Seriously? Seriously?!? What is it about my car that makes it such an accident magnet here in Colorado? I made it through two years of SoCal bumper-to-bumper insanity totally unscathed. But it seems like my car is just begging to get hit now that I'm out here. I don't get it. It's not too flashy. It's not too small. It's an average, run-of-the-mill SUV, absolutely typical to Colorado, so it's not like the other drivers can't see it, or have any reason to target it. Nevertheless, that's now twice in two months. Twice! Ugh! And, for the record, neither were my fault; I wasn't even driving. The first time, we were trying to find a parking spot downtown, when some girl just blew through a red light. Minimal damage, with maximum annoyance.
Fast forward a few weeks. This time, Mouse and I were on our way up to Nederland for a hike, stopped in a long line of Boulder traffic, when this guy rear-ended us at full speed. I'm not kidding, he hit us HARD. I don't even understand how he was driving that fast in such heavy traffic. But, of course, he was, and the back end of my ill-fated Escape, as well as my neck, are now paying the price. So, instead of playing with our puppy on the trails, we got to spend our Saturday afternoon in the ER. That was definitely NOT how we had envisioned our weekend.
Luckily, we're all OK. My neck and back are little worse for wear, but nothing some good muscle relaxers and chiropractic work can't fix. And it looks like my jinxed SUV is headed back to the shop again. Poor baby. Will she ever catch a break? One can only hope.
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