settlement

I'm heading to the law offices of Morgan & Morgan today to sign for my settlement from the car accident I was in back in January. The other guy's insurance company agreed to pay our demand, and this saga is drawing to a close. At least this phase of it, as I am still under subpoena as a witness for the criminal DUI trial. The photo above is from my pitiful camera phone immediately after the accident, and while its hard to see it was quite a hit I sustained. My back still aches to this day.

Unfortunately, nearly all of the money I'm about to receive is already spent catching up on debt. We've borrowed money from everyone who would willingly lend it, and they're all about to get paid back. But we'll be able to afford a nice dinner for Erin's birthday, which is coming up at the end of the month, and to throw a fun party for Kai's birthday. He's getting a basketball hoop from us, which is his current obsession when he's at the YMCA. Imagine that.

So while we won't benefit very much monetarily from this incident, I've definitely learned to appreciate our lives and focus on what we do have, which is our love and our family and our health. All the other stuff will work out somehow. And I didn't like that car that much anyways...