update

It's been a terribly busy week-- I didn't mean to go m.i.a.!

As for my car, I finally got into a rental and they began work on my car last Wednesday! But that certainly didn't come without obstacles. Tuesday afternoon, after still not hearing from either the kid who hit me or his insurance, I gave his home phone a ring. His dad generously offered that info at the scene, so I figured, why not? Some lady--whom I'm guessing was his mother--answered the phone. When I told her who I was and that I desperately needed him to talk with the insurance people, she (very rudely) informed me... "He is in school, and he can deal with it when he's not in school." After a few more words were exchanged and I had given her my phone number, SHE HUNG UP ON ME! I couldn't believe it! In that split second, I went from being merely inconvenienced to outright pissed off. I decided then that if, after Wednesday, I hadn't heard from anyone, I was going to take care of it myself and then sue him if I had to. I was getting so tired of him holding my car hostage while he dodged the phone calls from the insurance company.

But first thing Wednesday morning, I got a wake-up call from his insurance informing me that they had spoken with him and would be accepting liability; the repair shop had been sent the assignment to being work, and my rental car was ready to be picked up! An hour later, I was picking up my pretty red Mazda 3 (but they first tried to give me a Focus! haha, I said, no thanks, I'll wait for that Mazda...) and now I'm just waiting to hear that my car is ready. They said last week that it would be about 2 weeks to fix it.

Other than that, these next two weeks are finals weeks, and I'm frantically trying to get everything finished so that I can enjoy my two free weeks before summer classes start!

P.S. Chele- Thanks for your advice!! It definitely came in handy, but fortunately I didn't have to use it. Much appreciated ;-)