How roads go!

So yeah, we did have a couple of interesting things happen these days, just before marrying. We went for Taka to take the driver’s test for a California license. He had to study for the test in English, but could take the test in Japanese!
(They even let him take the test away- which appeared to be the ONLY test they had to copy out for him... Zen might be so lucky!! Sheon too?!!) In any case, he handed back in the test and they reported he barely passed it (he had three tries- but made it on the first!). Taka said the Japanese was funky and didn’t make sense. Still he passed, and even the people there were impressed considering he could only study it in English. I whispered to one woman “He’s just SMART!”. It’s so true!
Anyway, we headed over to City Hall after that (he had the day off from work) to pay for our marriage license. On the way, check this out, we got rear ended!! It was sad! The young woman was from out of town and that was a hard street to maneuver. At first I was scared they’d run (two guys that looked like her brothers were in the car too). But she came through, and her insurance also even paid us $700 and then also for physical pain ($300.) though I told them we had basically none! (I had NO desire to report to any hospitals to try to get reports or lie).
So, that happened on December 7th? We got the checks around 12/29.
And then... New Year’s Eve, when driving to Jennipher’s to care for her pets- where we house sat last Spring when we came from Japan to here (perfect timing to house hunt those two months we first had here!) on the way, Naomi and I were listening to loud music, but this thing, our tire ran over, hit- JARRED the car so hard- as if we had hit a big pot hole but there was no hole in the road! And both of us were like “WOW!! What was THAT??”. I knew it was the tire, and it was bad. I felt anxious that we might not make it to Jennipher’s- only perhaps three blocks away. However, thankfully, we did make it, and the rocky looking thing plunged into the tire, the air was clearly and totally spraying out the air!
True, all of our tires needed to be changed. That was the “plan” I suspect. Thank goodness for the insurance money for the rear ender from before! But considering how much driving Taka does for the basketball boys, dong the tires now clearly feels what was needed. Taka feels there’s a great difference now how the tires grip the road (we changed all four today).

HEY!! I'm not able to download the other photo I wanted to show you~ and it's too late- so I have to sign off toinght! Tho I never want to HAVE to shut down!
xoxoxo Thia