And then there's this:
Important part: Rob is fine and the person he ran into is fine, too. She drove away in her car at the end of all the hubbub, so that's great. On top of that, Rob was alone, which means we weren't all in the car. It would have been horrible to have the kids all experience that. It was on a Sunday, so I was able to go and pick him up, no problem. Plus, I had been having this feeling that the car was going to be in an accident for a while now (though I try to ignore those kinds of things, because why worry about a future you can't control), so I'd already been thinking things like, "I hope it doesn't happen while I'm driving down the freeway." "I hope I'm not on my way to a job and then they have to scramble to find an interpreter." Etc. I ended up just feeling relieved that it went down the way it did. There's definitely a lot to be grateful for.
What happened: Rob didn't see the red light until it was too late. He slammed on his brakes and slid into a car crossing the intersection. That car spun around 180 degrees so that her car and our car ended up facing each other. Rob said she was pretty freaked out, but they were both physically uninjured. Rob says that the insurance people don't like it when you admit fault, but Rob was like, "Umm, I ran a red light. It was my fault." The cop seemed to appreciate Rob's honesty: no investigation necessary before writing out the ticket.
The car may or may not be totalled. We'll find out in the next few days. Right now we've got the van that just keeps on going (395,000 miles and counting), and a car rental that we can pick up if/when we need it. If the Corolla's totalled, we were planning on purchasing a car before summer anyway. So, this really doesn't feel like the end of the world. It just is what it is. Definitely not worth getting stressed about.
Know what's more stressful? All my furniture shoved into the middle of my living room, like it's one big jigsaw puzzle. Kinda tired of that. :)
Thanksgiving is next week and we're excited to be hosting for the first year ever. I feel like we have reached an Adulthood Milestone. Congratulations to us! We're finally all grown up.
Hope you're all doing well!
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Katherine and I have never officially hosted, like at our place, but have several times made all the food for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. And you know what? It makes me angry. I have sworn never to do this again for Katherine's family.
To clarify, it's because her family doesn't make any effort to pitch in. We have spent >$100 while the person in charge of drinks didn't remember until 15 minutes before we started eating. If I propose a meal with Justin, on the other hand, they are immediately proposing things they can contribute.
OH man, that is such a bummer about the car. Thank goodness though that no one was hurt, like you said! And it sounds like you've gotten some extremely good mileage out of it. maybe I missed some things...are you redoing your house? You mentioned how it's all torn apart. I hope you'll post pics!!
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