Well, that’s, er, interesting. I wasn’t able to sleep, despite the late hour and the hard living, so I decided to put on some music. I don’t listen to music nearly as much as I did when I was younger. Back in the day, when I got to a new space, I had to set up my music first. At first, that meant a stereo with records. Then I added cassettes. And even reel-to-reel. Eventually it became CDs. And now, everything seems to be streaming. Anyway, I played one of my go to favorite albums, Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd. I have listened to it frequently. And this time, I realized that there were actually two copies of the album in my library somehow. That’s frustrating. There doesn’t seem to be an easy fix for this. Grrr.
One thing keeping me awake is of course the car accident. Reliving the accident of course is never pleasant. And then all the other stuff that is added on top of that this time. Two tickets aren’t making me happy. Not only the cost, but just the whole pain in the butt of either pleading guilty through the mail or going in person to the court house. Neither option seems optimal. And I have to report something to the DMV. And then there is the uncertainty of what I will be doing about a vehicle for the very near future. Yay, lots of thoughts to skitter around in my noggin.
In any case, when I get up tomorrow it will be another day. And it looks like the worst of the big bad winter storm is over for my part of the state. We got what looks like about 6-8 inches. Though my phone seems to think we got 19 inches. I wonder if my boarder will shovel. Hahahahaha. Anyway, since it will be a business day, I can start dealing with the next phase of the whole car accident crap.
And now I am up. I had a long call with the insurance company. We kept talking over each other. Maybe there was some sort of recording delay. I also gave a detailed description of the accident. At least such as I recall. They do not pay for rental cars, as that coverage was not part of my insurance package apparently. The person I spoke with said that he would take care of getting the car to Northside and to sending Northside the “ok to estimate” documentation. We shall see what happens. As I told the guy, I don’t really need to be anywhere until Friday at this point. And it is only Monday. I could use a nap.
I checked the status of the claim and…no new tow order has been put into the system. Grrr.
One of the nice things about the weather being so cold is that the snow has stayed fluffy. We got about 6-8″ from what I can tell. I went out to shovel and the shovel was missing. Could someone have stolen it? I went outside to look to see what I was dealing with in terms of snow, and there was the snow shovel, leaning up against the back of my boarder’s car. She is not so good at putting things away. I wonder why that is. Not that I am the best at it, but I am better than she is. I shoveled a path from the sidewalk to my front door steps. And I broke the ridge that might have stopped her from backing her car out this morning. I shouldn’t be shoveling though at my ripe old age…and my snowblower is broken…
In adding legible captions to the Alice film, I have come upon a debatable issue. Do I edit out mistakes and egregious burns? Or do I leave it as is as a historical document as to what I actually turned in to my senior study advisor? I am leaning towards the former. The latter exists on numerous DVDs around the country as I gave them out as Christmas presents years ago.
And I did it. I edited out a few frames. So far…
More on the accident. Isn’t this exciting? So, the Tesla app tells me where my car is. And it is still in Seneca Falls. I downloaded the State Farm app and checked the status and I didn’t see a new tow request on there. I called Caleb and didn’t get him. I got someone else. She discovered that a tow had been dispatched at 12:13 and was supposed to get to the car place in Seneca Falls at 2:13. I called at 3:45 and the tow truck had still not picked up the car. This is frustrating. Life is that way sometimes. Gives me time to work on other stuff. I will check the apps (State Farm and Tesla) in the morning and see what is what. Oh, and the reason that the app didn’t show an update is because some system is down at State Farm so they requested the tow in some other way. Sigh. Yay technology?
Ok, time to dine. I am having one of my homemade frozen empanada like things. I’m debating whether or not I am going to make rice to go with it. Probably won’t…
Augustus for President: I am putting myself out there again by telling my high school class notes author that I am running for President. And I gave him my website. I wonder if that is going to make the notes page. Doubtful. But that’s ok. If you couldn’t tell, my political work is basically on hold until I figure out what is happening with the car. Sigh.
Still Life 