SO..
I TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
I "WRECKED" MY "YOUNGEST"-DAUGHTER COLLEEN'S CAR
LAST WEEKEND..
WHILE WE WERE IN TUCSON FOR OUR "OLDEST"-JD'S-GRADUATION..
WELL..
I RECEIVED "THE CALL" FROM "STATE FARM" YESTERDAY..
I "KNEW" IT WAS GOING TO BE "BAD" NEWS..
(BECAUSE THE REAR-WHEEL..ON THE PASSENGER-SIDE..WHICH TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT..WAS BENT-"OUT"..AT A WEIRD ANGLE)..
SO I WAS "READY"..
FOR THE "BAD"-NEWS..
"&".........THE "T"-WORD..
("TOTALED")..
& GUESS WHAT?..
IT "IS"..
& I'M-LIKE--"DOGGONE IT--"I" AM SUCH A MORON..FOR BEING DISTRACTED..& IMPATIENT..
& "WRECKING" MY DAUGHTER'S CAR"..
& "THEN"..
THE "STATE FARM" LADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE "VALUE" OF THE CAR..
& THROWING OUT ALL THESE NUMBERS..
& "ADDING" THEM UP..
& WHEN SHE "FINISHED"..
IT WAS A PRETTY-"BIG" NUMBER..
"AS"-MUCH..
AS I "PAID" FOR THE CAR..
"3"-YEARS AGO..
"PLUS"..
THEY'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE-ME
FOR MY AIRLINE TICKET HOME FROM PHOENIX SUNDAY..
"&" PAY ME..
FOR EVERY DAY I DIDN'T USE A RENTAL CAR..
NOW "THIS" IS "NOT" A PAID COMMERCIAL..
BUT "STATE FARM" HAS BEEN "REALLY" GOOD TO ME..
AS SOON AS I NOTIFIED THEM OF THE ACCIDENT..
WHICH OCCURED "OUT"-OF-STATE..
(WHICH IS "ALWAYS" A PAIN IN THE BUTT)..
THEY "SPRANG" INTO ACTION..
"FIRST"
MAKING SURE THAT "I" WAS ALL-RIGHT..
& HAD "EVERYTHING" I NEEDED TO GET "HOME"..
"THEN"..
THEY "DEALT" WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK & RED-TAPE..& HASSLE..
OF GETTING MY CAR FROM THE TOW LOT..TO THE DEALERSHIP..
TO THE ADJUSTER..TO THE JUNK YARD..
"IN" ARIZONA..
NOW "BELIEVE"-ME..
WHEN THAT MONTHLY "STATE FARM" BILL ARRIVES..
& I "SEE" HOW MUCH I "PAY"..
FOR MYSELF & OUR 2-DAUGHTERS..
EVERY-"MONTH"..
I "GRUMBLE"..
"NO"-MORE..
