I got into a car crash yesterday morning. I am OK. My neck and shoulders hurt a little (but not more than if I, say, slept on it wrong), but I think I am fine. I rear-ended a pickup truck. He braked abruptly to stop for a yellow light and I didn’t think he was going to do that. I slammed on my brakes and couldn’t stop in time. The road was slick with a slushy rain, and before I knew it I had hit and my airbags deployed.

I obviously called in to work, called D. I got a ticket for ‘failure to stop in an assured clear distance’, which totally sucks. D came and picked me up. Insurance has decided it’s a total loss, so I got my money (more than I thought I’d get, honestly) to put a down payment on something new. I wanted to make it to 100000 miles on my Saturn (it had ~90000 so far), but I am mostly glad that I am all right.

This afternoon is car shopping. Looking at slightly used Hondas at this moment. Any better ideas? (reliability and longevity are important to me, as is fuel economy).

It’s also my birthday today. I guess this is the world’s way of forcing me to buy myself a new car for my birthday.