The way of the world
What's the controlling force? Fate? Or choice? Are the choices we make determined by fate? Or is our fate determined by the choices we make?
That's just on my mind and not really related to the rest of this post, which is really more of a whine.
I still haven't sorted out what I'm going to do about my laptop. Whether I get a brand new one and start over again, or just replace the dead motherboard, it's gonna hurt my budget. Big time. Anywhere between $1-2k worth of pain, depending which way I go. I have to sort it out though, and soon, because I'm using a loan laptop from work for the moment and they're going to need it back.
Meanwhile, I had a guy come over to quote on security doors this afternoon. Something about him was disconcerting. I'm sure the guy is legit, because he does work for my estate agent, but he just made me uneasy. So I rang my insurance company to check prices on contents insurance. That's when I got a nasty surprise.
It turns out my car insurance is due in 4 days. I thought it was due in July. It's also gone up $200 on last year, because of the suburb I live in. I'm astounded, because where I lived previously was not exactly renowned for its law abiding residents. Either way, my car insurance is now 133% of last year's fees. And I have to find it within 4 days.
To my horror, I also discovered that if I took out contents insurance, it'd cost me about the same. WTF? Oh, but whoop-dee-doo, I get a 10% discount on my car insurance if I renew both.
Tomorrow is going to be spent on the phone getting quotes and trying to find out whereTF I'm going to find all this money.
Ooooh lucky, lucky me!
I really need to get a paper round.
That's just on my mind and not really related to the rest of this post, which is really more of a whine.
I still haven't sorted out what I'm going to do about my laptop. Whether I get a brand new one and start over again, or just replace the dead motherboard, it's gonna hurt my budget. Big time. Anywhere between $1-2k worth of pain, depending which way I go. I have to sort it out though, and soon, because I'm using a loan laptop from work for the moment and they're going to need it back.
Meanwhile, I had a guy come over to quote on security doors this afternoon. Something about him was disconcerting. I'm sure the guy is legit, because he does work for my estate agent, but he just made me uneasy. So I rang my insurance company to check prices on contents insurance. That's when I got a nasty surprise.
It turns out my car insurance is due in 4 days. I thought it was due in July. It's also gone up $200 on last year, because of the suburb I live in. I'm astounded, because where I lived previously was not exactly renowned for its law abiding residents. Either way, my car insurance is now 133% of last year's fees. And I have to find it within 4 days.
To my horror, I also discovered that if I took out contents insurance, it'd cost me about the same. WTF? Oh, but whoop-dee-doo, I get a 10% discount on my car insurance if I renew both.
Tomorrow is going to be spent on the phone getting quotes and trying to find out whereTF I'm going to find all this money.
Ooooh lucky, lucky me!
I really need to get a paper round.
posted by E in Oz at 8:27 pm
these thoughts escaped my brain at 8:27 pm
1 Comments:
Insurance sucks. "Contents insurance" I'm going to take to mean more or less what renter's insurance is over here -- and it's cheap here. But overall? Insurance is evil.
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