Available for hire: One individual ready to hire, has excellent car fucking up skills. Need a car stolen? Stalled? Towed? Mauled? I’m your woman.
I apparently am a walking car luck dampening field.
Last night while driving home after work, I was involved in a car accident. Yes, that’s right, some guy hit me while I was driving Kat’s car. Let’s all take a minute to let that sink in. Kat’s. Precious. Car. Was. Involved. In. An. Accident. It was one of those unavoidable things; the guy hit the rear of my car after I had passed him on the road. The other guy was totally at fault.
It hurts to look, but here are the pictures 1 2 3.
Here are the good things about the accident, in rough order of goodness:
1.No one was hurt
2.The other guy had insurance
3.The other guy is employed at Caesar’s as a floor supervisor, which means he could afford good insurance
4.The accident happened on a small street, so we were both traveling at low speeds. I’m pretty sure that minimized the damage to both cars
5.The other guy took full responsibility for the accident, and made sure that the cop understood that
6.The guy’s insurance company (Geico) has been very helpful and professional in handling the claim so far
7.The other guy seems to be a nice, decent man, and has offered any help possible in getting the car fixed quickly.
Here are the crappy things about the accident, in rough order of craptacularity:
1.It happened
That is all.
While I was not at fault, and in retrospect, while there was nothing that I as a driver could have done differently to avoid/minimize the accident, I feel tremendous guilt about the whole thing.
Kat was kind enough to lend me her car, and the evil car rain cloud that has been hovering over my head managed to affect her car. I want to do everything I can to fix the car while Kat’s away. I have filed the claim with the insurance company, I will take the car to be inspected by an insurance adjuster, I will wail and complain when they give me the figure, which will not be enough (whatever they quote me). I will take Kat to work in a rickshaw if need be in case her car can’t be repaired by the time she gets back to Vegas. I will peel her grapes and feed them to her on a platter encrusted with diamonds and rubies.
Or I will make sure that Geico rents her a car while her car is in the shop.
So, anyone else want me around to mess up their car? I'm available for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and birthday parties.