August 12th on the way back from shooting a wedding I was involved in an accident.  I stopped due to police activity.. the guy behind me was paying attention to other “distractions” on the road and slammed into the back of my 2 week old Murano.    While I was annoyed after the impact, I started thinking about recovery.. so while looking for my phone, which I could not locate, my neck started to really hurt.   So, in the interest of being safe, I took a ride to the hospital.   They did their 5 minute checkup and I was out the door.  Thanks for being really thorough guys.. really..   Needless to say, I wasn’t thinking straight so I let it go and called for a ride home.

Next day I went to pick up a few items from my car and the tow truck driver told me he found my phone.. yes!   The celebration was short lived when I found this sitting in the drivers side seat

Phones can be replaced… but the data.. well, it will be replaced, but slowly, very slowly.   It’s taken me a while to get things perfect and once I did, I lost it all.  Again, it can be replaced!

So, fast forward 2 weeks and I start getting packets of “helpful information” from attorneys.  Great.  The ambulance chasers found me!   I don’t know how they got my information, but  they did.   Aggressive to say the least, one lawyer has sent me 3 different packets of information.  The others, just one.   If you need it, you need it, but let me make the choices.. don’t force your services down my throat!  Nice packet guys…

Add all of this to my training seminar last week with [b]ecker (www.thebecker.com), Cliff Mautner (www.cmphotography.com) and Jeff & Julia Woods (www.jwweddings.com) and I’ve had time to do nothing.   As of today I’m finally catching up with albums and DVD’s.   The next step?  Voicemail.   Please, if you’ve left voicemail in the past 2-3 weeks, I will be returning it shortly.   This whole accident has just thrown a nasty wrench into my whole workflow.

Last thing.. DRIVE SAFE!!!!