Trouble in Paradise

Sorry it's been such a while since I've posted on here, but we've had a few things pop up that have been keeping us busy. Ricky's been very busy with work. He's working from 11pm to 8 am and has to go to classes and meeting during the day so he hasn't been getting as much sleep as he probably should. I've officially gotten all the birthday presents sent out from my year of birthday presents. It was fun, even if I fell way behind in the end, sorry about that. I don't think I'll be able to keep it up because funds are going to be very short for a while. And that is because of the other "issue" we had. 

About 11 days ago we got into our first car wreck. Our car isn't too bad, but the other car is totaled. Luckily no one was seriously hurt. We didn't get a photo of the other guy's car but here's ours.

It was pretty terrifying. One of those "And suddenly a van" cause we didn't see it at all before it hit. I pretty much broke down right then and there. I bawled for about 2+ hours. Ricky was able to keep it together enough to get help there before he too shut down. Eventually we pulled ourselves together but it wasn't easy. It's taken a while to bounce back from this, it's hard to think of the positives in these kind of situations but there are actually quite a few. 

1. No one was hurt. It was scary but other then a few bruises no one was hurt seriously.

2. We were lucky we weren't going faster cause then we would have been broadsided and Ricky could have been seriously hurt. (He was driving)

3. Ricky was grateful that it didn't hit on my side. I think that would have freaked him out even more then it had.

4. We're lucky the damage to our car is repairable, cause we can't afford a new car. 

5. We're lucky we can fix it ourselves cause we can't afford to pay the 2000 euro it would've cost to get it fixed in a shop.

6. It forced us to ask for help. Ricky and I are very stubborn people who like to do everything ourselves. But we couldn't do anything. 

7. The LDS church is amazing! I only had 1 number of someone in our ward but she was right there to help, even though we were just trying to get the bishop's number. 

8. Ricky is grateful that his S4 isn't that car that got in a wrecked. 

And these are just a few of the things we've thought of. All in all it could have been so much worse. Now it's time to pick ourselves up and get on with our lives, and not let this bother us anymore.