Insurance company comes out again

Well, we finally got someone from the insurance company to come back out. My adjuster has had my supplemental claim (for the slab leveling) for months. After many phone calls and Chris finally taking over the phone calls (he is not as nice as I am), they sent an engineer to the house Wednesday. Chris said he didn't do much - took 3 measurements and asked that we fax him a copy of the report from when we had the house inspected by Cable-lock.

Hopefully we will know something really soon.

I spent nearly a week in Seattle - what a beautiful city when you can see through the fog/clouds. Really though, it was a neat city. I stayed downtown at the W (REALLY nice hotel - with great cocktails) - our tradeshow was just a short walk from the convention center.

I got to see several friends while I was there - that was a bonus. I stayed the night with my friend Bonnie, we got to hang out, we cooked together (ok - she did most of it, I made mango salsa and stir-fried the asparagus), walked downtown Seattle a bit, and just enjoyed each other's company. She is a great person and such a wonderful hostess. She's got a great dog too, Maggie - the sweetest thing. Friday night two other of our friends came over (Tracy, and Andrea with her 3 kids - the older two had grown SO much since I met them when they had a trip here to New Orleans, and I hadn't even seen Caleb, the baby). Saturday we drove to Snoqualmie Falls. We had lunch at the cafe made famous by Twin Peaks (GREAT burgers!!!). I took a bunch of pictures but haven't loaded them off of my camera yet. That afternoon I had a massage in my room, relaxed, slept, read some of my book and just relaxed.

Sunday, I got to see my best friend from elementary school (and still my best friend in the world - we always pick up as if we talked yesterday even if it's been 6 months or a year), Desi. She was in Seattle (she lives about 3 hours south of Seattle) with a friend for the friend's graduation. We had brunch at Ivar's, right on the water with a great view. Then we walked back to my hotel and had a drink in the lobby lounge before they had to get on the road to head home and I had to head to the convention center for the opening day of the exhibit.

Tuesday I got sick. At the show, I started feeling very very cold. I was shivering, bone aching kind of cold. On the walk back to the hotel after an early dinner (Linda went shopping, I wanted to go to bed), I broke out in a horrible sweat and got really weak. But I made the walk back without collapsing. The flight home Wednesday was pretty uneventful - I slept most of it (something I NEVER do - I just can't get comfortable enough on a plane to sleep - but I slept most of both of the flights home). I got home Wednesday evening and had a fever of 103.5, and I was coughing horribly. This lasted, and lasted. Finally on Monday I went to the doctor and found I had bronchitis. He gave me an antibiotic, some prescription cough syrup, and instructions.

Today is Friday and while I am still coughing (and feeling some pain in my chest from it), I feel 100% better than I did earlier this week. I hate missing work, but couldn't make it in Friday, Monday, or Tuesday.