Also, it’s not like I live in a low crime neighborhood. During the drive home on Friday, the dude on the radio news I was listening to was talking about a shooting that took place Thursday night six blocks from my house. So I’m not very comfortable leaving it parked on the street. In fact, I’m not very comfortable advertising that it’s at my house by pulling it in and out of my garage. And, it barely fits in my garage, and when it’s in the garage, Peggy’s car barely fits alongside it; we’ve taken to parking Peggy’s car out on the street.

Amy: I think I do, they were pretty up-front with me about how my rates were going to go up but they didn’t act like jerks or anything. They’re paying to fix everything (minus my deductible). And I mean everything: right down to putting a new “Forester” sticker on the door that they have to repaint because… I have no idea why they have to repaint the door, the door was completely undamaged. As was the mud guard, the door trim, and about 12 other things they said they were going to fix that had nothing to do with the accident. For all that, I’m surprised that the overall cost is less than 1,400 dollars.

And no whiplash: my car was absolutely stationary at the time. The semi had this chrome thing sticking out that just carved off a slice of my fender like a knife through a pat of butter. Didn’t even feel it.

Keir: Of course I got pictures. Haven’t transferred them off the camera yet though.

(Glad you’re ok. Hope there’s no whiplash…)