I had terrible luck lately - mostly involving my mom and her very long awaited vacation. It is too frustrating to even re-tell now without getting angry again. She was stuck for 3 days in Miami airport due to shocking incompetence of AA staff. So she lost precious days of vacation, non-refundable hotel and almost missed her boat to Galapagos ($7,500)
Besides that, we had some minor issues:
Car lost power on a highway ($200 just to tow) and than alternator had to be replaced!
My Dyson Animal vacuum broke (not fixed yet and it is not under warranty, so I am not sure if I should try fixing it or buy new)
parking ticket yesterday...
And last Friday was the last day at work of the most amazing boss I ever had.
But, I am back and trying to keep my head up.
I have put in another $300 into the mutual funds today, following my recent new tradition: every time DOW drops near 200 points in one day I put in some money before 2pm that day, so that I buy slightly more shares and feel less bad about it. Today I bought few shares of commodities since they declined the most. I believe if inflation hits they will go up strongly. If inflation won't become a problem, I'll be happy for that.
Back after a few hard weeks.
June 15th, 2009 at 09:39 pm
June 15th, 2009 at 11:33 pm 1245108795
June 16th, 2009 at 12:30 am 1245112233
I have lost suction and had strange noises a couple of times, and find that if I go through the machine and open all the purple tabs one by one, I can find the problem. It's usually just been a clog. They are neatly designed in that they come apart in interesting places so you can fix things yourself (sometimes!)
June 17th, 2009 at 03:24 am 1245209083
Something broke and it is not rotating anymore.