Well hullo there

So I dropped off Hil and Bri at the airport this morning (so they could rent a car to drive to Disneyworld); spending the weekend with them was superb. Judging by the massive sunburn on my back it kinda feels like I took a vacation with them. 🙂
For the record, we were rear-ended at a crosswalk on the way to the beach Saturday. Thankfully no-one was hurt, save my poor little Altima (which sustained major injuries to the rear bumper). This being the first accident I’ve been in where I actually owned the car, I’m learning a few things. Like (a) it would be handy to have a cell phone when you’re in an accident. Makes calling the cops easier. (b) Call the cops. Even though it didn’t seem to matter this time around, it’s a Really Good Idea, as my insurance agent pointed out to me. (c) Get the names and addresses & phone numbers of all witnesses. I got the name and phone # of the driver, but forgot to ask for the full contact info of the passenger. Worked out okay in the end, since I ended up calling the guy who hit me anyhow to ask him to confirm his insurance company (d) Be sure to ask for a rental car! If you don’t, they’re not going to offer you one, but you are entitled to it. So yeah. Now I’ve just got to find a State Farm authorized repair center, which according to the State Farm rep I spoke to should guarantee that I’ll get genuine Nissan “recycled parts”.
But I wasn’t about to let that ruin our day, so we ended up going to the beach after all. 🙂 For the weekend, we made it out to Myakka State Park, St. Armand’s Circle, Lido Key, Ken Thompson Park, Old Salty Dog, drove up Lido and Longboat keys, watched the sun set and saw the drum circle/fire dancers at Siesta Key, went to a housewarming party at Cam and Melissa’s new place (across the hall from their old), and got charred to a crisp while looking for shark’s teeth at the beach in Venice. Good times, good times 🙂
I’ve made progress on the San Antonio pics, but they’re not quite ready to post and it’s way past my bedtime, so it looks like they’ll have to wait a little bit longer. :/ Sleep tight!