Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Doctors

Twas the day after Christmas and all through the Natic house, Lin is updating the Blog, while Kara is at Northside in the Emergency Room... More on that in a bit...


It's been a little while since our last post. So with that I think I'll update on a few things that has been happening starting with the most recent...


Baby Preston: P Diddy is home and doing well with Mom and Dad. In fact he's sleeping on the other side of the room. One of his favorite hobbies. Rumor has it that Titi Kara was holding him at one point and Mom and Dad snuck off to grab a nap. Smart move Mom and Dad... Smart Move.


Lin's Car Accident: The day before Preston was born I finally got my car back. My dealings with Safeco Insurance have been less than pleasurable. This has taught me more about negotiations and patience than I ever thought I'd learn. Right now I am fighting over the diminished value of my car, however the process is going a whole lot slower than I thought. I'm on the verge of working with a service that can help me get the money I deserve.

Having a Doctor on Call 24-7: Kara lately has been having issues with her blood pressure. A few of us keep teasing her that she is an old lady at 29. Unfortunately the Meds she has been taking has been causing other issues with her body. This morning her Mom brought her to the emergency room due to issues with her Appendix. I'm currently waiting back at Alisha and Neil's to hear back about her status.

Outside of health issues, our first Christmas together was excellent in seeing both of our families and friends and both of us making trips to the Jewelry store. Kara bought me a brand new Fossil Watch and I got her started with a Pandora Bracelet with a few charms.

I just got a text from Kara talking about how they are poking and wiring her currently. I'll let her update everything soon.

I hope that Santa was good to you all, and your Holiday season has been all you hoped for a more. If I don't get to update before hand, Have a blessed New Year!

Car Update #2

Finally I've gotten somewhere. I have learned the hard way (what other way is there to learn a lesson) that Safeco Insurance is as shady as they come. After speaking with my Collision Shop when the Adjuster finally came out to inspect the additional damanage (and me calling into the call center to politely chew out the rep on the phone with me). I've learned the following that will probably apply to all insurance companies in Georgia that aren't yours...

1) By Law: It's not required for the insurance company to give the estimate or approve Original Engineered Manufactured Parts (AKA OEM Parts) for the company your car was made by. I mean cause Heaven Forbid that my 2009 Altima that had barely over 10K miles on it would recieve that.

2) By Law: They don't have to claim liability either. Yes even with a copy of a Police report the Insurance Company of the driver at Fault can say "Screw You, it's still your fault" which really to me sounds like they are telling the Police that they are incompitent when writing a Police Report. Hmmm... I wonder if I could say that on my next speeding ticket.

So I've decided that seeing Safeco wants to do this kind of stuff, I hope they at least make good on the Diminished Value of My car seeing that they don't want to use Nissan Parts.

If all goes well, The technician working on my car said I should have it back by Wednesday at the latest. One thing I will say. The G6 has grown on me. Peppy little car, but it's not my Mamba!

Car Update

So back on November 12th, Kara posted a short blog on the fact that I had been rear ended. The damage done wasn't too bad as you can see from this picture here, however the dealings with Safeco Insurance have been less than Pleasurable.

I have been calling them everyday since November 16th because I wanted to try to get my car fixed as soon as possible. This lasted for 2 weeks where I'm sure I became a fixture within their call center. During this process I found out that the girl who hit me didn't even tell her parents who pay her insurance. Safeco did! I can only imagine what would happen if it was me pulling that on my parents.

Finally last week on Wednesday I got to put my car into the shop. An additional 700 miles have been put on the car since the accident. Then came the fun part...

Enterprise Rent-a-car: Why do they insist on Trying to give people PT Cruisers? At least the Assistant Manager was there to see my look of "Really?" when the car was first offered. This was after waiting an hour to be picked up from the Body Shop. Also this is not the first time I haven't been happy with Enterprise over the rental process, however even though Safeco is jerking me around, I was given a Pontiac G6



I don't know if you can see this close enough, but the car was filthy. It's one thing that it was raining when I picked up the car but lets take a little closer look...



I actually paid to have the car washed myself. I vowed "I'm not Chamillionare, so no Riding Dirty for me!" (It's ok to Laugh... Kara did)

So now it's still the waiting game to see when the car comes back. On a side note, it's a shame that Pontiac isn't making the car anymore, it's a pretty nice ride. I told Kara that I can't say I would be upset if the car came back Totalled. Then I can get more car for the same price. I guess we will see. Wish us luck!

Damn Really??? (This Weekend as a whole)

So I (Lin) am posting this today just to let everybody know that I wasn't killed or that I didn't kill anybody. Despite the title this has been a pretty good weekend. I'll take you back to Kara's last post though and fill in some blanks.

How did I know that Kara and I would be together for awhile?? She fell in love with my Nissan Altima I bought a month after we started dating. (She fell in love with me eventually too... I think ;-) ) so she always referred to it as "My (Kara's) Car" even though I was making payments. (Fellas, isn't that funny how that works?).

So Thursday night after getting out of work, I was heading by my apartment for my daily stop by. Those of you who have been by the apartment since Brent and I have been living together coming North on 75 know how bad the Roswell Rd exit on 120 can be backed up. Traffic was stopped way back on the hill at the exit ramp. I slammed on my breaks cause the person in front of me did the same thing. Then I heard tires screeching and being rear ended 3 times in the past 7 years said out loud "Damn... Really?" and sure enough BAM!!! "Our" car was pushed forward. Luckily I did not hit the car in front of me like with my first Altima and Elian Gonzales.

Marietta PD showed up and also informed me that I don't have the proper registration sticker on my Car (Thanks Cobb County)

This weekend was spent mostly with Kara's Family in North GA. Yesterday had us going to watch Paul's Soccer Game in the morning after doing a few errands. The afternoon was full of Fun and Football for the guys while the girls did their Anti Football thing. Apparently Neil and I aren't allowed to hang out anymore according to Kara and Alisha.

Today we find ourselves getting ready to head back to the Metro Atlanta area to spend time with my Mom who just had a back procedure done. Turns out she's going to have to go back again in December. All is well with her right now which is a blessing, but I know she's loopy which is always interesting.

I hope you all have have a great weekend.

Car Troubles

Thursday night around 8pm I get a BBM from Lin telling me that "My car" had got rear ended.

Apparently he was getting off at the exit for his apartment and came to stop at the red light at the bottom of the hill. However the person behind him decided it would be more fun to try and push thru all the cars waiting at the light (she must have been in a real hurry)

Thank goodness Lin was ok! "My car" wasn't hurt too bad but apparently her car was pretty banged up. It's a shame Lin wasn't driving the Focus. hahaha

Not sure what the extent of the damage is since the adjuster hasn't been out yet. Should know by the beginning of next week! We will keep you updated.