"A date which will live in infamy"

December 7th is a historical day in US history, "a date which will live in infamy" as said by Franklin Roosevelt concerning December 7th, 1941 - the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. Well, we have discovered that not only is it a day to remember in US history, but is also a day to remember in the Anderson Family history.

I now consider that day as our day of infamy. Allow me to explain. Tuesday was quite normal, in fact, mostly uneventful till evening. As part of my elder's quorum duties, my counselor and I decided to go out and visit members of the ward. We typically do this every Tuesday night. We met some others at the church building and then headed to an apartment complex to visit.

On the way there, I was driving along minding my own business, when almost out of nowhere a Lexus SUV missed a stop sign and slammed into the back of our car. I remember seeing the SUV coming and saying to my counselor, "What's that guy doing?!". Then BAM! We got spun around and landed up on a curb. Ambulances came after a person in a nearby house called 911.

I had a bad headache afterwards and it got worse while we were taking care of insurance/police business and so I had a friend take me to the ER (after we picked up Christine). They checked me out and didn't really find any serious damage. So we went home and went to bed. I had a headache the next morning, and now my back is occasionally sore, but otherwise I am happy that I wasn't hurt worse and that Christine was not in the car with me.

Now, here's the reason why I might now consider this our family date of infamy. A few days later, Christine and I were talking about the accident we had while we were dating and remembered it was also in early December. So we checked her journal and sure enough - December 7th. Probably just a strange coincidence, but Christine and I may have to look out for trouble on that day in the future.

Oh, here are some pictures of our wrecked car. We don't know if it will be a total loss, or if they will be able to repair it. You might see in the picture how bent the tire is, may be axle damage or frame damage. Hope to find out soon what the estimate is. Who knows... maybe we'll be getting a new car for Christmas.