Never a dull moment. I was on my way over to my folks' house today to wrap prezzies for Xmas and I get a call from my dad-- my mom's car had just gotten rear-ended outside the Pier One. But the good news is, she was all right. The bad news is, the whole right-side back end was crushed. The car was still drivable, but nothing you'd want to take on a road trip. So I changed course and headed over to the mall where my mom was "all crashed out".

My folks wondered why I wanted to do the whole EMT thing. They aren't wondering anymore. :) Though neither she nor the other driver was injured, I knew what kind of questions to ask and to take pics of the car (see below). So the whole thing was a lot less than it could have been, thank God for small miracles!