To be expected, I suppose...

I just got off the phone with UniTrin, the guy's insurance company...his insurance was canceled due to non-payment...greeeaaat! No wonder he wanted to settle in cash (yeah right, like I was going to do that) and was in a hurry to leave the scene. He admitted he was at fault, handed me his insurance paperwork and asked "are we good?" and hightailed it out of there. I was too shaken up to do more than get his phone #.

Liberty Mutual (our insurance) is being pretty good about it for now. They said once Liberty receives a formal statement from UniTrin stating the guy is uninsured and since we have Uninsured Motorist coverage (thank heavens!), my deductible will be lowered from $1000 to $100.

Good thing I went back to my old schedule with Wednesdays off - I'll have a full weekday to try to handle the estimates and get a rental car.

A little accident...

And it wasn't my fault! Don't worry...no one was hurt. I was sitting at a stop light, about 2 minutes from the house. The cars started moving ahead of me, I was still stopped, just about to go. And I get hit from behind. A big F-250 with a huge grill guard on the front - which explains the damage my trunk took, instead of my bumper.
It's still drivable and luckily it's supposed to be semi-nice for the rest of the week. Just a few scattered showers, so I don't have to worry as much about rainwater getting in my trunk. I have tomorrow off so I'll go get an estimate to fix it then. Hopefully, the driver's insurance will send out a damage estimator today and we can get this fixed soon.