summer drama: the final act (and how apropos, since we're a few days into fall...)

well, express relocation is F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. in my past. yes, people. finally. i mailed in my claim letter (sorry...packet, since it was about 30 pages worth of information and complaint and a packet of 4x6 glossies detailing just how bad they screwed up my stuff) on June 20. Monday was September 21 (that's 3 months and 1 day later...), and so i decided to make a call to the claims company-CSI.

So I dial them up and a nice lady named Donna answers the phone. Hi Donna, how are you? Good. My name is Amy Legg, and I filed a claim with you several months ago. Yes ma'am...months, not weeks. You'll check into it? Stellar. Here's my claim number. ......... Really?? You sent me a confirmation on July 23rd? How VERY odd. If my dear blog readers will recall, that is National Purple Beast Day! Funny coincidence.

So, Donna...I never got that email, and trust me, I'd remember. This has been the drama of my summer and I'd like nothing better than to be done with it. What? Do I check my email? Um...yeah. Several times a day. *What the heck kind of question is that?* Oh, I see. Emails from your company get kicked straight to spam all the time? Stellar. Can you resend that email? You can? Excellent. I will add you to my email list straightaway.

*several hours later*

Wake up from nap and excitedly (but guardedly) check phone. ooh look! new mail! Open it up...three attachments. Open the first one...delineation of claim. final verdict: $152. They approved my claim for $152. It's not the $400 or $500 I claimed, but i don't care. i truly don't. i am so over expending emotional energy on something i can't change. i refuse to engage in a pissing contest of who can scream louder and bitch longer. i am O.V.E.R. them. yay me for getting some money out of the whole mess...i expected them to reject the whole claim.

small victory/jab for me...i did end up claiming the vacuum because when i sent the information in, I still hadn't received it and wouldn't, in fact, for about another month. weights were required for all pieces that i was claiming...i called it 10 pounds. i received a $9 compensation for vacuum not received. and then a month later...i got the vac anyway! ha! screw you express! you had to pay to ship my vacuum (although, recalling the way it was "packaged"...it probably only cost about $9 to ship!), and you then had to pay some compensation for my vacuum because you took so freaking long to get it to me!

i win, assholes. screw you a thousand times. and...be it petty or not...i hope you screw the wrong person and get totally taken out. blah!

love to all (except express, for whom i noted my feelings above)!

:)

reflections on 09.11.2001

to every soldier...every police officer...every firefighter...every volunteer...every person involved from every area of this country...thank you for your sacrifices, your dedication...your committment to this country. to every victim and their families...our prayers continue for you. may God continue to heal and comfort your hearts.

we will never forget.



and go figure...Obama didn't even bother to show up at Ground Zero today. Walter Kronkite, yes...anniversary of a turning point in American history...no. Wake up, America...have you figured out who you REALLY elected into office yet?