CAR WOES

Friday night/Saturday morning the phone rang at 2:45 a.m. That's every parent's nightmare. Nothing good ever comes from a middle-of-the-night call. Thank goodness in this case it was only mangled metal, not flesh. Mike was on the line, adrenaline obviously pumping, speaking about twice as fast as normal, reporting that his car, parked on the street, had been the victim of a high-speed rear-ending by a truck, whose owner apparently was fleeing a domestic violence incident (according to the officers on scene who were taking statements). From Mike's description at the time, we envisioned a car accordioned to half its size, which would be a short Focus indeed. Actually, although pretty severe, I doubt that AAA will treat it as totaled, but will opt to repair it. Bummer. It's less than a year and a half old, with only 13k miles. They never can restore it to "like new," and the accident will haunt it at resale time. I guess this is the balancing karma for everything that has been going so well for Mike.