Just My Luck!!

It's a beautiful Saturday morning with a whole list of errands that needed to be done.  Ryder needed to add one by going to the bank.  After being gone all week it was great to hang out with him as we ran around town.  He quickly reminded me that in a couple of months he would be driving me around town. First stop the credit union for him to make a deposit.  Oops!! a little late the bank is closed.  A little giggle that it was closed next up is DI.  We come to a stop to make a left hand turn and in slow motion like in the movies we watched as an older lady ran into us head on.  We honked, screamed, and honked again without getting her attention.  I turned to Ryder and said she is going to hit us. BAM!!!  and a smaller crunching sound filled the air.  I checked Ryder and he was fine. Then I checked the lady.  She was completely flustered and not sure what just happened.  Where did we come from and why had she not seen us?  The damage was all ours and my poor car could barely turn into a parking spot with not power steering.

Doesn't look to bad from this angle

Close up looks much worse

Ouch!!

This doesn't look good at all.

A little red paint is all that can be seen on her car.

City fire trucks

I learned that even in a parking lot you need to call the police.

Ryder insisted that we call 911.

However, nobody was injured other than my car.  I called the regular number to see what to do next.

What do you know the fire trucks showed up first. The firemen had to check everyone out and then clean up the toxic mess from the power steering. Next up was the police and making a report.

This whole time I was also on the phone with her insurance company trying to help her complete her report to get the ball rolling.

The white line is how far I moved 

to make the toxic mess with multiple fluids.

Fire fighters went to work cleaning up the mess.

Moved to another spot 

trying to decide how to get it home.

Up he goes onto the tow truck.

Unable to drive him home due to the many leaking fluids drizzling out of the bottom.

This was courtesy of the police officer who waited patiently for the tow truck to show up.

Dave, Ruston, Rylee, and Ryder helped clean out the car. I was afraid that as he pulled on the tow rope that the bumper would come flying off.  It held tight and slowly moved up the ramp.  Dave was so kind to the lady and went and bought water for everyone.  He then asked her to climb into the Hummer to cool off and rest until everything had been completed.

It was a long hot afternoon that started out as a beautiful morning quickly changed in 5 minutes.  Know starts the long process of replacing or repairing.  What an adventure this will be. 

Stay tuned....