Bad Day.

Today was not a good day. It started off just fine, I got up pretty early, ran errands and got a sweet treat for breakfast (iced mocha and a donut). I finished up a draft of my 2 page paper that is due tomorrow (we have to write one every week) and then I gathered my things together to head home. After stopping off in Lodi to have lunch with Brandon, I headed up to Sacramento. This is where the day took a turn for the worse. Midway through Sacramento i noticed a car in the lane to my right (I was in the fast lane) that seemed to be stopped or at least very slowed down since people were zipping passed it on both sides, which was weird. I was coming up on it and noticed the driver had turned the left blinker on. This other car wanted to come over to the left lane (my lane). I saw it and thought "oh gosh, please DON'T move over" knowing that I was coming up on him way too fast for him to get in front of me at the speed of traffic...but he did move over. I slammed on my brakes, but it wasn't enough.

Being in a car accident is really, really scary. I was very lucky that neither myself nor the other driver were injured and that there was minimal damage to my car (moderate to his). It just sucks that since he cut me off, I hit him, and rear-endings are almost always considered the rear-ender's fault. At least the other driver was nice enough and had insurance - the firemen who showed up and the policewoman who took our report were also very nice.I guess I have also been lucky that in 7.5 years of driving i have never been in an accident or even gotten a speeding ticket.

So now i just need to figure out when I can get my front bumper fixed. My neck seems to be fine, but my back is hurting me a bit. I have been doing my best to take it easy since I got home and took care of filing a claim...what a hassle all of this is.

I certainly hope tomorrow is a better day.