It's called an accident for a reason

Last night I was on my way to meet up with a friend and her babies for dinner

however I did not get very far before my night took a drastic change

i was sitting at a light right outside my condo complex, and I was on the phone with my sister when

i am slammed into from behind from a car going 35 mph

i squealed, my phone went flying, and my hat when sailing into the back seat of the car

my first instinct was "what just happened to me"

and my second was to get back to my sister on the phone because that would be the most TERRIFYING sound on the other end of the phone {some one squealing and then no longer talking to them!}

as soon as I hung up the phone with Alli, I got out of my car to assess the damage and to make sure no one else was hurt

The car in front of me was a brand new volvo with a 9 month old in the backseat that her dad had just picked up from daycare, and the girl behind me was a younger girl similar to my age who was alone.

I was SO worried initially about the baby b/c she was crying uncontrollably, but I told the dad to leave her in the car seat until the paramedics came.

After we realized everyone was okay, and it was just our cars that were hurt, I realized how fortunate we are.

Cars are replaceable, people are not!

However, it will be a little different having a car payment for the first time in my life,

but to say that i'm not a little excited to start looking for potential new cars could be fun!

So now I'm just in the waiting game...

I've been fortunate never to be in accident before in my life,

and I'm very fortunate that our family friend is our insurance agent and he walked me through the initial steps of what I need to do to get the ball rolling.

So now I'm waiting to figure out if they are going to "total" my car or fix it.

Either way, I will be fine with the decision.

But based off of the damage - I'm pretty sure this is the end of an era for Herbie, my 2004 Passat. It's been a good ride buddy!

The trunk is all out of line, and my back bumper has quite of bit of damage as well.

My passenger side air bag deployed {boy do those things stink!!} however mine did not!

Here's a few pictures of what I could snap this morning

The officer told me I could drive my car home only because I was only 1/4 mile from my house.

I am so thankful no one was injured during the accident,

and I just keep reminding myself that its called an accident for a reason!

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