Current mood: 
sore
It's been a really interesting weekend. I didn't get much sleep Thursday night trying to get my project finished to turn it in. I lost about 2 hours worth of work when the program crashed and I hadn't saved. Doh! I got enough of it done to turn it--probably won't get a really good grade, but didn't really care. I left school about 3:30 and went home to take a nap. This huge storm rolled in and between the storm and the nervous dog, I couldn't sleep.
When Marcus got home from work, I asked him if he wanted to order in a pizza and watch "Enemy at the Gates" that I rented for him. He wanted to go to Michaels to look at shadow boxes first for a project he wants to do. Since we were out, we decided to go out to eat instead of getting a pizza. As we're sitting at the light on our way to restaurant row on Abilene, we got rear-ended at Sable/Mississippi. Marcus had seen him coming up on him and knew he wasn't going to stop. He held hard on the brakes to make sure we didn't chain react into the car in front of us. The guy's Jeep got pretty jacked because I could see all the antifreeze immediatley all over the street. Then Marcus got out of the truck to go read the guy the riot act and it turns out he had been the victim of an attempted car jacking at Chambers/Mississippi and since he refused to give up his car, the dude tried to stab him. The poor guy was in shock and a little disoriented and was trying to drive himself to the hospital. Marcus decided to escort the guy to the hosptial and file an accident report from there (there are actually alot of police officers there on a Friday night!). I didn't think the guy was going to make it because first of all, he had lost all his radiator fluid. Second, he started weaving badly and I was getting afraid he was going to cause another accident. I thought maybe he was losing consciousness or something. It turns out this was because the accident jacked up his steering/power steering.
Fortunately, the carjacker only sliced through the guy's shirt and scratched the skin. He was mostly suffering from panic and shock, I think.
The story is really bizarre in that he had recently returned from Iraq because of some injuries he received there and was awaiting a medical discharge. He totally hates living here and was looking forward to moving home. He only had liability insurance, so he is screwed as far as repairing his vehicle. He said at the hospital that he should've let the guy have the car, at least he might have gotten it back in one piece. Marcus found out today when he called to check on him and apologize for being initally gruff with him that the poor guy is also in the midst of a divorce. With all that poor guy is going through right now, my problems don't seem so significant.
Marcus was a little unnerved that a car jacking could happen around here. I asked him if he was totally oblivious to the news lately. It seems like almost every day anymore that something bad is happening in Aurora. I remember seeing a thing on the news a couple of weeks back about how gang activity is up just as the city is cutting funding to the gang unit.
Fortunatley, Marcus' truck has a sturdy bumper and the damage is minimal compared to the other vehicle. We took it to the adjustor today. Marcus will have to pay the deductable and he may not get it back. When our insurance tries to collect from his, they may claim it was a "moment of peril" and that they are not responsible for paying. If they do pay, though, Marcus is supposed to get the money back. We'll see, but we're not holding our breath.
Today my neck is totally sore. I felt a little achy Friday night where the seat belt cross my chest, but I expected that. I'm sure that making dough for two days on top of any slight injury I might have had just made it worse. Oh, well. At least it wasn't worse.
So, tonight we finally got the see the movie. Except for a sex scene (that was totally unnecessary is a war movie), it was an excellent movie. As soon as I get the laundry in the dryer, I'm going to bed. I have no school for the next two weeks and I need to get my life in order.
Anway, if you want to read Marcus' account of the whole accident ordeal, read it here.
soreIt's been a really interesting weekend. I didn't get much sleep Thursday night trying to get my project finished to turn it in. I lost about 2 hours worth of work when the program crashed and I hadn't saved. Doh! I got enough of it done to turn it--probably won't get a really good grade, but didn't really care. I left school about 3:30 and went home to take a nap. This huge storm rolled in and between the storm and the nervous dog, I couldn't sleep.
When Marcus got home from work, I asked him if he wanted to order in a pizza and watch "Enemy at the Gates" that I rented for him. He wanted to go to Michaels to look at shadow boxes first for a project he wants to do. Since we were out, we decided to go out to eat instead of getting a pizza. As we're sitting at the light on our way to restaurant row on Abilene, we got rear-ended at Sable/Mississippi. Marcus had seen him coming up on him and knew he wasn't going to stop. He held hard on the brakes to make sure we didn't chain react into the car in front of us. The guy's Jeep got pretty jacked because I could see all the antifreeze immediatley all over the street. Then Marcus got out of the truck to go read the guy the riot act and it turns out he had been the victim of an attempted car jacking at Chambers/Mississippi and since he refused to give up his car, the dude tried to stab him. The poor guy was in shock and a little disoriented and was trying to drive himself to the hospital. Marcus decided to escort the guy to the hosptial and file an accident report from there (there are actually alot of police officers there on a Friday night!). I didn't think the guy was going to make it because first of all, he had lost all his radiator fluid. Second, he started weaving badly and I was getting afraid he was going to cause another accident. I thought maybe he was losing consciousness or something. It turns out this was because the accident jacked up his steering/power steering.
Fortunately, the carjacker only sliced through the guy's shirt and scratched the skin. He was mostly suffering from panic and shock, I think.
The story is really bizarre in that he had recently returned from Iraq because of some injuries he received there and was awaiting a medical discharge. He totally hates living here and was looking forward to moving home. He only had liability insurance, so he is screwed as far as repairing his vehicle. He said at the hospital that he should've let the guy have the car, at least he might have gotten it back in one piece. Marcus found out today when he called to check on him and apologize for being initally gruff with him that the poor guy is also in the midst of a divorce. With all that poor guy is going through right now, my problems don't seem so significant.
Marcus was a little unnerved that a car jacking could happen around here. I asked him if he was totally oblivious to the news lately. It seems like almost every day anymore that something bad is happening in Aurora. I remember seeing a thing on the news a couple of weeks back about how gang activity is up just as the city is cutting funding to the gang unit.
Fortunatley, Marcus' truck has a sturdy bumper and the damage is minimal compared to the other vehicle. We took it to the adjustor today. Marcus will have to pay the deductable and he may not get it back. When our insurance tries to collect from his, they may claim it was a "moment of peril" and that they are not responsible for paying. If they do pay, though, Marcus is supposed to get the money back. We'll see, but we're not holding our breath.
Today my neck is totally sore. I felt a little achy Friday night where the seat belt cross my chest, but I expected that. I'm sure that making dough for two days on top of any slight injury I might have had just made it worse. Oh, well. At least it wasn't worse.
So, tonight we finally got the see the movie. Except for a sex scene (that was totally unnecessary is a war movie), it was an excellent movie. As soon as I get the laundry in the dryer, I'm going to bed. I have no school for the next two weeks and I need to get my life in order.
Anway, if you want to read Marcus' account of the whole accident ordeal, read it here.
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