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well the bizarre high that i was on after such a memorable weekend came to a screeching halt (quite literally) just after 9AM tuesday morning as my beautiful 2003 toyota corolla went slamming into the back of a honda CRV on route 123 in vienna. what can i say, it was "my fault". the light was turning yellow, dude braked at the last second, the roads were wet and i skidded into his car. i couldn't even bring myself to fully look at the front of my car until much later in the day. horrible, absolutely horrible. my headache started as the first bit of metal starting bending, and it hasn't fully subsided even now. the important part is, of course, that i'm okay, but damnit i love my car. and i HATE the noise of cars crashing. it's the kind of noise that haunts you for months.

~courtney

ps - happy birthday to claire! she's 18 now... old enough to vote for john kerry.