Law Students

Not to alarm you, but T was in a car accident several weeks ago. SHE IS FINE, thank heavens. Other than a bruised/scraped/sore knee, some soreness for a couple of days, and some bruises from her seatbelt, she appears to have emerged mostly unscathed. Liability is still being worked out, so I'm not going to go into the details here. (Does that make me sound like a lawyer?) I will tell you, though, that the other person involved in the collision was a teacher from her school. Oy vey.

The minor nature of her physical injuries notwithstanding, we were both pretty shaken up. It was a Friday morning, and I was at work. I thought T was on her way to school, but it turns out there were two important detours first: CVS for some trendy bottled tea, then Starbucks for coffee with a friend before school. When my office phone rang at 7:20am and it was her cell phone, I knew something was wrong. Typically, the only communications I get from her before her school days start are text messages.

I answered the phone; she was crying and reported that she'd been in a wreck. I rushed to the scene, were I took a few pictures with my camera phone, while willing my heart to stop pounding - I'd spoken with her, so I knew intellectually she was fine, but seeing the "wreckage" was tough on the ol' Mom.

We opted for an x-ray of her hurt knee, which was negative. By the time that whole process wrapped up, we were both exhausted from the morning's commotion. We headed home to recharge and both took 3 hour naps that afternoon.

T really liked her car, and it obviously took good care of her in this case. The original damage estimate was $5,300 and I authorized repair, hoping they would hurry up and get things fixed, as we have become quite accustomed to being a two car family. Last week I got the call: upon further inspection, it's not work fixing. After eight months driving it, T has totaled her first car. Why am I reminded of how quickly she went through shoes as a child? I hope she is not going to go through vehicles at the same pace.

Full post as published by Just Playin on June 01, 2008 (boomark / email).