I'll be honest... blogging just seems very overwhelming right now in my life. And when I do have a moment to sit down to do it, I think about all that I've missed in the last few months, and get overwhelmed and just don't feel like catching up. So I'm just going to start fresh and try to keep on it from here on out. I enjoy reading back and seeing pictures from our past.
We got another car. We needed a smaller car, that I can drive around in with the 3 younger kids when the older kids are in school. Gas in the van was killing us and half the time I only had 2 or 3 kids with me. So Jason started looking and researching like craaazy! After much thought, he decided a little station wagon would be best for us. I thought, alright, that's cool. We had one growing up and I loved it! And then he found this Mercedes older wagon. I instantly said no! No no no! I don't want to be one of those yuppie stuck up mom's driving a Mercedes acting like I'm all that. Yes, I'm so judgmental! (I just had some strange and negative experiences with a few moms in a previous place of residence about vehicles. They were always bragging about their very very expensive cars and trying to make me feel stupid for driving a Ford Windstar Minivan. It didn't make me feel inferior, just gave me the attitude that they're dumb and all Mercedes & Bentley drivers must be like that. haha) Anyway, so I said no to the car. Well, after doing research myself, I realized that this car is actually the best car in our price range. And I'm all about getting a great deal, no matter what it is. So we drove to Roseville's BMW and it was the only Mercedes on that lot. Let me tell you, it was a whole different world there on that lot. We are very practical, simple, frugal people. But anyway, we got the car and I was actually embarrassed driving it around at first. The original owners spent like 52k on the thing. I couldn't understand why, because it didn't seem like it was worth even 20k brand new. It just felt like a normal regular car. I guess back in the day, it was pretty fancy with it's few little gadgets, but not 52k fancy!
Well, after driving it for awhile, I wasn't so embarrassed. I realized that it's just a normal car and I didn't look like I was trying to be cool or trying to be all that. So that made me happy. The other day, Jason, the baby and I were running errands in a local town. I was already flustered that morning and frustrated due to the kids' lack of motivation to do anything! We were stopped at a stop light and this guy in a jeep plows into the back of us. Uriah instantly started screaming and I was just in shock. It scared the heck out of me. Thank goodness Jason was there to take care of everything. Because I would've either gotten out and yelled at the guy or started crying or something weird. I was so worried and shaken up about Uriah. Instantly my back and neck were hurting too. He hit us going about 35-40 mph. Which I thought, oh that's nothing and I'm sure the car is fine and we won't be hurting too bad. But then I turned around while I was in the car comforting Uriah, and saw his front end to his jeep. It was totaled. Fluids were squirting out and spilling everywhere. I thought, oh boy, I wonder what the back of our car looks like. But I really didn't care, I was just worried about the baby. He seemed to be fine though. A cop just happened to drive going to other way by the scene of the accident, so he was there instantly. As Jason got back in our car and said, "The guy has no insurance, no registration, and his license is expired." I was ticked! I was just going off in my mind about it! But Jason calmed me down and told me that he had lost his job and he was out trying to find another job. Then I started to feel bad. So bad. The poor guy was just really down on his luck! We eventually drove away and I saw the guy in my side mirror just looking so down and frustrated. I hope he's able to get things turned around. So from there, we were both shaky and had to stop at a bank. When I got out of the car to see the damage, I was shocked! The back end was scraped up kinda, and the bumper was kinda thrashed, but that's it. No major big damage. I was seriously at a loss for words, which doesn't happen too often for me. I couldn't believe it! I thought, this car is amazing! I love this car! I'm still shocked. And when people ask about getting rear ended and they see the back of our car, they think, oh there's nothing really wrong other than the paint being dinged up. I can honestly say now that I am a proud owner of a Mercedes Benz... they are remarkable pieces of machinery!
As for how we're doing.... we're ok. Jason and I are way sore, but it doesn't really hurt hurt a lot. Just sore. Especially at the end of the day. I think we better go into a chiropractor anyway though, just to be safe. Thank goodness for our insurance! If we had only the basic, we would be up a creek if we had to get any tests or xrays done. But anyway, we'll be fine though! I'm thankful to have another car that gets better than 10mpg to run errands in. And I'm glad the thing is a tank!
