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midnightsjane) wrote2013-07-02 09:38 pm
midnightsjane) wrote2013-07-02 09:38 pm
Stuff gets done.
Note to self: Be more careful when booking work shifts. Working a day shift one day, a night shift the next, and then a day shift the next? Makes for one confused body.
LOL.
So, I've been busy getting things sorted out with my car. Took the loaner back this morning and was able to pick up poor Honda. The body shop was able to get the trunk closed, so the car is drivable for now. I talked to the ICBC adjuster this morning; he gave me a quote for the settlement and will do the paper work. I should get a cheque for around $3000 from them, which will make a good down payment on a new car. I'm looking at the Honda Fit, which looks like a nice small car, and it has a hatchback, which is so handy when I have to haul grain etc. One of the Honda dealers has a 2010 with low mileage for around $10,000, so I'm going to check it out. Still going back and forth between new and used. I have some time to look around, so that's good.
I was so tired when I got home I crashed for a couple of hours. It was really hot when I woke up, so the rest of the day was low key. I walked up to the Library, found a great book to read, came home, did a couple of loads of laundry. Made a big salad for dinner and sat on the patio to eat. I'd watered all the plants, which cooled the patio off quite a bit. It was very pleasant sitting out there, just enjoying a quiet few moments.
The book I took out of the Library is by JoAnne Harris, who wrote the book which was the inspiration for one of my favourite movies Chocolat (I loved Judi Dench, and Johnny Depp in it). She followed it with another book I love, Lollipop Shoes. Now she continues the story of Vianne and her daughter Anouk, and the people of the village of Lansquenet in Peaches for Monsieur le Cure. It's so well written, and so warm and wise about the human heart, I'm enthralled. I started it about 4 o'clock and I'm already half way through it.
I guess I'd better organize myself, since I have to work tomorrow morning. My own dumb fault. At least it's air conditioned in the unit, so if it's hot again tomorrow I won't notice it.
LOL.
So, I've been busy getting things sorted out with my car. Took the loaner back this morning and was able to pick up poor Honda. The body shop was able to get the trunk closed, so the car is drivable for now. I talked to the ICBC adjuster this morning; he gave me a quote for the settlement and will do the paper work. I should get a cheque for around $3000 from them, which will make a good down payment on a new car. I'm looking at the Honda Fit, which looks like a nice small car, and it has a hatchback, which is so handy when I have to haul grain etc. One of the Honda dealers has a 2010 with low mileage for around $10,000, so I'm going to check it out. Still going back and forth between new and used. I have some time to look around, so that's good.
I was so tired when I got home I crashed for a couple of hours. It was really hot when I woke up, so the rest of the day was low key. I walked up to the Library, found a great book to read, came home, did a couple of loads of laundry. Made a big salad for dinner and sat on the patio to eat. I'd watered all the plants, which cooled the patio off quite a bit. It was very pleasant sitting out there, just enjoying a quiet few moments.
The book I took out of the Library is by JoAnne Harris, who wrote the book which was the inspiration for one of my favourite movies Chocolat (I loved Judi Dench, and Johnny Depp in it). She followed it with another book I love, Lollipop Shoes. Now she continues the story of Vianne and her daughter Anouk, and the people of the village of Lansquenet in Peaches for Monsieur le Cure. It's so well written, and so warm and wise about the human heart, I'm enthralled. I started it about 4 o'clock and I'm already half way through it.
I guess I'd better organize myself, since I have to work tomorrow morning. My own dumb fault. At least it's air conditioned in the unit, so if it's hot again tomorrow I won't notice it.