I Be Illin'

I'm feeling nervous. There's no way anyone can talk to me and make me feel better, so hopefully writing about it will help. Usually when I'm confronted with something new, I feel especially nervous and anxious until it happens. Once it happens, I feel a great relief because it's usually not as bad as I thought, and if it happens again, I'm better for it because I know what to expect.

Anyway, back in May, the kids and I were in a car accident. I was driving through an intersection when an oncoming car making a left turn neglected to yield right of way and hit me. None of us were hurt and the minivan just suffered a dent that we had fixed, but now I have to go to court on Wednesday to testify.

When the accident happened, the girl took off...she left the scene of the accident. An off-duty cop or fireman (forgot the occupation of the guy) gave chase because he didn't want her getting away. He chased her down a dead end street and kept her trapped until the police came.

In the meantime I had given my statement to the officer who came to the scene. Employees from the McDonalds on the corner of the intersection gave statements as witnesses. The officer later came to my house to take pictures of the damage done to my van. The second officer who dealt with the girl said to come to the police station to have pictures and measurements taken of her vehicle, but she never showed up and there was a warrant put out for her arrest.

Back in September I believe (not sure when) we received a call saying that the girl was arrested and to send in any receipts from the accident for money we paid out of pocket for the damages and the rental we had while the van was being repaired.

So now the day is about to come when I have to go into court about this. I'm afraid the defense attorney will brow beat me or badger me and I'll break down and plead mercy from the court.

I know I'm overreacting, but it helps to think the worst and get it out of my system.