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I've a big day on tap for tomorrow. Busy day for work planned, and then meeting with my attorney at 3 to discuss my house situation. I've not gotten a reply to my letter from the contractor. Doing nothing isn't an option as there's too many significant safety-related things about the house that need finished (or started or fixed). I'm hoping he's going to go to his business insurance company and ask them to settle. That's his best option to get out of this as soon as possible--and mine as well. On the other hand, I've no idea what to expect as realistic as far as a settlement. Half? A third? A quarter of what I'd sue for? I'll find out tomorrow, I suppose.

The attorney I have seems to be a straight shooter, so I'm counting on him to be honest about my chances in Superior court vs. just going to Small Claims court. The former will take 4-6 months to resolve but offers me a chance not only to recover the costs for the final work but also the loss of value where he cut corners as well as my legal fees.

Either way I'll get some closure, the house will get *really* finished, and I can get on with my life. Such as it is.

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A - Accent: mixed: midwestern overlayed with kentucky southern overlayed with new england, as in "goin' up staihs ta get some caaafee" (basically I'm almost impossible to understand at times)
B - Breast size: n/a
C - Chore you hate: washing dishes
D - Dad's name: James
E - Essential make-up item: hair gell when I'm overdue for a cut
F - Favorite perfume: on me? Gray Flannel (don't know if they make it anymore) on a woman? Obsession (but it varies with the person, too)
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Hometown: Painesville, Ohio
I – Insomnia: Please, Sir, may I have some more?
J - Job title: Sr. Systems Engineer
K - Kids: Brandon, Michael, Samantha, Daniel, Elyssia
L - Living arrangements: trailer trash in self-imposed exile
M - Mum's birthplace: Euclid, Ohio
N - Number of pets you've had: 2 dogs and 3 cats growing up, several dogs and 1 cat as an adult. I want a new cat, can't have one here. I recently found out that non-stripped skunks are legal to own here.
O - Overnight hospital stays: 1 (not counting when I was born, which was a couple day stay back then)
P - Phobia: what, I only get to have one? heights if not enclosed at all (like really high ladders), various social situations, water
R - Religious affiliation: Deist Christian
S - Siblings: older sister, two younger brothers
T - Time you wake up: anywhere from 6:30 to 8:30 depending on how motivated I am and what I've got going on.
U - Unnatural hair colors you've worn: Bleached out blonde on summer
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: most of them, starting with lima beans and brussel sprouts. eewwww.
W - Worst habit: procrastination, indecision, regret (gee, do we see a pattern here?)
X - X-rays you've had: left knee several times, my toes (both feet at different times), chest a couple of times (avoid pneumonia if you can, boys and girls, the fun of getting the chest x-ray is out weighed by, well, just about every other aspect of the thing), all my teeth a couple of times now, and my kidneys (what I said about pneumonia goes double-cubed for kidney stones).
Y - Yummy foods you make: Roast Beast
Z - Zodiac sign: Ram