tesschap
11-19-2007, 11:57 AM
Ugh! I am firstly grateful that everyone is ok but here's the latest bit of excitement in the Chapman household ...
Evan took our nephew Eric to Buffalo yesterday for the Bills/Patriots game. The game time was changed from 1pm to 8pm last week as the game was the NFL game of the week. We live 6 hours (if you drive fast) from Buffalo but Evan figured he only has two work days this week andthey slept late on Sunday so he could handle work today with minimal sleep. They are both Patriots fans and most normal people would have left the game early (especially with a six hour drive ahead of them) as it was a 56-10 Patriots blowout but not Evan and Eric. They stayed until the final whistle blew! I never sleep well when he's driving back from these games so I slept on the couch and Evan called at Midnight on the dot to tell me that they had been in an accident. Everyone was fine - thankfully - and as it turns out Evan was stopped in traffic and someone rear ended him. The police came and Evan said he'd call me back once they were on the road. He finally called a little after 1 AM to say they were on the road. Evan had made the decision by then to take today off work but he ignored my suggestion to get a hotel and drive home today. They did stop at a rest area for a power nap and arrived home at 630 this morning. I still haven't been brave enough to look at my car but DH said the bumper is totally damaged. Oh - I think that I failed to mention that DH told Evan (without asking me) that he could drive my car to the game as its better on gas! I spent this morning on the phone with our insurance company and an adjuster is coming out within six hours. We have a $500 deductable which we will eventually get back as the accident was documented as being the fault of the other driver. The kicker is that the gentleman was from Canada and our insurance company is not sure how international claims are handled!
I am so tired today and have tons of work to catch up on after being away all last week - not to mention the house prep for the photo shoot and thinking about Thanksgiving dinner!
I really need a strong wind to blow through and carry this black cloud away!
Sorry to rant again today!
Evan took our nephew Eric to Buffalo yesterday for the Bills/Patriots game. The game time was changed from 1pm to 8pm last week as the game was the NFL game of the week. We live 6 hours (if you drive fast) from Buffalo but Evan figured he only has two work days this week andthey slept late on Sunday so he could handle work today with minimal sleep. They are both Patriots fans and most normal people would have left the game early (especially with a six hour drive ahead of them) as it was a 56-10 Patriots blowout but not Evan and Eric. They stayed until the final whistle blew! I never sleep well when he's driving back from these games so I slept on the couch and Evan called at Midnight on the dot to tell me that they had been in an accident. Everyone was fine - thankfully - and as it turns out Evan was stopped in traffic and someone rear ended him. The police came and Evan said he'd call me back once they were on the road. He finally called a little after 1 AM to say they were on the road. Evan had made the decision by then to take today off work but he ignored my suggestion to get a hotel and drive home today. They did stop at a rest area for a power nap and arrived home at 630 this morning. I still haven't been brave enough to look at my car but DH said the bumper is totally damaged. Oh - I think that I failed to mention that DH told Evan (without asking me) that he could drive my car to the game as its better on gas! I spent this morning on the phone with our insurance company and an adjuster is coming out within six hours. We have a $500 deductable which we will eventually get back as the accident was documented as being the fault of the other driver. The kicker is that the gentleman was from Canada and our insurance company is not sure how international claims are handled!
I am so tired today and have tons of work to catch up on after being away all last week - not to mention the house prep for the photo shoot and thinking about Thanksgiving dinner!
I really need a strong wind to blow through and carry this black cloud away!
Sorry to rant again today!