@ Zen, I think you're right about the car being totalled. My biggest fear was that somehow I was going to end up paying for a brand new car and not get it replaced because I would SOMEHOW get screwed over in the deal, and be stuck with nothing. I had a talk with my big brother over the weekend (who has been through something very similar) and he explained things more to me. It will be over, it's just a car, and I'm OK...but DAMN it's been frustrating (and I worked so hard to finally be able to buy it.)
Yeah, I'd just wondered about the flu thing. I was really hoping for all colleges to shut down for a week or so, to avoid the droves dropping over dead.