Welp, we're still here, waiting on the breaking of water or some good, constant contractions. However, nothing substantial is going to happen until that ring of scar tissue is broken. If I haven't gone into labor by the 13th, I'm going to slap a glove on my sister and tell her how to do it. (Doesn't that leave a pretty image in your head?) There is nothing more exhausting than being nine months pregnant in the South. This humidity really gets to you!
Today was "Team Colors Day," so Bella and I decked ourselves out in Gator Orange and Blue. (It's GREAT to BE a FLORIDA GATOR!) The season kicks off tomorrow as Hawaii comes to the Eastern Seaboard for a showdown in the Swamp. GO GATORS! The South Carolina Gamecocks kicked off last night, thrashing N.C. State 34-zip. A big woot to The Ol' Ball Coach.
Today has been hot and irritating (on many levels). Read my previous post today about our insurance company woes. Well, after the rep at State Farm found a fourth person to blame -- my husband -- and told us that official DMV records were not good enough to fix the problem, I left a message for our agent. He called me back a few minutes ago with the same drivel. Blaming us, saying that my husband told the agent that he had a wreck on Sept. 1, 2007 and that it had $1000 in bodily injuries. I was like, "B - freaking - S!" He said that my husband told the rep that and then signed the documentation. I asked to see it and he was like "We might have it somewhere ... it won't be until next week sometime." Yeah. I would bet the farm (if I had one) that we'll never see that "document." My husband is a lot of things, but he is not stupid. Why would he tell them that he not only had a wreck but that there were a $1,000 in bodily injuries to the other person? Honestly!
Most people wouldn't take the time to figure out why their rate had increased. We're not most people, so now the agency is scrambling to make excuses. They are making us PROVE that we never had said wreck. Why the hell can't THEY pick up the phone, call our previous carrier, and ask for the records? Why is it up to US to fix their screw-up?
First, State Farm blamed Choice Point. Then they blamed the DMV. Then they blamed our previous carrier. Now they're blaming us. Talk about passing the buck. Their rep screwed up and they won't admit it. Furthermore, we have to get documentation from our previous carrier that no such wreck happened before they'll do anything. For some reason they say that official government (DMV) records do not mean a damned thing to them. And, after talking with the lady at the DMV yesterday, I know that it's not just us having an issue with this.
ARGH!
Perhaps this is the aggrevation that I need to finally bring my blood pressure up enough to cause me to go into labor.
One funny thing and one really good thing happened today, though.
First, we went to a local "old fashioned" burger shop for lunch. We were in a booth with me sitting across from the kiddo and the hubby. A young lady (between 19 and 24) sat down at a table kind of behind me, but to the left. She had a cute little toddler with her. At the end of our lunch, the hubby and kiddo went over to the ice cream counter to get dessert. The DH blushed a little but I didn't think too much about it ... until I turned and saw her. The girl's shorts were low-rise and, when she was sitting, exposed her G-String. I mean two little black strings, one on each side, and a hot-pink strip of cloth (about an inch wide) going right down the crack of her butt. I couldn't help but laugh.
I teased him about it a little, laughing not only at her stupidity but at his discomfort. During this, her kid dropped a toy which rolled under the booth directly behind me. She got up and squatted down beside me to retrieve the toy, exposing more of her butt floss ... right next to Andy's feet.
He was wearing his red Boston Red Sox hat ... and his face blushed to the same hue as that hat.
While his discomfort was funny, I couldn't help but wonder why on earth someone would go out, into a family restaurant, dressed like that. Do people like that think that anyone, outside a strip club that is, wants to see something like that? Really.
We got home and got a call that our kiddo won a free birthday party for her and 15 friends at a local gymnastics facility! I'd entered her in the drawing back in April and, quite honestly, forgot about it. It's an hour-and-a-half party that is fully serviced. We just have to provide cake and food. WOW. We were going to throw her a party, but it was going to cost a bunch. We are trying to keep to a budget so that party was going to cramp it. The Lord answers prayers in amazing ways. This party really helps out right now. She is going to get a party valued at $250 for free. FREE. Wow. We are so thankful ... and excited.
Well, I've got to fix dinner ... I just wanted to check in and to wish everyone a very happy and SAFE Labor Day weekend.
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