a sad day

Yes, a sad day indeed. Thankfully, no one was hurt, and Josh had decided to keep Sophia at home while I went to a Women in the Church meeting that morning, so I was by myself. And hooray - it wasn't my fault. (whew!)
I had slowed down to make a right turn into church (no turn lane) and a guy behind me (not sure if he was directly behind - I think he was a few cars back actually) thought I was turning left into the daycare (obviously not seeing my blinker). So...he decided that he was not willing to wait or slow down and would make the brilliant decision to OFFROAD IT ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND DIRT/GRASS AROUND ME. uhhh...yeah. And, seeing as I don't usually check my mirrors to see if someone is in the shoulder while I'm making a right turn, I slammed right into him as he was on my right. He ended up way up on the embankment, with very little damage, and he jumped out right away, apologizing, knowing that he had just done something really stupid and reckless. Fortunately, he admitted fault right away when the cops got there, and I had plenty of witnesses from church, so we won't have to deal with the hassle of a court date or anything like that. Sheesh - what a mess!

It doesn't look so much like it from the pic, but the doors are fairly dinged and dented, and the whole right front side of the engine is pretty mangled, so we'll see if the damage is more than the worth of the car.

Ha ha...and irony of ironies, we had just put four new tires on the day before! Isn't that just the way? Much to be thankful for though, that's for sure.