It takes forever
Who knew filing a claim with your home insurance company would take so long to get things accomplished. OMG! It’s already been close to a month a whole month since I called the claim in and we haven’t even been able to start doing any work. We’ve had esitmates on the repair work but we’re just anxious for the insurance company to approve the amont on the damages. They already approved one amount, but that is no where near the amount it will cost to repair the walls and replace the floor. So now we wait for another adjuster to come out and look at the mold damage. Good thing the restoration company we have chosen knows the insurance company and will work directly with them for the work they will do.
Someone should PAY ATTENTION
The hubby and I rolled through a fast food joint the other afternoon. We ordered a #2 extra large with a Dr. Pepper (that’s my fav drink btw…) and then the hubby ordered a small chocolate shake. The girl then asked: “What flavor would you like?” The hubby and I turned to each other and we seemed to look at each other like a puppy dog cocking his/her head to the side as to wonder WHAT THE &^$#? He then says, you have chocolate right?
Now we get to the window and we are handed a small drink and two other things that are not the shake and not my burger. Ok, we did the same look again. Then we sit….
and we sit…
and we sit…
Then the girl asks what we need. UMMM, OUR FOOD?!? Oh, what did your order…Gees people!!!!
We finally got our food…and the large drink. However, they were LUCKY!!! We were already down the road when I took a sip of the drink. NNNNNOOOO!!!! It was NOT the Dr. Pepper we ordered!!! UGH! It was just a Pepsi.
Who once said in a movie? “They F*** you in the drive through and then F*** you when you get home.”
Another one gone
Here it is another Friday and I am the last one at work except for “S”. I come back from the restroom to find our supervisors door shut and “S” was not at her desk. Now I know she is not in the restroom and moments before I went to the restroom I saw the head of HR head into my supervisors office. This is NOT GOOD PEOPLE! What the hell is going on. I had a bad day and I was not sticking around, I wanted to get home. On my way home “S” calls me. “Hey, I’m no longer working for “X” Company now.” WTF!!! They just flipping laid her off too!!! I thought there were not going to be any more layoffs in our department. That is what our supervisor said two weeks ago. Remember this blog about it. I can’t believe what is happening. I’ve been pretty busy lately too. What happens now? Who gets her work? Who knows how to do her job? Not me, that’s for sure. This is crazy! This economy sucks big time. The hubby and I have been thinking about moving to another country may be a good idea. South Africa, the British Virgin Islands, something to that nature. I feel really bad for “S”. Hell I hate to see anyone loose their job.
The Diagnosis
Well, our older son was seen by his Pulminologist yesterday and he has a sinus infection. I also asked him if the mold in our house was making him sick. His answer – YES. I then ask if we should get out of the house. His answer – YES. I then ask what would staying in the house do. His answer – continue to make him congested, basically stay sick. He is on meds to get rid of the infection and we are making arrangements to be out of our house and fix the issues ASAP. This crap is not fun people. Thank goodness for the meds I am on or I would be so stress out and depressed it would be crazy!!
Still Sick
My older son is still sick and that nose bleed I mentioned in my last post was just the beginning of a bad night. At about 3am him woke to intense coughing and throwing up. He threw up some food, but it was mostly mucus and some blood. That went on for about 45 mins, in 10 min intervals. Then last night he had a fever of 101.1. I can’t take any time off from work and I know he is not contagious, so I’ve been sending him to daycare – besides it gets him out of the moldy house. In the end I think that is better for him. He has been doing his breathing treatments and taking his singulair. Yup, you guessed it, the doctor appointment is next week. I will on see one person and he was out this week at a conference. I hate waiting, but I know what we needed to do to help him. He seems a little better today. So we are still waiting to hear from the insurance company and plan on suing the builder with a dozen other homeowners in our neighborhood all with leaky homes. Some of them have begun repairs and they are costing in upwards of $18,000.00!!! WOW!!!! Not sure what ours will end up costing. Anyways we’ll keep you up to date. Also keeping in theme of my “Calling Him Out” blog…Palmer Homes is our shitty builder. Yeah Rodney Palmer thanks a lot for a home we can’t give a way right now!
Appearances aren’t everything
To put on a smile every day can be easy, while inside I want to cry. I’m fighting back the tears right now. Why? For some reason it feels that I’ve been dealt a bad hand; the short end of the stick; or how ever you want to say it.
1. We are so far behind on bills it is not funny.
2. Somehow we can’t seem to f-ing catch up.
3. It isn’t happening this month. The hubby’s paycheck is $600.00 too short for the bills that need to be paid, oh yeah, they are already late.
4. We got water damage from a tropical storm a few weeks ago. Damage in the house. Our laminate wood flooring is messed up (and the hubby only installed it a year ago). Mold is growing behind the walls and under the floor. Our older son has respiratory issues and has been sick since Labor day and got a nose bleed today. That nose bleed is allergic rhinitis. Yeah, that is directly thanks to the damn mold! The damn insurance adjuster hasn’t submitted his paperwork yet and it has been over a week now. I don’t want to be in this house with two young kids and mold!!! Their health is too important to me.
5. I don’t want to have to be on meds for depression and I’m tired of dishing out money for a counselor. I want to go, but it costs too much when we can’t afford it.
So, I will continue to put on that smile everyday and pretend everything is ok.
Kute Kiddy Konversations
Mommy: Swishing mouthwash
Son: “Mommy, what are you doing?”
Daddy: “She’s taking a swig.”
Son: “I don’t want a swig.”
Mommy & Daddy: ‘chuckles’
Walking on Egg Shells
Since I’ve been back to work there have been lots of changes. All of one type. ~ LAYOFFS ~ As if the economy wasn’t bad enough, my company has just added several people in to the ever rising unemployment. Just this past week TWO people were let go. One was on Friday, and in MY department. Everyone in my department had left already except myself and “L”. When our surpervisor requested her to join him in his office. Then I hear the door shut. I thought to myself that can’t be good. Yet I only thought she was getting in trouble for something. So when she came out he asked me to his office and told me that they just had to lay her off. Now mind you “L” was not much a team player and is very difficult to work with, however it is never easy to hear someone is getting laid off. Then my supervisor says to me that he knows everyone has been walking around on egg shells since there was a lay off the day before and two additional in just the past month or so. He then reassures me that there will be no more lay offs in my department. To be honest, I would not be too upset if I was laid off. I would enjoy the time at home with my boys for as long as I could.
