MARTA and cars

so, in continuing with the MARTA theme, I had a lot of people tell me to try to change up my routine a little bit in the morning- for example, park in a different place... So taking other people's advice, I parked in a different place on Monday morning. Well, when I got to my car Monday afternoon, I saw that another car had backed up into my car and damaged the front right of my Honda (there are dents, scratches,- it looks pretty bad). And when I actually wanted there to be a note on my car (from whoever hit my car), this time there was no note! I was pretty bummed about it- thankfully our insurance will fix the car bc we have Uninsured Motorists Protection, but we'll still have to pay the deductible. I got a quote yesterday and the repair work will cost over $1,000!!! Incredible huh. I've been keeping my eye out for a damaged blue car in the MARTA parking lot (bc that was the color of the paint that was on my car) but no luck yet. and in thinking about it, I dont really think there's much I could do if I do see a damaged blue car... i doubt anyone would be intimidated by me and fess up to hitting my car!!

Anyway, after leaving the car shop yesterday from getting the repair quote, guess what happened? Someone crossed three lanes of traffic and hit my car!!!!! Luckily the damage isn't too bad (I didnt call the police or anything). There are some minor scratches on the back right of my car but no dents- we're hoping that when we get the front right repaired, they can buff out the scratches on the back. I got the name, phone number, and license number of the girl who hit my car, so hopefully she'll pay for the repairs and I didn't make a bad decision in not getting the police involved. The passenger in the car that hit me was pretty belligerent about it all- he was complaining that he wasn't sure if I had my blinker on and that he had class in 20 minutes- I replied that if he wanted, I could call the police so that they could tell him that it was not my fault... The driver told me not to listen to the passenger and that she knew it was her fault.

As an aside... even if I didn't have my blinker on (which I'm the queen of using my blinker so I doubt thats the case), it still doesn't excuse the fact that that the driver crossed three lanes of traffic to hit me in the side of my car- it wouldnt have mattered whether I was turning or not- the driver still would have hit me. In addition mr. passenger, I don't really care if you have class in 20 minutes- maybe your friend shouldnt have hit my car! Goodness.... that passenger made me so angry- I'm pretty good about keeping my cool and being understanding, but I guess the combination of the hit and run that happened to me on monday and the attitude of the passenger on Tuesday almost made me lose my cool.... I mean come on!!! I'm saving your friend from getting a $150 police ticket!! so you could maybe show a little bit of remorse mr passenger (the driver was fine).

anyway, thats just me venting. Thankfully I have a great husband who calmed me down (over the phone bc he has classes on Tuesday night). On another note, I'm super thankful that Julie and Matt are ok after their terrible wreck on Saturday. Compared to what happened to them, these last two days for me are like butterflies and sunshine!

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!