Oh, what will this year bring?

Discoveries

July 31, 2007 on 12:11 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

It’s a rather interesting experience to be without plastic, ID, and cell phone. Surprisingly, I’m taking this all rather well and am not the least bit upset about it.

I called in the claim to the insurance company on Sunday who faxed the paperwork for the new window to GlassAmerica. I have never heard of them but I called on Monday morning to make an appointment. It turns out that they are on the opposite side of the city from where I live and I was not thrilled that I would need to drive so far, especially with my current limited access to cash and only half a tank of gas. When I expressed my disappointment to the clerk, she said, “Oh no, we come to you! We don’t want you driving on the expressway with a broken window!”

Oh. Right. I knew they did that for windshields but I didn’t think that they did for side windows. Much happier now that I don’t have to drive on the expressway without a window. It gets darn breezy, not to mention the little bits still stuck in the frame come tinkling in at odd moments. They had to special order the glass from Buffalo, then were at my house around 2 and fixed the glass. 

Here are some other things I’ve discovered:  My gym membership card expired and I usually renew it via credit card. I dug out that old-school checkbook of mine and hoped they wouldn’t ask for ID (they didn’t). I rarely use paper checks any more so I was worried that I wouldn’t have very many and, of course, with no credit card, I can’t order them online. But I have quite a few left so I should be OK for awhile.

I received a call from my doctor’s office reminding me of an appointment with a medical specialist on Wednesday. “Will they need to see my insurance card?” I asked. Uh, yeah, they do. I was afraid they were going to have to reschedule the appointment until I got my replacement card but she put me through to Billing who faxed their copy of my card to the other office. So easily done!

I talked to my insurance agent who told me I have a $250 deductible on my homeowner’s policy which covers the contents of the purse. I think I might do OK on this. I never liked those prescription sunglasses so now I’ll be getting a new pair I like. And a snazzy new cell phone. And a shiny new passport. And a beautiful new purse. And a wallet to replace that ratty old thing I’ve been carrying for over 20 years. Gucci, anyone?

All in all, I’m keeping a pretty good humor about the whole thing. Last night Paul and I were watching TV and a woman was digging through her purse. Oh sure, she has a purse, I groaned to Paul.  

Then in the morning before the window was fixed, Paul walked to the passenger side to get in the car, looked at the window and said, “Hey, Mom, what happened here?” I pretended to be shocked, like I’ve never seen it before. Then we entertained ourselves with how it might have happened. My favorite? Paul put his fist through the window. *

BTW, I’m using mental persuasion to tell my purse to come home. I think it might work. A friend told me it took her purse a year and a half before it showed up so I’m not expecting immediate miracles, but I’m remaining optimistic. I bet it will have a good story to tell. 

* On the first day of ninth grade, Paul smacked the locked door of his father’s house with the heel of his hand and was shocked when his arm when right through. It took 62 stitches to patch him up and he’s got a great V-shaped scar from it. He tells people he was bitten by a canal shark.