Bumper Cars

Well, last Friday just after school, Katie got into

a car accident. She was driving down a school access road

and another student tried to turn left, right in front of her.

He had a stop sign but pulled out and got hit.

The other driver was cited for careless driving.

Katie was checked-out by the school nurse at the scene.

She had a headache all weekend, probably caused by

the airbags that hit her. Her neck is a little sore still and

she may end up having to go to the chiropractor for that.

These blocks are on our mantle

and are supposed to spell out

the different holidays, but as you can tell,

we use them for other things.

This is our car, a Toyota Echo.

Both drivers were unhurt, but Katie was quite upset.

This is the other car, a Toyota Corolla.

The airbags. It looks like the passenger airbag

cracked the windshield. The box there is one

I used to gather all the things in the car before it

went to the body shop.

The impact knocked off the dial on the right.

The radiator got pushed back into the engine,

but I was still able to drive the car to the body shop.

Well, today (Wednesday) we got the word that the insurance company 'totaled' the vehicle. We don't know yet what dollar amount they are going to offer, but you can bet that it won't be enough to get a replacement.