Bottles and Bows: wreck

Thursday, February 26, 2015

RIP Little Journey

Well last month we got one of our classic Ohio snowfalls. I live on a random back road that never gets plowed and on the way to work one day I was coming up to the stop sign at the intersection of a busy highway. Needless to say there was ice, bad tires, and no stopping at the stop sign. I slid into the intersection and got hit on the passenger side by an HHR. Luckily everyone was okay in the other vehicle. I bounced my head off the window and ended up taking an ambulance ride to the emergency room. Clearly, I survived with bashed up knees and a knot on my head. After a day of rest I was back to work.

Unfortunately, I was without a vehicle though. I bummed some rides until my bestest friend in the whole wide world lent me her car to borrow while she was at college. I spent a week driving the Teal Tragedy (her name, not mine) before I made it to my cousin's dealership in Mansfield where I found exactly what I wanted.

I'm pretty much a creature of habit and get real nervous about straying from what I know. Since I had absolutely loved my 2010 Dodge Journey, I started looking at replacing it with another Journey. They had one on the lot that was a used 2012 Journey that was the same color blue but it was all wheel drive which I desperately wanted for the stupid winters here in Ohio.

So heres the cool features:

Keyless entry
Push to start
Excessive big touch screen
Sirius XM
Climate control
Of course I had to add the Browning seat covers

I'm not sure I'm wild about the different front end but I'm digging the fog lights. So thats the update on my vehicle situation.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Run In With The Law... And Another Car

Alrighty, hey, I guess I should prolly explain myself. So for those of you that personally know me, know that I'm always acting way too old for my age annnnnd it finally caught up with me.

I used to go out to a local bar/cafe with a bunch of my older coworkers after we'd get off from working third shift (which ends at 7am) for breakfast and a couple beers. Never was a big deal, I never went up there and got plastered and obnoxious. Just had a couple drinks and talked with everyone. Well, on my 19th birthday (which was a friday) we all went up there like normal and I was sitting with a couple guy friends at the bar and the next thing I know, there are two cops behind me telling me to come outside. So at 7:30am on my birthday I was chilling in the police station, bawling my eyes out, getting interrogated, had to take a breathalyzer, and charged with underage consumption. Definitely an experience. They take me home and tell me I'll be getting a court summons to Allen County.

A month later, I get my summons and go to court. The prosecutor pulls me and a couple other guys into a conference room and gives us papers for an online class that we can take to clear our records. We were told to plead 'not guilty and set to trial' and present the certificate that you'll get when you finish the class. So I do the class (which is absolutely miserable, I wouldn't wish it on anyone) and get the certificate and get a summons for my trial.

The day of my trial, I got off work at 7am and got to the house around 8 and laid down, needing to be up by 9. Of course, I overslept so I'm flying down the highway and get pulled over for 82 in a 55 and earn a $180 speeding ticket (somehow managed to not get a reckless op). I call the courthouse and tell them I'm gonna be late and head into lima. Right inside Lima, I dozed off coming to a stoplight and slam my Journey into a Honda, bashing my knee into the steering column that I later had to go to the ER for. Luckily, I don't get cited for the accident and the Journey still runs (kinda. Turns out I pushed the electric fan back and it was smacking the engine). My grandpa ended up taking me to court and I got all the charges expunged and my court fees paid. The Journey ended up at Superior Collision in Van Wert for like a month to get the $5000 worth of damage fixed...