Listening to the Voices in my Head

Dear RAC

So much for you fewking advertisements.

Wing was in a smash up on the freeway. The car behind him was hit from behind, and then smashed into Wing's car.

Because the guy who did a hit and run ran, unless we can get the details of the person that hit the car than hit the the car behind Wing, we have to pay excess (aka nondeductible) of $350 & we lose the no claim bonus protection . Only option is contacting the police.

Police say they won't be able to get it for 2 months (Gee, color me so surprised! 2+ years after my son was run over, and jack shit has been forthcoming from the police). Cops say it the chances of finding the hit and run driver is pretty low. (Again, just so surprised here)

So, screw you RAC. You know the accident wasn't Wing's fault, or the guy behind him, but you are seeing fit to f**king penalize us because the asshole that did cause it decided to flee the scene.

Thanks for nothing.

So much for best laid plans

Woke up cold, coughing and with a stomach ache at 2:50 this morning. Chances are the stomach ache was too large a dinner after not eating much for the past few days.

The cold and coughing, that was because Wing shut the heat off.. again. I took a shower in hopes that it would help ease the coughing. It didn't stop it, but did make it less painful to my throat.

I turned the heat on, took some cough medicine, and got back to sleep about 5:30 or a bit later. Woke up at 20 mins to 8. Don't need a crystal ball to know a nap is in my future.

I think Meegan is right

This isn't a cold, but the flu. I would have been over a cold by now, but this thing is hanging on and making all of us miserable. Me for lack of sleep, the coughing and other joys of the flu, and Wing because he is stuck sleeping on the couch in the other room because I just can't stop coughing.

The upside to this is the cats find my 'warmer than usual' self quite comfy for snugging up to, as it's been cold and damp. heh

The goodish news is I do feel somewhat better than I did two days ago, but get tired so damned easily.

Cold/Flu decided to come back strong

Probably from stress, and then doing too much yesterday, but this bug has returned to kick my butt hard.

Tried crashing early last night, but cough woke me up around 2am. Got back to sleep about 3:30 and then slept until almost 9am. Ended up crawling into bed again before noon, and slept until almost 3 in the afternoon. Right now, it's taking sheer stubborn will power to NOT head off to bed this early. Last thing I want to do is get up at 3am again.

He is being more than stubborn

Wing says he feels fine, just a little stiff.

I have told him he needs to get an exam. Many others have told him needs to get checked out just in case. He refuses.

I told him "If it were me, you wouldn't let me slide with 'Oh, I feel fine'. You wouldn't allow your mother.... *DING* lightbulb"

Will wait until he goes pick up hire car and then give An a call.

Am I evil? You're darned tootin' I am!

R.I.P Peter Falk

Veteran actor, Peter Falk passes away, aged 83

I will always remember him as the loving grandfather who came to read a book to his ill grandson. RIP Mr. Falk, the memories of you will be cherished. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Now that he is home, showered and dry

Wing gave me the full dish on what happened.

It started down pouring, and like the very careful driver he is, he (and the traffic in front of him) slowed down. The car behind him also slowed down. Two cars behind him the guy either didn't slow down or slammed on his brakes and careened into the car behind Wing, causing that car to spin, slamming into the back of Wing's car, spinning his into car into the ones in front of him.

Then the moron who started the chain reaction drove off like a bat out of hell.

Tow truck driver said that our car is very badly damaged, and could very well end up being a write off.

Right now, Wing is starting to feel a bit sore. I have a feeling tomorrow, he will be very stiff and sore. But it could have so very much worse. Cars can be replaced. Wing can't be.

I've got some good news, and I got some bad news, and more bad news. *mope*

Bad news,Wing was in car accident. Good news, he is fine. Bad news, car is not drivable. Bad new, once again we will miss SupaNovaExpo again this year.

Ok, universe, could you stop now? First when it was found out I could go, I caught a nasty cold. I start feeling much better today, now a car accident?

Price of notoriety?

ShadoutCarver sent me something from the US. After it was shipped out, it was spotted that the wrong house number had been typed on the shipping label.

I get rather frantic IM and email from the sender, with a copy of the "Attempted to Deliver" information. I waited until 9am and called local Post Office. I explained, provided the tracking number, and even the senders information.

I told him I would be sending my son down to get it, as I have a horrible cold and really don't want to be out and about. He asked "He has same surname?"

I said no, and explained how I 'married' my last name.

He said "Aren't you the photographer I see with the camera and camera bag?"

Yes

"Oh, just send him down with his own ID and your telephone bill and he can pick it up for you."

Busy busy.. did I mention busy

Lunch with mother in law, pillaging, another "Night of a Thousand Curries (minus 995)" with me being 'asked' by Wing to make a lime cheesecake at the last minute. Ok, last 6 hours.

Then Sunday, studio photo shoot. That was an amazing 3 almost 4 hour session. I definitely came away with a lot more info than I had when I arrived. And some damned good photographs.

Been going through them, and discounting 'the model blinked' and duplicates, I got 50 photos to sift through. And out of those 50, I have 21 usable/uploadable to my photo sites images. And out of the ones I won 't be putting up on site, they are ok, but not what I was after.