Mattress Surfing

So… last week I kind of sort of probably totaled my car.

Yes, that’s right!¬† Last Saturday I was on my way to visit James and Renae down in Costa Mesa.¬† I was on the 57 south in the fast lane traveling about 75mph in the fast lane.¬† I had just past the Honda Center and was next to Angel Stadium when the cars ahead of me began to merge out of the lane.¬† The reason for their actions was that there was mattress in the middle of the lane!¬† I began to break and I was unable to merge into another lane.¬† I continued to break…. break…. break… Screech… BANG!!!!!!¬† I was rear ended by a astro mini-van.¬† I’m not sure whose car did the screeching.¬† It took me a little while to figure out that I had been hit, by that time I was in the carpool lane several feet from the van and the mattress.

A CHP officer was soon on the scene and the two vehicles and the mattress where moved onto the shoulder. The paramedics were called along with tow trucks.¬† Nobody was taken away by the paramedic, but my car was towed…. the muffler was scraping the ground.

I went to urgent care to get myself checked out…. the doctor said that I have a strained neck.

I am now in possesion of a rental car.¬† The status of my vehicle is unknown… probably totaled.¬† I am somewhat sore but can survive without medicine. And in conclusion I don’t know what happened to the matress.