I seem to be a day behind.
Each night, I sit down and update on what happened yesterday. Hopefully this will get me all caught up.
Yesterday, I decided that with all the crap going on with the car, I deserved the day off. Plus I figured I could use the day to talk to the insurance companies to get the ball rolling on replacing my car and all that jazz. Well, it became clear pretty quickly that the lady's insurance company was going to get in touch with me when they damn well pleased, so I spent much of my day goofing around online and stewing. Their favorite phrase was "I can't really say until we conduct our investigation." Hello? Your driver ran a red light and admitted it to the officer, who included that in their report, which you got a copy of. What is there to investigate? You are going to accept 100% responsibility for this accident, and that will include my new car (I'm dead set on this, we are not repairing a bent frame), my medical bills (more on that later), my rental car, and I'm tempted to say my lost wages (only 1 day or so, plus whatever the doc's visit takes). Eventually, toward the end of the day, I did talk to someone who said that it looked like they would be taking responsibility as soon as they got their driver's statement, so that was good. They also told me I was OK with my rental and that it would be reimbursed, again, once they officially accept responsibility.
During the day, while I waited for all this information, I spent some time messing around with my computer. I even got a chance to look in on JDate, which I hadn't done in about a month. During this time, I found myself IMing not one, not two, but three women from there. And all without me actually subscribing. Sounds like I now have potential for three new friends, and maybe even potential for one more than friend. I dunno, time will tell after we get a bite to eat on our first date. Again, a nice flower has sprouted from the pile of fertilizer that has been the car wreck. Had I not been taking the day off, I'd have not been spending so much time looking at peoples' profiles and they'd never have initiated contact with me. Bonus that they initiated contact. Can we say my ego has been stroked (without being perverted about it!)?
So finally, today I went back to work, and it was alright. My biggest problem was that after a few hours of being on my feet and climbing ladders and generally doing my job, I felt a lot of aches. My whole attitude up till now has been "don't worry about it, you're not hurt, you're just sore, you'll feel fine soon enough, etc" But I realized today that I'm better off going and getting checked out now, anyway. It'll be easier to deal with insurance, it'll be healthier for my body if something is found, healthier for my mind if nothing is found, and maybe they'll give me some pretty muscle relaxants. Oh yeah, that would be for the time when I had 3 back spasms in about a 10 minute span. So tomorrow I have an appointment with a primary care doc for a quick check over. And I also have an appointment with the appraiser, so I can finally stop worrying about whether or not I'll have to argue to get the car totaled out. I'm glad I'll get to meet with the guy, so that way I can talk to him about my concerns face to face. Of course, that is why I stashed the car in the garage :)
Now that I've pretty much gotten caught up, I must rest. Last night wasn't too restful, and my hopes aren't high for tonight. (yuck, i just burped and got a little throw up in there. don't you hate that!)
Yesterday, I decided that with all the crap going on with the car, I deserved the day off. Plus I figured I could use the day to talk to the insurance companies to get the ball rolling on replacing my car and all that jazz. Well, it became clear pretty quickly that the lady's insurance company was going to get in touch with me when they damn well pleased, so I spent much of my day goofing around online and stewing. Their favorite phrase was "I can't really say until we conduct our investigation." Hello? Your driver ran a red light and admitted it to the officer, who included that in their report, which you got a copy of. What is there to investigate? You are going to accept 100% responsibility for this accident, and that will include my new car (I'm dead set on this, we are not repairing a bent frame), my medical bills (more on that later), my rental car, and I'm tempted to say my lost wages (only 1 day or so, plus whatever the doc's visit takes). Eventually, toward the end of the day, I did talk to someone who said that it looked like they would be taking responsibility as soon as they got their driver's statement, so that was good. They also told me I was OK with my rental and that it would be reimbursed, again, once they officially accept responsibility.
During the day, while I waited for all this information, I spent some time messing around with my computer. I even got a chance to look in on JDate, which I hadn't done in about a month. During this time, I found myself IMing not one, not two, but three women from there. And all without me actually subscribing. Sounds like I now have potential for three new friends, and maybe even potential for one more than friend. I dunno, time will tell after we get a bite to eat on our first date. Again, a nice flower has sprouted from the pile of fertilizer that has been the car wreck. Had I not been taking the day off, I'd have not been spending so much time looking at peoples' profiles and they'd never have initiated contact with me. Bonus that they initiated contact. Can we say my ego has been stroked (without being perverted about it!)?
So finally, today I went back to work, and it was alright. My biggest problem was that after a few hours of being on my feet and climbing ladders and generally doing my job, I felt a lot of aches. My whole attitude up till now has been "don't worry about it, you're not hurt, you're just sore, you'll feel fine soon enough, etc" But I realized today that I'm better off going and getting checked out now, anyway. It'll be easier to deal with insurance, it'll be healthier for my body if something is found, healthier for my mind if nothing is found, and maybe they'll give me some pretty muscle relaxants. Oh yeah, that would be for the time when I had 3 back spasms in about a 10 minute span. So tomorrow I have an appointment with a primary care doc for a quick check over. And I also have an appointment with the appraiser, so I can finally stop worrying about whether or not I'll have to argue to get the car totaled out. I'm glad I'll get to meet with the guy, so that way I can talk to him about my concerns face to face. Of course, that is why I stashed the car in the garage :)
Now that I've pretty much gotten caught up, I must rest. Last night wasn't too restful, and my hopes aren't high for tonight. (yuck, i just burped and got a little throw up in there. don't you hate that!)