Friday Night

Friday night, my friend Beth, came with me to pick Ada up from work and pick up some food for dinner.  On our way home, I stopped at the light by Zurcher's and was hit from behind.  We were hit so hard!  There were 4 of us all in a pile up.  The first car wasn't paying attention and didn't try to stop.  They pushed the car in front of them into our car and pushed us into the car in front of us.  The one I hit was barely bumped luckily. He probably got some whiplash though.  The three of us sure did.  Ada has a concussion and sore back.  Beth has a sore back and neck.  I have a concussion, sore back and shoulders, and a sore leg because I had my foot on the break when we got hit.  The girl right behind me was a very young teenager that got hit with her airbag.  She was so disoriented, shaking and a bloody nose.  I felt so bad.  A blessing of it all though was that we were driving right next to an ambulance that immediately stopped in front of us to assess everyone. They said that the person hurt the worst was the passenger in the first car.  I don't know what happened, but it sounded like they weren't buckled and got pretty hurt.  Because of the weekend and because of Thanksgiving, the insurance has taken almost a week and a half to get everything straightened out.  I still have to have a meeting with them on Tuesday and they are towing our car to a garage on Monday to fix it.  It was a total loss like they first told me so Yay!  Our car didn't start again, so they had to tow it off.  I'm so grateful for insurance!  This is our first time really using it, but I would not want to pay the thousands out of pocket that would have happened.... medical bills for 3 people, towing twice and fixing the car along with tow yard storage fees.  Jer came and picked us up.  It was so cold. Ada and I keep having what she calls, "Brain farts." I told her that this is what a mild concussion feels like! I've never had one before.  It's disorienting, frustrating, emotional, and tiring.