Yeh.. Between tearing up my hands on the weatherstripping (the finger I posted a pix of is now infected.. so now I have to wait for the antibiotics to kick in) , the accident, and having to do my taxes (Ugh!), my wife has been giving me extra space this week.
On the good side though! The guy I had the accident with just showed up at my door and gave me $860 in cash. That was the amount for the middle of the 3 estimates I got. So I guess this has all worked out.
In retrospect I'm not sure whether or not it was worth the risk associated with worrying about if the guy would actually pay up or not, and I probably should have just gone through the insurance company. In theory the situation was pretty cut and dry, and I should have had nothing to lose from reporting it, but my previous experience made me squeamish about whether that would hold or not once the insurance people got involved, since I actually hit him. His insurance company Alfa Specialty Ins, also seems to have a pretty bad rep, so given how this has worked out, at this point I can just arrange to get my bumper touched up, and count myself fairly lucky. I'll just take care of replacing the headlight and park-light replacement myself!