Car Accident November 2013

I was on my way to work at the Physical Therapy clinic and I went to turn left onto Inverness from Greenfield. This is less than a half a mile from work. There was a car going the other way that had his blinker on and was turning left the opposite way of me. I went ahead and went and realized barely too late that they decided to go straight and not turn and they clipped the back end of my car.

I was super upset and the person even said they saw me coming. In these kind of cases, I will most likely be seen at fault, even though the other person was at fault as well. It cost about $4900 to fix my car and I drove a rental car for about 3 weeks. We had to pay our deductible but the rest was covered by insurance. We are still in the process of the case.

We were able to go to a body shop that gave us a free loaner car. It wasn't a new car by any means but it saved us some money. We were able to get the car fixed just in time for our trip to Utah for Christmas. They had to order a good amount of body parts because of the areas that were damaged. The inside of the trunk got pretty crushed and they said a lot of damage was saved by my car jack otherwise they said it would have been damaged more.

The cops came and no one was issued a ticket and everyone was okay. I felt stiff and had a headache for a few days but ended up being okay. I am grateful for that. Here are a few pictures.

Our 2 weeks without Anthon

The day the pod was moved

Things were pretty crazy the 2 weeks that we were without Anthon in Arizona. Anthon and I drove up to Utah on Jan. 30th/31st to drop him off at our cousins Hunter and Jamie's. They let him stay while he started work on Feb. 3rd at IM Flash Technologies until the boys and I came up and we got into the rental house.

I flew home on a Sunday and left the car with Anthon in Utah. His parents let us continue to use their truck until we left. I'm not used to driving the truck but I adjusted quickly and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We went straight to Grandma's on Super Bowl sunday which the Broncos lost horribly and it was really a pretty sad game. It was Everett's birthday dinner at Grandma & Grandpa Richardson's house so we had lasagna and spaghetti and it was really good. Andrea made some cupcakes and we were actually able to sing Happy Birthday to Everett's friend Paxton too who is born just a few days within Everett. Both boys enjoyed it and Everett was able to blow out one of his candles but I helped him with the other two because he was starting to get upset. Blowing out candles is hard for small kids until they learn how to blow and not spit.

The first week without Anthon was super exhausting. I still worked my normal work schedule between the Boot Camp starting at 5:20 AM four days a week and going straight to Gateway Physical Therapy Mon-Fri. I had to get the boys up before five to go to Grandma's so I could teach the Boot Camp which made me feel really bad about getting them up so early and for Anthon's mom having to get up so early. So between the two jobs I worked over 40 hours meanwhile I was still trying to pack up things at the house and take care of the boys. Anthon's parents came over often to help and Rhonda from church came to help too and I was grateful for any help I could get.

On Feb. 8th my good friends Steve & Jen came over to help pack things and I am forever grateful to them. I don't know what I would have done without them. Jen and I taught at the same school last year. We were instantly friends partly because she was one of the only people that was taking time to chat with me and because I decided she would be my work best friend. Anyways, Jen basically packed my entire kitchen and many other things. Steve cleaned out the laundry, took apart the plastic playhouse for the boys and really organized the pod. We ended up packing up the beds as well. Steve strapped everything down and made it look Awesome! It was nice hanging out with them but also getting stuff done. We went and ate at Burger Place too.

Jen and I

The pod after Steve & Jen helped

I was able to get the air matress and pump out of the pod to have something to sleep on. I put it in the boys room the first couple nights and I slept on the couch for a couple nights. After I had a nice neighbor come and help me move the couches out of the house, the boys and I slept in the office on the air mattress. I slept on some folded blankets and the boys woke up at least once a night every night. It was not our best nights of sleep by any means. Eventually I moved the air mattress out into the living room and one night I got smart and pulled a large couch cushion from the couch outside and slept on that instead of the floor.

I had a couple listing companies come and meet with me to show interest of having them list our house. The first lady that came upset me within minutes of arriving. When we talked on the phone I asked her if the house needed to be cleaned up. She said no because the pictures she would be taking were just to show to the relocation company. When she arrived she made a few comments about how the house looked though and I was mad. I was working over full time, trying to pack and take care of my kids. It was just me there.

Bottom line it was a tough couple weeks without Anthon and I look up to those single parents who do it all the time or those that have spouses that are routinely gone for other reasons. The great thing is that we all survived in one piece and I had lots of family and friends to help and support me while we got things packed and ready to go. 

Vin had a fall while playing at the babysitters

Everett fell asleep watching Cartoons

The boys and I stayed at Keeta's one night