Feeling very uptown

Last Monday J-man and I were on our way to speech therapy.
We had stopped at a light as one is supposed to do. As the light turned green, I heard a siren. I don't know what it was - it was LOUD. I'm beginning to think it was the intersection there that echoed.

Since it was so loud, I thought it was an ambulance or a first responding Fire truck. So I waited, since I could, to see where the emergency vehicle came from and then went - I didn't want to get t-boned by an ambulance.

That would make for bad publicity. "Idiot mom pulls out in front of Ambulance" would make a terrible headline.

When I realized it was a motorcycle officer (!?!) pulling a motorist over for (presumably) speeding. So I was about to head on my way when *SLAM* I was hit from behind.

My rear hatch was bent in and my bumper neatly folded up. It looks funny, really. No one was hurt - and her car was crumpled, too. It went far beyond a fender bender. I'm not sure what speed she was going and it was obvious she didn't hear the siren.

No one was hurt in either car. I felt so bad for her - she (the other driver) started crying. I heard her tell the officer that first responded (the motorcycle cop!) that she was on her way to a job interview.

He came to ask me what happened and make sure everyone was okay and wearing their seatbelts and I told him that "I'd heard a siren - which turned out to be you - so I waited to see and ..." well, I'd just told you the rest of that. I told him the same thing.

I'm praising God because she was insured!!
It's going to take over $3,000 to fix the van. That's money we don't have.
The uptown part comes in with the rental they gave us. Because a family of 6 must have someway to get around. We just must.

They gave us a brand new 2008 Nissan Armada!! I'm feeling very BIG in this thing. It is loaded but not that loaded. It has power windows and locks. Cruise control. CD Changer. Dual control A/C. The kids were disappointed at the "Not loaded" part - it doesn't have a DVD player installed. We were all hoping to have fun with that one.

It's got room enough for us all - but not for luggage (except on the luggage rack).

G-man took a tumble out of it because it's taller than we're all used to. He cried at me "The van is too tall! The Van is too tall!!" It's definitely a step up to get into the thing that's for sure.

I'm quite content with my brown mini-van, but I told the Professor it would seriously be easy to find myself coveting this marvel of modern technology. :-) Maybe someone will give us one. I get nervous when driving sometimes. It will hit me that "It's not mine and I could possibly have to pay for any damage!" So I pray over the thing - that it would be wrapped in supernatural bubble wrap. And I've only had it for a day. :-) We'll get to keep it until our van is fixed. In the meantime, we're feeling up town and very TALL in our rental SUV.