Car accident

Last week Samantha and I got in a nice little accident. We were going north and getting ready to make a right turn onto base. The light was green and the southbound traffic was stopped because the traffic was backed up. So since the traffic was stopped and the light was green, I assumed it would be safe to turn onto base. NOT!!!! A stupid Japanese dude on a moped comes flying down the road in between two of the lanes of stopped cars and plows into the side of our car. He went flying over the car. I thought he was dead but it turns out he is OK. I had to stay there for hours and go over and over and over everything with the Japanese police through an interpreter. Luckily my neighbor, Kara was able to come down to the gate and take Sami home with her. Kara and Jodi took very good care of Samantha while I was doing all the accident stuff. I was not charged by the military police and I don't think I am being charged by the Japanese police. Motorcycles are allowed to pass cars here but apparently they are only allowed to do that between the car and the side of the road, not between cars. They do it all the time though and drive like complete idiots.

There is also a custom here called something like a condolence payment. If you injure someone in a accident, you are supposed to give them an offering of money. So we might have to do that too. Yea, so get this, I might have to pay the stupid asshole because he got hurt running himself into my car. I will also need to pay to get the ginormous dent in my door fixed. Just more reasons why I hate hate hate it here! And please, don't anyone leave a comment about how this is a wonderful opportunity for us to be living here and how great it is here. I think it sucks, I hate it, and I don't want to be here.