A total loss

So, on this past Wed, the 2nd of December, I was in a car accident. In a parking lot.
My car was parked, off, and I was relaxing, reading my book. I was caught completely off guard! I had backed in to the third space from the end at Borders, as was my usual when the preschool Max attends doesn't need me.
A lady in the next parking lot thought the accelerator was the brake, had it pressed to the floor, and dropped he little Honda Civic into gear. She went through, well, (over-ish really) the bushes, pushed my car forward about 5 or 6 feet, and she teeter-tottered on the hedges until the Fire Department could get there and move her car.

My Farmers adjuster called me earlier with the news that there was more than $10,000 in damage (before getting under the shell) and that he considered my car "a total loss". Really? Well, ok, the car is in really bad shape. If I know how to put photo's here, I would. But the car isn't a total loss to me. It did EXACTLY what it needed to do, protect me. My neck and shoulders are sore, and I have a head ache at the base of my skull. But, I walked away from an accident that could have been much, much worse if I'd parked the other direction. I walked away.

So, my wonderful little Mazda 3 is totaled. She is broken, and bent, and there is glass all the way to the front dashboard. But, I got out. I'm sore, but I can walk. I'm achy, but I can breathe, I'm not in the hospital (or worse).......
Sure, it's only three weeks to Christmas. But you know, it will be a good one even without my little car. I can get another car. It is, after all a possession. The important thing is I'm ok. Max was in school, and he got a new carseat out of the deal. So he's ok. (He was STOKED to get to ride in a tow truck! The driver was nice enough to swing by the school and pick Max up. He got such a kick out of that!)

I need to get everything in order with the insurance company. And shop for a car. Which sucks! But really, it could have really been a total loss.........(I could have been part of the loss.......... Ever feel like you were sitting in the palm of God's hand?)