Odds and ends

And let me take a break from vacation stories to sum up life since we got back:

Got an R&R from Poetics +1
Invited to present paper at another conference in East Anglia next year +1
Ate bad egg salad sandwich; stomach went just as electricity got knocked out in storm, taking running water with it -1
Electricity actually came back on this time +1
Dave's accidental death insurance claim denied -1 (yes, I'm appealing.)
Mom's Medicaid approved +1
Cat peed on heating pad; didn't notice til it heated up on the bed -1
Contract on David's house fell through due to seller financing gone south -1
Power company actually showed up to deal with Dave's downed power lines after a mere week of calls 0 (Lines went down in Hurricane Isobel. Yes, Isobel. 2003, for non-Virginians)
electrician on vacation 0
House inspectors suggest leaky oil tank. Vance and I think oil company spilled oil a few months ago. 0


To sum up: you win some, you lose some.


BTW Dave C: you should be able to comment without signing up, but you will have to go through the anti-spam thingy where you identify the letters.