Things That SUCK!

This is very near the top of the list. What doesn't suck is that the driver - while he is not exactly OK - was not hurt worse than he was. Of course, he was hurt as badly as you can be and still be walking. It also means that we are buying a new car for just about the crappiest reason possible. (I don't know if it would be worse, if we would feel more violated, if CoopahS had been stolen.) We do feel violated, both of us. The Sports Fan has five broken bones and has temporarily lost the use of three of his limbs. He does his very best to do as much as he can for himself and to still help with Nana. The man is covered in technicolor bruises that make me heartsick. And I'm sitting here crying over the demise of the car that we loved and enjoyed so much. We got our personal stuff out of it today and I cried the whole time. It hurt to see him sitting in that sad lot full of crunched cars and motorcycles, covered in dust, and knowing that even if we could bring him home, that nobody would lovingly wash him.

Another thing on my list of things that SUCK is people who don't pay attention, speed through a red light and cause an accident like this, and the innocent victims (no, I wasn't in the car, but if you think I wasn't a victim, think again!) have to pay with not only pain and suffering from losing their beloved car, enduring grievous injuries with long recovery times, but basically have their lives completely upset because of someone else's negligence! We can't even enjoy our lives because of this. Every little bump hurts him. He has only one leg to stand on and no hands to use. What he does have is me. And I'm going to make damned sure that nobody else hurts him!

I wish I could do the same for CoopahS. The insurance company totaled him.

CoopahS

2005 MINI Cooper S

June 10, 2005 to May 4, 2009

109,000 miles of joyous Motoring