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OftenBen  ·  3174 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: March 16, 2016

'Morning Pubski.

I got hit by a drunk driver Sunday night. I was stopped waiting to pull out of my apartment complex and got hit by a comparable size vehicle at less than 25mph. I'm okay, my car is more or less okay, other than some shredded plastic on the bumper. I just feel like I got the stuffing beat out of me. But with enough NSAIDs, tea and lower back yoga I should be right as rain before too long. The guy who hit me ran off and hit someone else according to the local PD. The guys in lockup, my insurance has the police report, and I have instructions from the ER to follow up with my GP in a week.

I clearly don't have enough on my plate. But, I can't see any fundamental change in my short, medium or long term goals or planning as a result of this, barring some health or automotive complication. Before Sunday, my car was aesthetically unpleasant but very capable and reliable for what I asked of it. Today, my car is slightly more aesthetically unpleasant, but (probably) equally reliable. Before Sunday, I did yoga because it made me feel good. Yesterday, I did yoga to not feel bad. Not sure how much of a change that is, but I definitely appreciated it more.

Completely unrelated, but I'm responsible for my own transportation to and from NYC in June. I've never really been a fan of the airport and it's looking like taking a train is 3x less expensive, and takes honestly about the same time to get there from Michigan. It's like an hour and a half of flying but hours and hours in airports. The train takes about 4 hours, and I don't have to deal with TSA. Sounds like a win for the locomotive industry.