4 posts tagged “fire”

While it would appear that I have abandoned Vox since the fire; that is not entirely true. There has been so much that has happened since then but I have been completely overwhelmed. I don’t want to bore anyone with the details I will break it down in categories:
Insurance
First of all, let me say that it is nothing like the commercials would have you believe. Setting aside my belief that insurance is the biggest scam in the history of mankind, I have to say that insurance is the biggest scam in the history of mankind. The notion of paying for something in the event that something should happen seems very reminiscent of the extortion conducted by the Mafia back in the day. Sadly costs have risen so drastically that is impossible for anyone to make it without insurance. It is my opinion however that if insurance hadn’t taken off, costs would have risen at a much more gradual pace.
I main concern is after turning in over $450,000 of property, I was cut a check for $78,000. To make matters worse, it wasn’t a simple process involved enough harassing $78,000 for that in and of itself. It’s a terrible thing to have to start over, but it’s even worse in instances like this.

Housing
Luckily things are coming along well with the house. Naturally, things are behind schedule, but otherwise they are going quite well. Stay tuned sometime within the next week I’ll have some pics up of the house and its progress.

Work
Because of what happened with the insurance company, my life has taken a drastic change in this department. And it is very much not for the better! I now work three jobs in an effort to shore up the shortcomings of the insurance company. I have been averaging 104 hours a week. This has had many negative impacts on my life (to be detailed below), and has greatly affected my feelings towards my jobs. I currently am very dissatisfied at work. It isn’t necessarily the jobs themselves however, it is more likely the fact that I have no break…no rest…no sleep. And no outlet for stress…

Life
The changes that the fire has wrought have had such a drastic impact on my life. The stress of the situation…the sacrifices made…the need to work all the time…the millions of other things have all combined to break up my relationship. So what some of you say? I have had a few long term relationships, but this one was different. It was this relationship that made me realize that I didn’t love those other women-I cared about them-but I didn’t love them. But I won’t go down that road at this time. *sigh*
The stress of me working all the time has also made it really hard to enjoy anything. The majority of my friends bailed. I think that a lot of them didn’t know what to do or say, so I don’t necessarily blame them. But life sure has gotten much harder.
However, I don’t want to have everyone thinking that it is all doom and gloom. One very positive thing has happened. I have enrolled back in school. I started full time, but I realized that I had to work some more to get up to speed, so now I go half-time. I am back at DeVry and should be done in the spring. And despite my schedule (and the fact that I am currently a zombie…viva la Halloween!), I am doing very well. A’s all the way! Well it is 4 AM, and I need to study…I will be back to my regular updates from this point on.
Thank you everyone for your condolences. 

So, the house is destroyed.  There is not much left, and the cleanup has been a real PITA.  The weather has not been cooperating-it has been cold and snowing/raining-followed by a day or two of warm weather (on the days that I have to work...)-so it hasn't been much fun.  What we are able to dig through is both damaged by the fire and the water/foam that they used to put it out. 

I can't lie.  It has been more emotional than I thought it would be.  I didn't realize how much some of that stuff meant to me.  For example:  The burial flag of my biological father.  I only met him one time, but it was all that I had of him. 

And on the other hand, I didn't realize how MUCH stuff I had.  Jesus!  I guess a person really accumulates alot of things during their years...

And one last note that has been a real thorn in my side is the forms that the insurance company requires me to fill out.  I need to have pics, know the names, model numbers/serial numbers of the items, where I bought them, how much I paid, when I bought them, and the value that they currently sell for.  Seriously, what the fuck work are they doing?  Obviously, they make it so hard in the hopes that people aren't able to come up with all of the information so they don't have to pay the full policy value.  Fricking jerks...

The house is a pile of rubble that is indistinguishable from anything...  I can't tell anything from anything:

I don't know what to say or do...all my stuff is gone.  I'm shaking...and I'm hungry...