No One Got Hurt

DH and Child #3 were in a car accident last Thursday, December 11 around 9:00 PM.

DH had a green arrow to turn left onto the on-ramp for Highway 163 North from Friars Road. A green Kia Rio, traveling west on Friars Road, ran a red light and plowed into DH's car. No witnesses stopped.

DH checked to make sure Child #3 was fine, then hopped out of his car to make sure everyone in the Kia were okay. The 22-year-old female driver and her, roughly, 16-year-old female passenger (a younger sister?) were fine.

The driver (whose name I'm having a very hard time not typing) stayed in her car, on her cell phone, while they all waited for the police.

Then she told the officer that DH's car had hit hers!

DH's car was undrivable and was towed. She and her sister (?) drove away in her barely-dented car.

The next day, she told her insurance company that she was suffering from bodily damage!

The police officer who came to the scene believes she was lying. Her insurance company believes she was lying. Our insurance company believes she was lying.

But, she'll probably get away with it.

We only had liability on DH's (old) car. Which means we're going to be stuck with a bill to either repair his car or buy a new one.

And a lying 22 year-old-female named X who lives at X with phone number X is getting off scott-free.

I am so annoyed.

I have all the X information. Plus, I think I found her on myspace.

Your thoughts?

Book Release, Coloring Contest

My dear bloggy friend, Bina of Just Another Day, thank you for bringing this up.

I So Don't Do Mysteries will be out and about in the world in exactly SIX WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY!! That's TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008 (just to save you from racing to your calendars)

I'm sure you want one or a dozen in your home. Actually, you can order them in boxes of ten. This book makes a GREAT holiday gift. Not just for your middle-grade/tween readers (roughly ages 10-14), but even for that girly brother-in-law whose name you drew for the gift exchange.

I So Don't Do Mysteries is totally available for PRE-ORDER now. Pre-ordering can save you money, especially because it's a hardback.

Here are some links for pre-ordering (in alpha order, to be fair and all):

amazon.com

amazon.co.uk, if you order from the UK

barnes and noble.com

chapters.indigo.ca, if you're in Canada

powells.com

Thank you for indulging me. This sales stuff is so not for sissies.

In other news, this blog is getting a facelift. Not what you see here. I was just messing around yesterday instead of, ahem, running my errands. Which have all waited fairly patiently for me and are now snapping their fingers at me today. Quite frankly, my to-do list is so long, it could eat San Diego. I should just give up and phone a friend to meet for lunch and shopping.

BUT before I engage in any activity not on my to-do list, I will definitely drive to my not-so-favorite grocery store. Why? Child #3 and Child #4 have each colored a picture of a pumpkin for a grocery store contest. The lucky winner gets a $10 gift certificate to said grocery store. Oh wow. Such excitement. Of course, Child #3 and Child #4 have zero interest in spending $10 at this store. They are, however, extremely interested in selling their gift certificate to, uh, me.

Winning pictures