Just when I thought it was all being sorted out....the promised courtesy car didn't arrive yesterday. Upon ringing, it transpired that, for whatever reason, it's now been scheduled for today instead. Nice of them to tell us! 😒
For the last few days husband has been inputting his and the car details into various car selling/salvage websites - without my knowledge and for reasons which aren't entirely clear to me....I assume he's clutching at straws and trying to see if he can get (what he considers) a better deal for the car! Which means I've been having to field phone calls from these people, telling them we're not interested and asking them not to call again - as if I haven't enough to deal with already ever since the accident. Husband doesn't seem to understand that the matter is being taken care of by the 3rd party insurers, nor does he understand exactly what is involved if the car is indeed written off, as expected. He even suggested that we could keep the car as it is and get it repaired ourselves (why?!?! makes no sense to me). If it is declared a write off, then he suggested we could keep it, reinsure it and carry on driving it! I've explained to him - again - that if it's written off, our insurance stops immediately, we cannot reinsure it and the car immediately becomes the property of the 3rd party insurance company. I've asked him to please leave well alone now and not do anything else - whether he takes notice remains to be seen.
His cognitive impairment problems are being shown up in great detail over all this, and it's really causing problems for me. All that combined with the horrible muggy heat of the past few days, and consequent lack of sleep, aren't doing me any good, I feel totally stressed and worn out with it all.
It wasn't sunshiney yesterday, blanket dull cloud instead and very hazy - that Sahara dust is covering everything, our windows and everyone's cars are covered in it. It was also extremely humid, really uncomfortable wet heat. Betty was very lethargic, she mostly lay in front of the fan all day, and she's been terribly restless throughout the last few nights, meaning neither of us gets much sleep. The temperature isn't set to drop until next Monday or Tuesday, so another few days yet of humidity. I know we shouldn't complain, but personally I'd much rather be cold than hot.
I didn't have to print out the vet insurance claim forms in the end.....on ringing the vets, they admitted they've had the emails from the insurers, but have been so busy they haven't yet got round to filling in the forms. They did apologise and said they'd do it as a matter of urgency. So that's one less problem.
Oh, Sooze, what a stressful time you're having. I know your husband can't help doing the things he does, but it must be really frustrating for you. I hope the courtesy car DOES arrive today. That might take your husband's mind off trying to "help"! At least you don't have to sort out the pet insurance, too. xx
ReplyDeleteBeano doesn't like the hot weather so he sympathise with Betty, he keeps getting up, trying to find a cool spot to lay.
ReplyDeleteIt's very hot and muggy here in the city - and the nights don't seem to be much better than the days. I sympathise with the problems you're having. My husband has a similar disability and I've found that if anything unexpected or outside the ordinary routine happens, it gets him agitated and prone to doing stuff that he thinks is 'helping' but is actually making things more difficult! You must feel as if it's one step forward and then two steps back at the moment :-(
ReplyDeleteIn the past, my husband has bought back cars that have been written off by the insurance company, and then got them repaired and sold them on. Maybe your husband is thinking of something similar? I must admit I could never get my head around it, but his opinion was that insurance companies are often too quick to write off older cars, and they could usually be repaired and be roadworthy again. He used to enjoy doing up cars, and knew people in the trade so could often get them repaired at minimal costs, so was worth his while.
ReplyDeleteYup, I have a friend who's husband made a business out of fixing and reselling insurance write offs. His best one was a BMW that slipped of a transporter. Written off. No frame damage, just some broken glass, trim and needing a repaint. She drove it for years.
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