Horse Anyone?

We are considering "horse power!" After all, they have to be just as durable and cost efficient. Two wrecks in two weeks. Steve goes most of his life without any accidents, and here we are in a two week stretch. Maybe his reflexes are slowing...hmmm...food for thought!

2 weeks this Sunday, we plowed into a truck doing about $9,000 worth of damage to our jeep. We however got out with barely a

scratch. That was our first air bag experience. That next Monday we were in a rental and on our way to Florida. We got word while we were in Florida that the jeep was repairable, but it would take a few weeks. That was good news, because we were already dreading new car shopping (although, I am enjoying this Impala I am driving with its dual a/c controls and remote start!).

Today, my first day in my new high school classroom, as I am driving home and filling Steve in on the day's happenings, he yells
and the phone goes dead. I am thinking, "that can't be good." I wait and wait and wait. He calls me back to tell me he has just been hit. He was driving on I20 when a car on his left hits the guard rail, bounces off and hits him, sending him sliding and spinning down the interstate. As he is trying to compensate and straighten the truck out, he gets hit a few more times by the same driver who has lost control of their vehicle. Finally, they both come to a stop. He gets out, checks on her, calls 911 and directs interstate traffic till the police arrive (LOL-only as I attempt to picture the scene...and he is not a happy camper, not laughing a bit).

He calls our insurance (yet again) and assures them this one was not his fault (Still...LOL), and they tell him he has to get a rental because the driver's side door is caved in and will not open. Ok...so off he goes tomorrow to get ANOTHER rental while BOTH our vehicles are in the shop! FYI....we are getting to know the people at Yokem and Enterprise quite well.

I did tell him that he is certainly going to desperate means to get a new vehicle....it would be simpler to just pick a new one out and buy it...or there is that horse option.