So...a funny thing happened on the way to return some movies to Redbox. I'm driving down the road that I take on a daily basis without hesitation. The next thing I know, a white SUV runs the stop sign and I'm swerving to avoid the inevitable accident and bracing myself for the airbag encounter.
Weirdly enough, the airbags did not deploy. Unfortunately, the damage was enough to total my paid-off 2005 Corolla. We hoped to keep the Blue October adorned hood, but the insurance company said we couldn't keep anything from the car.
It's been a couple of weeks now and I've had time to mourn the passing of my reliable and did I mention fully paid for car? The silver lining is twofold. One, my son was not with me. Since I swerved, the passenger side absorbed most of the crash impact and spared me from injury. I do shudder to think what could have happened though. Two, my new ride is a brand new Subaru Outback and it is fantastic.
If there is a takeaway from this, it's that disasters happen all the time. As bad as it may seem at the time, there is always something positive that you can glean from the experience. Stay safe everyone and I will be up and blogging regularly soon.
