ouch

this is pat the protege. she has been in 5 accidents...none of which were my fault....until friday. the first 3 i wasn't even in the car. the first 4 she wasn't even moving. just minding her own business and WHAM! she keeps getting beat up! friday was my first accident. it was my fault. how did this happen? in 7 1/2 years i have had no accidents.

i'll tell you how it happened:

i decided to drive jd to his test on friday so he wouldn't get stressed out...so much for that! we were by the rec center in bountiful stopped at the light. the big van in front of me went, so i started going. jd said, "oh look, they're doing a play over there with little kids" so i looked. at that very same moment, a police car came roaring through the intersection to the left of us. the van saw it. i didn't see it. he stopped. i didn't stop...fast enough. i rear-ended him. what the? that never happens to me. i couldn't stop shaking! luckily he didn't call the cops and make jd late. and he was super nice about the whole thing. bummer dude.

luckily i hit his hitch which probably prevented a lot more damage than there could have been. hopefully just a new bumper and little pounding out of the hood will fix 'er up! she'll be as good as new...for the 5th time.

my bumper is a little dented out on the sides...it doesn't seem to fit very well

it doesn't look too bad in this picture, but it's there



just incase anyone was wondering...the policeman roaring through the intersection was responding to a bank robbery/stabbing. anyone else hear about that? the guy robbed the zions bank in bountiful and then took off. when the cops tried to pull him over, he led them on a chase which ended in him stabbing himself in the j&l garden parking lot. they cops had to break the window and tase him. he then went into cardiac arrest and they resuscitated him! WHY? why are we resuscitating criminals?