Hit N' Run
Today I slept in a long time I was so tired and it was so hard to wake up. I finally woke up at about 11am or so and did my normal routine of getting cleaned up, checking my email and then doing my scheduled chores. My chore for today was going online and going job searching. At 12:10pm Gordon called me at lunch and we chatted for a bit and then I went on my merry way surfing the net for jobs again listening to music. As I was sitting here in my computer room I heard the trash tucks going (because today was trash day) and then I heard a horrible crash outside. Being the snoopy neighbor I am I immediately decided to go out in front and to see what had happened… then it all became so surreal… as I went walking outside there across the street parked against the curb was my car and the whole back in was smashed in! I was rather speechless and then I saw three neighbors outside and I asked them if they saw who did it because no one was there. All three neighbors told me the same thing that they saw a roach-coach speeding away. This guy that was visiting his brother on the corner house said that the roach-coach was going so fast around the corner that it almost tipped over as it went.
I ran into the back to get my phone and shoes and started yelling for Ron, my landlord that lives in the house behind mine and asked him to come get me in his truck and hunt down these guys, so Ron came around and we started driving around like two vigilantes and then we saw a cop and flagged him down. I told them what had happened so they went to my house and started a report and started talking to witnesses. They said that they would start searching the area for the truck but by the end of the day they came up with nothing… however… everyone said that it is the same roach-coach that comes everyday, twice a day to this construction site down the street from our house where they are building apartments. The police said they would scope out the area tomorrow to see if they come back. Hopefully if these guys were stupid and ignorant enough to do a hit and run on my car, hopefully they will be stupid enough to come back to the job site tomorrow.
All I have to say is thank God that I was not in the car when that happened and thank God there were no kids around playing or someone would have gotten killed. We have pretty good insurance and they sent us to this body shop in Garden Grove that is owned by the sweetest Korean couple. I asked them since they do this type of work so much for a living what they thought by just looking at it what the estimated damages were and they said anywhere from 6-8k… we have a $1000 deductible and right now Gordon is the only one working and I am frantically looking for a job so we are really stressed out right now and plus Gordon doesn’t know how much longer he has his job for.
But so many blessings have been coming our way lately, we had a completely great weekend, Gordon & I both decided to go down to Corona Del Mar on Saturday and to get baptized together, it was our way of showing God that we were committed to serve Him not only as individuals but as a couple and that whole weekend was continually blessed. We had Gordon’s parents over on Saturday for a nice dinner and then on Sunday my mom came over and taught me how to cut my roses in my yard. Gordon feels as if this is just a spiritual attack that happened to us and I have this feeling that for some insane reason this is probably part of God’s plan for us. Not sure what in the heck the plan is but I just have this peace that everything is actually gonna be OK and that God is in complete control right now. I really thought that I would have broken down and cried but surprisingly I was rather calm after I stopped shaking. Gordon started to get a bad anxiety attack but shortly became really calm himself. We just prayed and felt like this was some kind of crazy story we would have to tell years from now.
The funny thing was that just a few nights ago I was thinking of what a great little car I had and how it was just gonna last me years to come and I only have 2k left to pay on the car and then this happened! And not only that but my car is a 2002 Toyota Corolla and I got the car on 09/10/01 which was the day before the big 9/11 thing and this happened on 09/12/07 which was the day after 9/11, kind of strange in my book I might say.
Anyways, I will keep everyone posted on the outcome of this and let you know if we find the guys who are responsible for this. I have gone on my own too and asked this couple that lives straight across the street from the construction site if they could call me if the truck shows up tomorrow and get the license plate and everything, they were more than willing to help. Also, my neighbor told me later on that as the truck hit my car that there were some trash men doing the trash when it happened, so I am gonna call Midway City Sanitation tomorrow and ask them if they can help me out in this to see if there guys actually saw this hit take place. So please pray for us we really need it right now.
Here is my baby all broken; you will see why I am so grateful I wasn’t in the car when this happened….
I ran into the back to get my phone and shoes and started yelling for Ron, my landlord that lives in the house behind mine and asked him to come get me in his truck and hunt down these guys, so Ron came around and we started driving around like two vigilantes and then we saw a cop and flagged him down. I told them what had happened so they went to my house and started a report and started talking to witnesses. They said that they would start searching the area for the truck but by the end of the day they came up with nothing… however… everyone said that it is the same roach-coach that comes everyday, twice a day to this construction site down the street from our house where they are building apartments. The police said they would scope out the area tomorrow to see if they come back. Hopefully if these guys were stupid and ignorant enough to do a hit and run on my car, hopefully they will be stupid enough to come back to the job site tomorrow.
All I have to say is thank God that I was not in the car when that happened and thank God there were no kids around playing or someone would have gotten killed. We have pretty good insurance and they sent us to this body shop in Garden Grove that is owned by the sweetest Korean couple. I asked them since they do this type of work so much for a living what they thought by just looking at it what the estimated damages were and they said anywhere from 6-8k… we have a $1000 deductible and right now Gordon is the only one working and I am frantically looking for a job so we are really stressed out right now and plus Gordon doesn’t know how much longer he has his job for.
But so many blessings have been coming our way lately, we had a completely great weekend, Gordon & I both decided to go down to Corona Del Mar on Saturday and to get baptized together, it was our way of showing God that we were committed to serve Him not only as individuals but as a couple and that whole weekend was continually blessed. We had Gordon’s parents over on Saturday for a nice dinner and then on Sunday my mom came over and taught me how to cut my roses in my yard. Gordon feels as if this is just a spiritual attack that happened to us and I have this feeling that for some insane reason this is probably part of God’s plan for us. Not sure what in the heck the plan is but I just have this peace that everything is actually gonna be OK and that God is in complete control right now. I really thought that I would have broken down and cried but surprisingly I was rather calm after I stopped shaking. Gordon started to get a bad anxiety attack but shortly became really calm himself. We just prayed and felt like this was some kind of crazy story we would have to tell years from now.
The funny thing was that just a few nights ago I was thinking of what a great little car I had and how it was just gonna last me years to come and I only have 2k left to pay on the car and then this happened! And not only that but my car is a 2002 Toyota Corolla and I got the car on 09/10/01 which was the day before the big 9/11 thing and this happened on 09/12/07 which was the day after 9/11, kind of strange in my book I might say.
Anyways, I will keep everyone posted on the outcome of this and let you know if we find the guys who are responsible for this. I have gone on my own too and asked this couple that lives straight across the street from the construction site if they could call me if the truck shows up tomorrow and get the license plate and everything, they were more than willing to help. Also, my neighbor told me later on that as the truck hit my car that there were some trash men doing the trash when it happened, so I am gonna call Midway City Sanitation tomorrow and ask them if they can help me out in this to see if there guys actually saw this hit take place. So please pray for us we really need it right now.
Here is my baby all broken; you will see why I am so grateful I wasn’t in the car when this happened….
I am so sorry that happened! Any updates?
I think it is great that you both are baptized! Congrats!
Shannon
Posted by
Anonymous |
8:16 AM
No updates yet. The car is being fixed right now. We know a little more about the driver (we have a name now) and a few people are on the lookout for us if they see him come back into the neighborhood.
Gordon
Posted by
Kung Fu Joe |
8:25 AM