This has been a crazy week, and it's not over yet

This is out of chronological order, starting with the more light hearted stuff then on to the more depressing. Yes, this is your warning. This post will get depressing.

So Tuesday, Phillip (my fiance), his mom and I went to Tokyo to have lunch. We had taken separate cars except his mom rode with him. So I get back to work and he calls me to tell me what happened to him on his way back to work. Apparently, this chick was driving a Buick with a guy as her passenger. They were stopped at a stop light when he decided to get out of the car, walk around to her side and try to pull her out of the driver's seat. He failed at that so he decided to shove her over to the passenger's side. When she finally moved he got in a drove off after the light turned green. Phillip followed him because he feared for the woman's well-being. so when the guy realized he was being followed he tried to do some quick maneuvering to lose him. Unforturnately for the asshole, Phillip was driving a 2008 Altima Coupe and can outrun that PoS buick any day. So While they're following this guy Phillip's mom calls the police and gives them his tag number, where' their located, etc etc. Finally the guy turns into an apartment complex not realizing it's a dead end. From the street it doesn't look that way (He was from out of town). He gets to the dead end, does a u-turn then, bam! there are 6 cop cars on his ass. The idiot tries to drive around the cops! But they block him in and pull him out of the car kicking and screaming. So that's that.

Then, yesterday morning Phillip's little sister is on her way to pick up her boyfriend and go to school when another teenager cuts across 4 lanes of traffic and she ends up t-boning the guy. Her car is totaled and his truck may be as well. She's ok, just a little sore.

So back to Tuesday. I get back to work and I find out a coworker of mine, who I found out not too long ago is also family, came by my office wanting to see me. So I walk over to see her and she mentions a bad car accident in my hometown and that she thinks they were our cousins. She wasn't sure about it because it was just hearsay at that point. So I call up my mom to confirm who was in the accident and it was them. They were older ladies, sisters. They had just come from the post office to mail Christmas presents and cards when they crossed the highway and were hit by a dump truck. He had a full load so there was no way he could have slowed down. Tonight is the viewing although i think it's going to be closed casket, and then tomorrow is the funeral. I'm probably going to be a basket case. I read an article that was in the paper today and it kind of hit home. I had to excuse myself for a few minutes while I composed myself. I will miss them. They were always the life of the party at family reunions.

Vertigo

Vertigo is an interesting experience. For me, I get severe vertigo probably twice a year. The experience isn't very pleasant, especially if it hits you while your are walking around and you suddenly get motion sickness.

Well, I got vertigo today. A bad case of it, too. I'm still experiencing lingering symptoms as I'm typing this. So how it happened is I was just typing away on my computer and all of the sudden I started to feel a little dizzy. I thought at first it was just my sinuses until it started getting worse and the room looked like it was spinning.

So I tried slumping back in my chair to help the spinning, then it hit me. I have to pee. lol

I tried getting up to go to the bathroom; I get about halfway there and the motion sickness sets in. I'm getting sick because I'm having tunnel vision and the fact that I can't walk in a straight line.

So I turn around and head back to my office to wait out the spell. I call up my boyfriend to see if he could help calm me down. Unfortunately, he was on his way to a meeting.

So, for me this is a very scary experience. The last serious vertigo I had I nearly fainted. The room was spinning and everything started to go dark. But I didn't faint and eventually came out of it.

So, I just wanted to share that experience. I didn't realize how much it exhausts me too. I'm really sleepy now...

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Car Update

As of Wednesday, the body shop officially stared the process of fixing my car, after waiting 2 weeks for my insurance to get on the ball and get stuff done.

So, obviously, my car is not totalled, which is a good thing. For some, it's not, but for me, I'm not in the position to buy a new/used car. I've had my car only 2 years and I would have broken even (minus the $500 deductible) if insurance had totalled it. So I wouldn't have had any money for a down payment on another car. So, luckily, I get to keep my car! I liked that car anyway.

As of right now, I'm in a rental which I'm going to swap out on Monday. The rental I got is a PT Cruiser. I didn't realize how crappy gas mileage it gets. 17 city/27 hwy. I'm doing a combination of city and highway driving and I just calculated the gas mileage and it's 20 mpg.

Oh well, maybe the rental car place will have fuel efficient car.

Firsts

Well, this is my first post, just to get a feel for this.

But while I'm are on the topic of firsts, I will share an experience, in brief.

Last week was my first car accident. I've been in car accidents before, but never as the driver and never my own car. That was stressful. I'm ok though. I'm still waiting to hear from my insurance company on how bad the damages are. I don't think the car is totaled, but you never know, especially since I was hit from the side. *crosses fingers*

Another first I want to share is the first car accident as a passenger. I was 8-years-old and wasn't wearing a seatbelt. The paramedics said my mom and I were very lucky because we hit the other person going about 50 mph. Amazingly, the only injuries I suffered were a headache and a split lip. But also, weighing at a whopping 25 pounds, I had hardly any inertia, so that worked in my favor. My mom, on the other hand, wasn't as lucky. Still lucky she didn't get hurt worse, but not as lucky as me. She was ok in the end, but she was banged up. Nothing broken, but lots of bruises.

And to sum up my post on firsts: my first kiss sucked.