To Catch Up a Bit...

Well these last two weeks have been quite interesting! Between House sitting in the next town over, being very sick, and getting into a car accident, I'm exhausted. Oh and driving to Gurnee in a snowstorm! I went out to dinner with some amazing friends last night that I rarely get to see and they invited me to a late movie. I had to decline sadly, and I explained to them that I am just so tired. Which if you know me at all, it's a big deal for me to turn down quality time with great friends.

So to back track - I have had a wonderful sinus thing going on for the last two weeks. Thankfully I can see the end in sight! Although I'm pretty sure I've gone through 6 boxes of Puffs Plus.

I have been living out of a suitcase for the last two weeks between visiting Sean, house sitting in Caledonia, and then visiting Sean again. Needless to say I am ecstatic to be in my own bed again. Aside from the MOUNTAIN of clothes pouring out of my closet at this moment. I guess I know what's on my "to-do" list tonight when I get home from work.

And I'm sure you're wondering about my car accident. Well for starters, it wasn't my fault at all. I was on my way back to work from letting the dog out where I was house sitting. I was sitting at a stop light and looked in my rear view mirror and saw a truck coming towards me at full speed. I had no place to go, so I turned my tires to prevent me from getting sandwiched between the truck and the Volvo in front of me. Then the truck hit me at 45 MPH

Yup. There's my old Camry. It's toast. The Cop said I was very smart to turn my tires, otherwise I would have been injured far more than I was. and thank the Lord there is a small curb splitting the different directions of traffic. If it weren't for that curb I would have been pushed into oncoming traffic and most likely hit again. I had the wonderful experience of riding in an ambulance strapped to a back board to be cautionary in case I had a spinal injury. The tape keeping my forehead down was definitely my favorite. Especially when they ripped it off quickly. All in all without boring you with the details of my hospital visit - I have a severe neck sprain and strain. and yes a week later and I'm still very uncomfortable. But I am very thankful to God for keeping me safe!

The day of the accident Sean insisted on coming out to Rockford to take care of me. I'm very grateful that he did and that he took the next day off of work because that night I barely slept at all and the next day I couldn't move much at all. And of course due to lack of sleep I was emotional. Sean put up with me haha. He took care of everything for me, including scolding me several times for trying to get up to cook food. This is why I think he's very special. He looks past my stubborn comments of "I'm fine" and "I can handle it" when I know it's the opposite, and he takes care of my needs. In every relationship I've been in, the guy has always just said "OK" and left me alone. Not seeing past my stubborn side and seeing the real need. God knows very well that I am stubborn. He knows that I try not to be. He also knows that I need someone that sees past that. And for that, I am very thankful.

On the financial side of things. I was stressing out about the accident. I don't have health care. I have minimal insurance. I was worried that since I still hit the car in front of me that somehow they would put some blame on me. It's happened to people I know. But I always tend to forget just how much the Lord loves to take care of his kids. I was not only blessed with more money than what my car was worth (it was a 94 Camry with a LOT of miles on it - not worth a whole lot) but the insurance company is paying for everything including reimbursing me for the days of work that I missed. I was given a beautiful 2012 Ford focus to drive around the last few days and I've already found a new car and am in the process of purchasing it. I will end up with a few hundred dollars left over from just the money from the car to put into savings. In other words, I am ending up being ahead of where I was. I'm sorry Daddy that I doubted you and that I worried about how you would provide for me!
Oh and I've been enjoying the rental car! Thanks to Enterprise for giving me one of the best cars on their lot! because of them I was able to head out to Gurnee to attend a wedding with Sean :)

We didn't stay for too long into the reception but Sean is the best date for weddings! We always have a wonderful time! and Congrats to the Bride and Groom!!