I look at her car and it's completely crunched in (it's a focus) then dreading to look, but knowing I must, I look at the back of my explorer---oh thank you God! Only the bumper.......It'll have to be replaced but at least she didn't damage anything else. Next comes the phone call to my mom yadda yadda yadda.....( she's ok with it - not mad at me thank God :D ) Two seconds later Dale calls, because -did I forget to mention?- everyone is driving past looking at us. I tell him I'm ok but by then the policeman is there so I have to go. He asks the girl what happened, she tells him about the silly peddel mix up,... CRUNCH!!! Don't worry I'm ok.......just another stupid driver rear-ending another unfortunate person. The cop goes over to their window and yells at them. They pull over....cop is pissed. Cop comes to get my insurance, registration and license and asks if I'm ok -"yeah just shaking a bit". He tells me it will take a little while to process so I should just get in my car and wait. I call emily k to tell her what happened then emily s calls me as she's driving by to ask if I'm ok. At this point I have gotten really sarcastic about what a wonderful day I'm having..............Then my piano teacher calls to reschedule a lesson.....And then I notice another cop near by and the girl with her mom and who I assume is her sister so I get out of the car in case I'm needed. Girl has tears down her face now and her mom is looking mad and sister is asking all the questions I'm thinking such as ~ "How fast were you going that you couldn't stop!?!" - and once again I hear about the silly pedal mix up. Her mom asks me a couple questions concerning my well-being and then I get back in the car wanting to call amanda. Fist the tow truck gets there (not for my car but for the girl's focus) and I move my car up as close as I can to the other accident on the shoulder so the tow truck can get in. I call amanda...then have to hang up on her right away because the cop's back at my window. He gives me my papers back with a card with a report number on it and tells me to give it to my parents. Will do. "ok you can leave, I'll stop any traffic that might come down so you don't get hit again." I back up and pull out. Call amanda back. Tell her. She calms me down. Get home where my mom and brother come out to look at the damage and give me a hug. All better :)

Thanks to everyone who called, listened to me, and kept me sane!

ps. For those of you who know about the $250, well it turns out that new policy doesn't start until the beginning of 2006. At least I don't have that to worry about :D