Yrae Chronicles

YOSHI'S BACK ♥ And more beautiful than ever. And not just in an absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder kind of way (tho that's true) but genuinely more beautiful X3 There was a scratch on the driver's door mirror when I got it, and I may not have mentioned when the assessment was going on that it hadn't come from the crash. Because damnit that woman made me stressed out enough with her holding off and making out like she was going to dispute it, I feel I should come out of this whole debacle with something. So. Even the door mirror is scratch free now ♥ And I mean, her mirror pushed mine back anyway, so it probably did get scratched in the accident, there's just no way to tell what was there already and what wasn't.

She hasn't even said sorry. Bitch.

Anyway. I have my Yoshi back and I love him ♥ I would've given him a hug if he wasn't dripping wet. I love my car you guys. I've never loved my car before.

WEEKEND WOOOOO tomorrow I'll plant the stuff I bought last weekend and maybe see if I can source the last of the stuff. It was 22 yesterday, which is nuts, but we're back to winter now and it's supposed to be hailing tonight. Tomorrow should be okay, though, just a chance of drizzle at most. Unpleasant, but eh. whatever.

SHE ADMITTED FAULT!!!!!!!!!1

Weekend = made.

I called the RAA again today, admittedly after having gotten lax this week, and the guy told me that yep, she'd lodged a claim, no dispute as to who was at fault, and that's pretty much that! Got the claim number, called the crash repairers I went to earlier this week and gave them the number, so literally all I have to do now is drive Yoshi to the crash repairers and pick him up a week or so later.

I am so unbelievably relieved. I've been stressing on this for a week and a half, because with her attitude after the accident I was so certain she was going to dispute it and it'd drag for months. But she's admitted she punched my beautiful Yoshi in the face and I can get him fixed and not pay a cent. I don't have to send any angry letters or go to small claims court or anything. She must've thought back on it--or possibly gotten legal advice, idk, she was a doctor--and realised she didn't have a leg to stand on.

I'm so happy. All the exciting stuff that's going on, with the garden and the new tech toys, have been getting tainted by this stress of what'd happen with my car. Now that's sorted, and the RAA will do everything behind the scenes for me, I'm feeling properly excited about things. YAY!

My old bedroom furniture was picked up this morning as scheduled and paid for, and the new stuff delivered also as scheduled just before lunch :D Then spent an hour constructing the bed. This thing is no cheap and easy Ikea construction, bitch is heavy, and it's not even solid wood. Like, you can hear that the beams and everything are hollow, and yet each bit has gotta be 20 kilos, it's insane. That thing is not going anywhere for a long time yet. The two bedside tables don't currently fit because of the old wardrobes still sitting there (someone's bid on them! FINALLY!), and I'm yet to decide if I want to actually install the second one after the old wardrobes are removed. Probably won't. I'll keep it in its box until I get a bigger place, so that'll be a while, but I'll have the matching set when I do. Or if, y'know, someone ends up sharing the bed earlier than that. WHO KNOWS.

So once that was done, lugged the mattress on top of it and spent the next 15 minutes just starfished on the middle of it omgitissoawesomeIcan'teven. I CAN'T EVEN. I'm tall. I've never, EVER been in a bed where my toes or possibly my entire feet hang over the end. Well, 'never' since I grew tall enough to reach the end of my own bed, so that'd be a good 15 years. And my old single bed had a foot, as demonstrated here, with struts that you can't see through the scarves but they're there, so I've always had to poke my toes through the gaps between the struts. NONE OF THAT NOW. Just... middle of the bed, legs and arms splayed, unable to touch the edge in any direction, and it's amazing.

Finally got myself off the thing to spend a further 15 minutes fitting the fitted electric blanket on and also the sheets and quilt and pillows (note to self: you only have three pillows. Get another one for the purposes of symmetry) and installing Ted and IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I've got the blanket turned on now, mostly to see how it goes. I've got the foot end cranked up to 9 and the head end at 3. Because my electric blanket can do that. Also to see just how hot 9 is.

Then over to Mum and Dad's for footy (which we WON. About bloody time. Two losses in a row is irritating) and dinner (pizzas! Done on the gas barbecue. Sogood) and then home driving through pea soup, I swear. Half the way I could only see as far as the next reflectors in the middle of the road. 60 zone and travelling at about 30-40 the whole way. And then suddenly burst out underneath the cloud line and I COULD SEE what a relief. Sure is winter. WHICH REMINDS ME the roof seems to be fixed. No dripping today, at least.

I know it's Saturday, but in the absence of anyone online I'm just going to have an early night PURELY FOR NEW BED PURPOSES.

I could put all my clothes back in the drawers but I really can't be arsed. Photos will come when the whole room's done. It's still a hell of a hotchpotch right now BUT THE BED IS DONE. I'm going to go and use it.