Grr

I have been working hard to try and maintain a positive attitude and keep my stress levels as low as possible. Sometime life works against your best intentions.

Sunday morning, as Jeff went to to leave, he found our car gone. We had parked it in our carport the evening before around 7:30 pm. Upon learning the news, I was shaking beyond belief. I started making the necessary phone calls to report the car stolen, first to the police, then to insurance. As I took care of what needed to be done, I started to calm a bit, but the shock was still there. Jeff and I realized we both needed to eat, so we got in the truck and went for lunch. Realizing neither of us really wanted to sit at home, we then went and saw the Simpson's Movie. This helped both of us to relax quite a bit. We realized that there was little we could do and didn't expect the car to be found, which would mean we would need to buy a new one. We started discussing our options and were keeping as positive a light on the situation as possible.

Around 9 pm we received a phone call from the Whittier police (about 15 miles away) that they had good and bad news. The car had been found, was in a police pursuit and ended in a collision. The police officer stated the car would need "one big bandaid". I asked if in his opinion the car was totaled and he said yes. It was nice to know that the car was found and that we could get much of our stuff out of it.

Monday, I got a call from the insurance adjuster and let him know the car had been recovered. I went to the tow yard to clean out the car and look at the damage. Luckily, we have a very good friend who not only drove me to and from work, but she insisted on taking me to go and see the car. I am so happy she did. She helped to make sure I was laughing and not crying through the whole thing. The car wasn't what I expected. My thought was a front impact collision. The car had been hit in 2 places. First on the driver side door, which was completley destroyed, along with damage to the front panel and the rear door. The other impact was on the rear passenger side. The rear panel and part of the bumper were pretty banged up. The wheel was sitting at about a 60 degree angle. After seeing the car, I was pretty sure it would be totaled by the insurance company.

Once I spoke with the adjuster again and got the car released to the insurance company (which involved 45 minutes at the Whittier Police Dept.) all that was left to do is get the affidavit of theft completed, pick up the rental that insurance arranged for, and wait for the inspector to determine the amount of damage. I got the affidavit sent on Tuesday and then waited to hear about the car. Finally, I thought that the stress should be done. I have taken care of everything I have to do.

Today, I got a phone call from the inspector, indicating that what I thought was true. The car is a total loss. Unfortunately, the tow yard had "forgotten" or misplaced the release given to them so I had to make several phone calls to straighten that out. I have found myself shaking again. I guess the finality of it has gotten to me a bit. I spoke with our adjuster and once they determine how much money we will get and we pick it up, we will only have an additional 3 days on the rental car that is covered by insurance. GRR. That doesn't allow for much time to find something.

I am trying my best to stay relaxed and know that things will work out in the end. I need to make sure that I don't get overly worked up. I really don't want this all effecting the baby.

On the pregnancy front, things are continuing to go well. The morning sickness comes and goes now, sometimes making it near impossible for me to eat what is in front of me right away. But, I always manage to eat. My chest continues to grow and be sore. I have weird sensations in my belly, and I realize it it likely my uterus growing and all the lovely pregnancy changes going on.