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today started out lovely, i had a cute outfit, the sun was shining, i was on time, i even remembered to bring a lunch: i was all set to have an amazing and productive day at work!

that lasted about ten minutes.

i was almost at the bridge to the northshore, singing along to "the script" when suddenly i saw HUGE FLYING CHUNKS OF CAR flying over to the right lane from up ahead! the SUV in front of me braked and swerved slightly left into oncoming traffic, and i hit the brakes so hard that my back seats popped open (internal trunk entry, snazzy, i know), and stuff flew from out of my trunk into the back of my seat! it wasn't enough, and i hit the bumper of the car ahead of me with my car, fml. fmlfmlfml!

my legs were shaking so badly, i could hardly hold the clutch down, so i pulled over to a parking lot right beside the accident. when all of the cops and the firetruck and the ambulances had all arrived, everything just got a little bit crazier, and people eventually began to piece together the entire story...

the person at the front of the line had made an illegal left turn too suddenly, or hadn't signaled or something, which caused the guy behind him to slam on his brakes; in turn, the guy behind him rear ended him, and so did the person behind him, AND the person behind that guy! the woman in front of me just managed to avoid these four cars, but in turn, i hit her. so it was a six car pile up, plus the douche that made the left turn, and then headed for the hills as soon as he saw what he had done. two cars were completely totaled, and every single one had some form of damage.

luckily, since the lady in front of me didn't have any impact with any one ahead of her, our claim is completely separate, thank god, because that could have gotten messy. timmy the car isn't too badly damaged, i'll probably post a few pictures later, but for the most part he is fine. i didn't really do much damage to the vehicle ahead of me either, so that is reaaally great. right now my options are: have a 40% surcharge on my insurance for three years (a 2100 dollar increase) or pay icbc the cost of fixing this woman's car before my next insurance renewal, and have no surcharges. i'm pretty sure she definitely doesn't have two grand worth of damages, but who knows! and i don't really have tons of extra cash lying around, so weee shall seee what happens.


uuuuuuuuurghhhhhhh!
oh and i'm fine of course, just a slightly sore neckk.
could have been so much worse, but it still blowwwwsss