Car Accidents Suck

Monday was not a good day. Well, it didn't start off as a bad day, but when I was driving to work, a guy turned in front of me, and, well, a crash happened. The other guy got the ticket for violating my right of way, but that doesn't make it any better. The insurance adjuster took a look at my car yesterday and pronounced it totaled. And I was just getting use to my vehicle. I mean, I was starting to like that car... I had spent 12,000 miles in it. It was MY car. It drove the way I liked driving it. I could listen to my Zune in it through the auxiliary audio cable. It got decent mileage... and now it's gone. Sure, I'm getting an insurance payment/check thing to replace it, but I'll have to get reattached to some other vehicle. It probably won't be greenish blue, not that the color matters or anything, but still. I mean, my old car wasn't anything more than a beat up station wagon, but still. It was like a friend. It was something I depended upon to get me from point A to point B. It was a place I could go to when I wanted to be alone and let the world fade away from me.

And then there is the other reason I'm down about it. I only had it for 5 months. My first vehicle. Gone in 5 months. Now, I have been driving for years, but those cars/trucks/things were all under my parents' name. This was under my name. And it's gone. In 5 months. FIVE months... I can't even be trusted to take care of something for five freaking months before I get it destroyed. How sad is that? Maybe the car would still be operational if someone else had bought it. I mean, it was a used car though, but I mean... I don't know. Anyway, if I don't beat myself over stuff, then who will?

Megacon is at the end of this month. Going to be buying my ticket at the end of this month. Now, granted, I've been saving up for it for the last 5 weeks, but I still feel guilty for going, espically after the accident. I probably won't have much money for the dealer room when I get there, but hopefully I'll be able to pick up a new anime for my shelf. Not that I've watched the ones I currently have. And not like I have much in the way of transportation to the convention...

Though, truthfully, I do have a loaner car. My boss at my job up here in Orlando has been working on a 1989 buick for the last couple of years, and has lent me the car until I can get a replacement for the one I've just got destroyed. It runs pretty smoothly, but when you turn the AC on it spits dirt at you, and the speedometer and the odometer don't function. Still, it's better than walking everywhere I go. I am pretty grateful he's lending it to me. Also, my boss was the one who picked me up after the accident. I may not like driving out to the job, but my boss is a good person. And if I had to have anyone as a boss, he'd be near the top of people I'd want.

The bulk of my tests are going to be the first week of March, so I guess I need to start studying. I'll try to post again later in the week. Aiming for at least 24 blog posts this year, though judging by how many I currently have, I don't know if I'll make it. So ~Night!