Catching up Part 1

I went to Utah over Memorial Day weekend and it was funny because I was talking to one of my freinds and she gave me crap that I never do anything with this. . . I told her that it was because I never have anything to say and she just laughed at me . . . . well one of the things that I kept promising but never did was that I would post a picture of my new car . . . part of that problem is that I kept forgetting to take pictures of it . . . . so to compromise. . . I am posting a factory picture of my car. It is a 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid. I got a heck of a deal on it and it is saving me money every month . . . not only the gas . . . my car payments are less than my Accord. It is silver exterior, and blue interior. It gets me approx 37-40 mpg which is amazing because I am driving the same amount and spending $60 less every month on gas. Wahoo. I'll have to admit the thing that made me most excited about it was that it had an auxillary imput so I can listen to my ipod in my car . . . and the other thing that I am super excited about is that I have steering wheel controls for my radio. I know I am vain. Anyway so that is catch up number one.

Progress

Okay so it's been about a month since my last post, so much has happened. They totaled my car. Which wasn't so fun, but at the same time I wouldn't really want it back after how much damaged had been done. A week later I bought my new car. Which is a story in and of itself. I bought a 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid. It is silver. It has 28,000 miles on . . . then again it is now probably 29,000 seeing that I've had it for about month. ha ha ha gotta love commuting to work. I'll post pictures later. But for the most part I love it . . . . I miss a few of the luxuries of my accord. But I don't miss the $180 I spent on gas each month vs my $120 now. Wahoo!

It took them about a month to finally get the police report but almost all is said and done. 100% his fault. We already knew that though. I have already settled my Bodily Injury Claim and now I am just waiting on my reimbursement for my deductible and the car rental.

All of this accident stuff put the training for a 5k off a few weeks, but I am back into training full swing. I just finished my 3rd week of training and I was thinking . . . wow I can do this. Then today knocked me back into humble pie. This weeks training consists of 5 min warm up, 3 min run, 1 1/2 min walk, 5 min run, 2 1/2 min walk, 3 min run, 1 1/2 min walk, 5 min run, and 2 1/2 min walk. After the first 5 min I thought okay that was a little challenging but not too bad. 2 min into the last 5 min I thought I was going to die. I finished . . . I had to stop a little in the middle, but I did it . . . but I guess that is how life is . . . . in the beginning something may seem a little challenging. But after a while you build your muscles (spiritual, physical, emotional, mental) and things seem normal then another challenge comes a long and requires us to work a little harder and flex our muscles a little more. I am really grateful for my many challenges in life. They allow me to grow and learn. Thanks all for your support. More updates later. =)

My Sad Car

Some sad pictures of my car after it got plowed into by a Hummer on the 405 tonight. I'm okay . . . I am still going to go to urgent care though tomorrow because my back and neck are a little sore. We'll find out the fate of my car maybe tomorrow.