Days go by... where did they go?
This whole rear-end collision business is wearing on me. I filed an initial claim, then I washed my car and found additional damages, and left a few messages... went to the auto body place in walnut, about 20 miles from our house driving on surface streets because my mom can't drive freeway, and besides that she was going 5 under the speed limit in the fast lane. I'm sure that made several drivers' days. I spent more time calling the adjustor and trying to get all the information to my insurance company, but I just ended up being on hold for a total of something like an hour. My dad drops by after work and talks to one of the mechanics, and we decide to come back later. My mom then gives me all kinds of grief for wanting to come back to Costa Mesa. Her reason? So that I can call the adjustor in the morning. As if I'm incapable of making a phone call by myself. I had all the information, and I was the one making all the call anyway. Things weren't going to be better back home, with the heat draining all my energy away and giving me a nice headache. I missed Liwanag again because my mom thought it wouldn't be alright for me to make a call from my place in Costa Mesa. The worst part is I woke up at 10 and she finally stopped resisting. All that fuss over keeping me another 4 hours, which I just slept off anyway. It wasn't a good sleep either, because the heat was really getting to me. I wasn't too happy when I couldn't fall asleep either because I slept too much. Arrrgh.
I woke up to my adjustor's phone call, and I finally dished all the info about the collision to her. I filed a separate claim for the damages to the rear passenger side door on my car, which was banged up last September (specifically the 5th, which I was able to determine through the wonderful technology of the digital camera and computers). I really don't care if it's fixed now, because we have to fork out $500 for the deductible. I could really use that money to pay the bills right now. Or pay for the MCATS. Or rent. Etc. I don't want my parents to think that I'm really struggling with my finances right now, even though I am, although I did try to get my point across. $500 to fix a dent in my car door when I have overdue bills and only $100 in my checking account. Great.
I fell asleep after the speaking to the insurance company, awakened every so often by a call from my mom, who kept telling me the same things... it got to the point where I just said "okay mom" every time I heard a pause and just blocked all her other words out. She's real big on the repetition method. Even if I know exactly what she's going to finish saying, she just keeps going, no matter what I say. I think I racked up 3 hours in talk time in the last 2 days, more than I usually use in a whole month.
I went to our PUSO board meeting. It was good seeing people other than at the ARC. A few of us ate at Alejandro's (not Alerto's, which is off Brookhurst in Westminster), then I got a ride to my car from Ed, but I chilled with him and Joe for a while before I went back home. I helped my roommate search for Malcolm (the cat) outside. He disappeared today. I hope we can find him. It's kind of bad knowing pets aren't allowed here. It's very possible that a neighbor found him and called animal control or something. He was one cool cat, except when he wasn't. You could say we was like a half-dog, half-monkey, part-sea otter cat. Sometimes he'd be all uptight and pissy like a stupid cat, but most of the time he was cool. Poor Malcolm. He could be out there crying in a cage or something. I hope he's being taken care of. I didn't think I'd care so much, but it was sad seeing his little blue food bowl left outside the front door. Cute, but sad at the same time. We looked around the block with a flashlight, but with no luck. I left to go to 1506 Darthmouth's moving out party. There were too many SPOPpers, so I chilled with the non-SPOPpers out in the patio. I came home and the food bowl was still outside...
This whole rear-end collision business is wearing on me. I filed an initial claim, then I washed my car and found additional damages, and left a few messages... went to the auto body place in walnut, about 20 miles from our house driving on surface streets because my mom can't drive freeway, and besides that she was going 5 under the speed limit in the fast lane. I'm sure that made several drivers' days. I spent more time calling the adjustor and trying to get all the information to my insurance company, but I just ended up being on hold for a total of something like an hour. My dad drops by after work and talks to one of the mechanics, and we decide to come back later. My mom then gives me all kinds of grief for wanting to come back to Costa Mesa. Her reason? So that I can call the adjustor in the morning. As if I'm incapable of making a phone call by myself. I had all the information, and I was the one making all the call anyway. Things weren't going to be better back home, with the heat draining all my energy away and giving me a nice headache. I missed Liwanag again because my mom thought it wouldn't be alright for me to make a call from my place in Costa Mesa. The worst part is I woke up at 10 and she finally stopped resisting. All that fuss over keeping me another 4 hours, which I just slept off anyway. It wasn't a good sleep either, because the heat was really getting to me. I wasn't too happy when I couldn't fall asleep either because I slept too much. Arrrgh.
I woke up to my adjustor's phone call, and I finally dished all the info about the collision to her. I filed a separate claim for the damages to the rear passenger side door on my car, which was banged up last September (specifically the 5th, which I was able to determine through the wonderful technology of the digital camera and computers). I really don't care if it's fixed now, because we have to fork out $500 for the deductible. I could really use that money to pay the bills right now. Or pay for the MCATS. Or rent. Etc. I don't want my parents to think that I'm really struggling with my finances right now, even though I am, although I did try to get my point across. $500 to fix a dent in my car door when I have overdue bills and only $100 in my checking account. Great.
I fell asleep after the speaking to the insurance company, awakened every so often by a call from my mom, who kept telling me the same things... it got to the point where I just said "okay mom" every time I heard a pause and just blocked all her other words out. She's real big on the repetition method. Even if I know exactly what she's going to finish saying, she just keeps going, no matter what I say. I think I racked up 3 hours in talk time in the last 2 days, more than I usually use in a whole month.
I went to our PUSO board meeting. It was good seeing people other than at the ARC. A few of us ate at Alejandro's (not Alerto's, which is off Brookhurst in Westminster), then I got a ride to my car from Ed, but I chilled with him and Joe for a while before I went back home. I helped my roommate search for Malcolm (the cat) outside. He disappeared today. I hope we can find him. It's kind of bad knowing pets aren't allowed here. It's very possible that a neighbor found him and called animal control or something. He was one cool cat, except when he wasn't. You could say we was like a half-dog, half-monkey, part-sea otter cat. Sometimes he'd be all uptight and pissy like a stupid cat, but most of the time he was cool. Poor Malcolm. He could be out there crying in a cage or something. I hope he's being taken care of. I didn't think I'd care so much, but it was sad seeing his little blue food bowl left outside the front door. Cute, but sad at the same time. We looked around the block with a flashlight, but with no luck. I left to go to 1506 Darthmouth's moving out party. There were too many SPOPpers, so I chilled with the non-SPOPpers out in the patio. I came home and the food bowl was still outside...
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