On Tuesday, my mom came by for a couple hours to see Carter since he had been sick. This allowed me an opportunity to run in the bank to fill out some paper work. Every Tuesday, the Clayton Newstar (town newspaper) is published and this week it was featuring all the fall sports teams pictures and articles (I always cut these pictures out for Aaron's bulletin board in his classroom). On the way to the bank, (I was driving mom's car) I was looking around in the car for some change but found none. So when I got home, I had mom get 50 cents out of my piggy bank so I could buy a newspaper on the way to Aaron's volleyball game. I always buy the newspaper at the same gas station because I know they have a paper stand. I forgot & passed the gas station so I decided I would just get one on the way home.
After the game, Aaron was behind me on the way home and pulled in behind me after I turned into the gas station. He pulled up beside me and asked if I was getting gas...I told him I was going to get a newspaper but I needed some so he could pump it. I pulled up to the pump and he parked at the pump on the other side.
When I went to get the newspaper, the machine took my money. So I go in to tell the cashier and she said I would have to contact the newspaper company. I said, "Are you kidding?" and leave. I met Aaron at the pump and asked him if he had any change. He gave me 50 cents from his car and I told him to take my car and Carter home and I was going to go to the next gas station and get a newspaper. I told him to take my car & Carter so he could go straight home because I figured if I asked him to go to the gas station he would say no because the newspaper wasn't a big deal to him. He pulls away before me in my car (highlander) and I go to follow behind him in his car(accord) and stops as he gets close to the exit as he hears a very loud noise. When I went to pull away, I hit the u shaped pole on the side of the gas tank. I put the car in reserve and just sat there as Aaron pulled back in to check out the damage.
Oddly enough, there were 2 police officers in the gas station so they came over. One of them asked me to pull over to the side so we could file a report because the insurance company would require one. I got out of the car, and threw my 2new quarters on the ground!!!! I said, "I hate this car." One of the officers said "this is a really nice car" and then I told him it was for sale on Craigslist if he was interested!!! We've been trying to sell it on Craigslist for a couple months to get out of the payments.
Aaron, Carter and I stood in the parking lot and I just kept processing the situation through my head. I could not understand the sequence of events. It didn't make sense. Aaron and I have been praying about the sell of the car...I am staying home so we don't have that extra money to pay the deductible for car repairs...Why didn't I stop to get a paper on the way to the game?...Why didn't I just take my car and Carter to get a newspaper...Why could I not see this stupid pole?...among other thoughts!!!
That night, Aaron called the insurance company to report the accident. The lady said, "Since she was backing up, most of the damage is to the back of the car?" Aaron told her I was going forward and the damage is to passenger side behind the front tire/door. She said, "I did same thing when I was 13." Are you kidding...the insurance lady is making fun of me!?! By this point, I was in a much better mood about everything but still a little annoyed that we now have to pay out to fix it.
Aaron took the car Thursday to get an estimate and we are scheduled to drop the car off on Sunday to be repaired and should have it back in a week. This morning we picked up our free rental...a silver Sebring...I wanted to get a mini-van :) but we would have had to pay for that!
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