Comments | oloriel: It's been four days and I already want the year to be over

oloriel

It's been four days and I already want the year to be over

Jan 05, 2015 10:24

Man, I'm not someone who believes in using all-lowercase in order to express depression and exhaustion, but if I did, this entry would be written in all-lowercase. And without punctuation ( Read more... )

the stupid! it burns us!, car trouble, real life, ranting

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nelyo_russandol January 5 2015, 18:47:32 UTC

Argh! What a load of unnecessary stress and expense. I won't offer a comforting cup of Belgian hot chocolate in this occasion. *Hugs*

oloriel January 7 2015, 09:57:34 UTC

I'll take Dutch, it's just as well and doesn't carry the connotations. ;)

Fortunately, we've found a way of minimising the stress and expense. It seems this is going to cost us theoretical money only, and that no further nerves will be strained. Huge sigh of relief, here.

indy1776 January 5 2015, 19:09:00 UTC

Oh, no Lyra! I'm very glad everyone's okay. And I hope everything goes smoothly with the insurance. *hugs*

oloriel January 7 2015, 10:06:41 UTC

Fortunately, we were able to yield claims to the garage that's going to repair our car, which means that we won't have to pay for the repair up front and that the garage is going to fight with the insurance. (They've got experience, and lawyers...) On the minus side, we're going to lose the damages and compensations money that we're theoretically entitled to, because that is now going to go to the garage for their troubles. Since it's only theoretical money, and since I was honestly terrified of the energy-leeching, nerve-racking hassle with the insurance, I consider this a solution where everyone's a winner. (Except for the driver of the other car, but I can't be too sorry for him.)
*hugs back*

hhimring January 5 2015, 22:27:15 UTC

Oh my god!
I'm so glad you didn't get hurt, but yes, of all the unnecessary, stupid things to happen!

oloriel January 7 2015, 10:01:09 UTC

Seriously! The weather was really bad and the road was really crowded and it was dark, so there are a dozen things that could've gone wrong. To add yet another risk just by being inattentive... ARGH!

Well, the driver was young - I'm hoping he learned something from the experience. >_>

cowboy_r January 6 2015, 14:48:18 UTC

Well, look at it another way... maybe you've gotten the worst of the year out of the way early!

oloriel January 7 2015, 09:57:56 UTC

I seriously hope that's the case!