No more Car

While none of you really need to read this I want to post this here so that one day if I so feel like it I can look back and see what I felt.

On Tuesday, December 11th I got in a car accident. I slipped on a patch of ice probably a good 15 ft long or so, couldn't find traction/couldn't stop so I rear-ended a semi. It wasn't a full semi (not that it really makes a difference) but it was like a 20 ft one or so.

It's actually kind of funny because prior to this accident my car wasn't that great, it kept burning oil so I had to keep bringing it into the shop so they could try and fix it and after the last time it was in the shop they said that if it wasn't fixed now they would just get me a new car completely on their sales department, and then 2 weeks later I get in an accident. I guess there's no free car for me now.


I'm fine, I really am. I have a sore back but it's slowly getting better. Today was the first day I didn't take any pain meds, probably because I finally went to the chiropractor. The day after the accident I was fine but I woke up that Thursday (the 13th) totally sore and couldn't move a whole lot with out hurting. So that Saturday I went and got my first massage and it helped a little bit for the rest of the day but come Sunday I was really sore again, and at this point I was popping 3 ibuprofen at least once maybe twice a day, so I was getting desperate. I woke up monday Tuesday morning in enough pain that I had to go lay in a ball on the couch to be comfortable so I knew it was time for something else, I called and made chiropractor appt for Friday, the 21st.

Friday came, I went to work then to the chiropractor where I got to fill out a freaking novel about myself and then I finally got to see the doc. The instant he cracked my back I had immediate relief in my lower back (which is where it hurt the worst.) The day went on and I was still sore, so I was thinking to myself, well what the heck nothing it going to help me get better now, but now 2 days later I'm still sore but it's much better than it was on Friday. I'm going in to the chiropractor again this coming Wednesday and then again on Friday. per their request.

So basically all is fine, I survived my first car accident but no one was seriously injured.

My friend Josh was with me (we were on our way to school) and he's probably a foot taller than me and so he got knocked around more than I did. His knees hit the dash and were all bruised for a while. He also had his laptop out and that got totaled upon impact because the air bags deployed.

1. Josh's smashed computer 

2. Under the hood 

3. me against the semi

4. the front of my car =/

5. mine and josh's first time in a cop car! 

A Minnesota Winter

So Kelly posted about the winter, and I thought it was pretty funny and very true so I decided to do my own version of it.

1. Allow yourself about twice as much time maybe even triple the time after any snow. Even if there's less than an inch. All of a sudden everyone WILL forget how to drive.

2.  95% of people won't shovel their driveways, in which case getting up them will be one of the hardest things achieved, and your pants will become thoroughly soaked. In which case you will immediately want to take them off because no one likes wearing soggy pants.

3. That Grandma that usually goes 20 mph under? Yes, well she's now going maybe 5 mph, and that might be pushing it.

4. There will be at least 1 but as many as probably 5 accidents on any given day during rush hour during dry roads, now mix in snow, well all hell's about to break lose.

5. Can we just have all cars sold in minnesota 4 wheel drive? Because seriously trying to get out of a driveway/parking lot/road that has snow on it without 4 wheel drive before a car comes and hits you is hard. Wheels squeal, spin, and can't get any traction.

6. Sometimes if we're really lucky and mother nature just feels really generous Winter will last from October-April.

7.  This year we got lucky and the city decided that they didn't want to plow any side streets until this past Thursday/Friday. 4 days after the snow came. It was great.
 -----> This is exactly what every road looks like.










8. And even better main highways had ice-packed snow on them for at least 2 days. It's crazy.



And THAT my friends is how you know it's a minnesota winter.