Big trouble

Monday evening, a storm passed through the area. Not just a typical summer storm; rather, the kind that produces F0 and F1 tornadoes all over town. The kind that picks up trees and throws them onto folks' cars and houses.

In this case, my car and house. The house took $6,000+ worth of damage, and my car needs a new windshield and is covered in dents and scratches. It could've been worse... I was sitting right below/in front of the point where the tree hit the house when it happened. A bit of plaster even conked me on the head. It could've been worse, but it was still freaky as hell.

Luckily it's only going to cost $237 to replace my windshield, but what is particularly sucky about that is that it's coming out of pocket. I had to give up full coverage insurance because it simply cost too much for me, so if this had happened just three weeks ago, I would've been covered. Initially our landlord claimed it would probably be covered by the housing insurance, but today the story is different. It's really not something I can even wait on, because I'm leaving for school in just 12 days.

I also had to quit my job four days early because of this. No car to drive == no job. There goes a couple hundred dollars I could've used for textbooks...