I should be asleep, but I’m not.
Do you recall what started off a series of unfortunate events a few weeks ago? I am referring to my little accident, when I backed into the post at town hall.
Well, tonight I was having trouble sleeping, so I worked on a bit of kitchen clutter – loading dishes left in the sink, putting away clean dishes left in the drainer, and then I started to go through a stack of mail (Friday & Saturday deliveries). I tossed the obvious junk and then moved on to less obvious items. Hmmmm… what’s this? Looks like junk mail but better check…
*GASP*
It is an itemized bill from the insurance company for the Town, for over $6,000. Look again at those pictures. Very, very little of that damage is from me. A bit of split wood. Much more damage is from age, lack of care, and someone else long ago. They are charging me for a whole new roof, plus labor.
Oh, and there are 3 separate occupants that share this roof. My guess is that I am being asked to replace the entire thing.
I am sick to my stomach and spitting mad. It’s 1:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning. I should be sleeping, because I have to concentrate tomorrow: the handbells are playing at the 10am worship service and the singing group I am in is recording a few songs afterwards for a music CD that the church is working on. So I really need to sleep! I’m leaving on a 2-week vacation in 30 hours (for which I am not yet packed). I don’t have a lawyer, and this is not the sort of thing you call your insurance agent about at one o’clock in the morning.
The only thing I can even be glad about right now is the fact I went back and took photographs to document the damage. I think the pictures may very well be useful in this case.
*sigh*
Well, I feel a little calmer just writing this down. I’ll go pray for peace and wisdom and get some sleep before morning. Thanks for listening.
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