The state of the Rowland

[ffutures]

I haven't been posting much lately because I've been rather busy with some domestic crises - most notably, another dental emergency, plus the upper layers of the flat roof above the landing outside my bedroom blew off when there were heavy winds a few days before Christmas; it's not something I can do myself, so I've had to get in builders and scaffolders and it has been bloody expensive. It also took much longer than I expected, due to the weather, and was only finished yesterday with the scaffolding removed today.

I had to do it fast, due to the amount of water coming in, and couldn't wait for the insurers to approve my claim - hopefully there won't be problems, but I suspect that they will drag their heels on payment. As a first step I've had to transfer a grand from savings to my current account to meet the cheques for the scaffolder and estimate, and sooner or later will have to pay a very large credit card bill - christmas plus dentists plus builders have not been cheap. I'm just hoping that the insurers will pay me first, so that I can clear it quickly.

That plus returning to work this week has left me feeling VERY tired and fed-up; hopefully my mood will improve as the days get longer and I get more used to being back at work, if I don't run amok with a machete first. If I even owned a machete...

No need for sympathy, I'm not going to be bankrupted by this or anything, it's just a continuous drip of annoyance.

Tomorrow I'll try to sort out the landing, and move back all the books that were out there until water started coming in. Fun, fun, fun...

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Your books didn't get water damaged did they?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Fortunately they were missed by a couple of inches, which is good because most of my RPG stuff was out there.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Lucky indeed. I imagine even if your insurance company forked out for the value of them, a lot would probably be almost impossible to replace anyway.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Exactly - the Ringworld RPG, for example.

[dandello.livejournal.com]

Death by a thousands cuts so SO not fun - even when it's happening to your check book. Hopefully things will start looking up.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed. There seem to be a LOT of weird expenses coming in, even apart from the big stuff, e.g. a two-yearly domain name registration invoice I got this morning.