That Bug Was Yuck. It so nice not to be plagued by germs and to feel vaguely capable of donning the runners and heading out. Not that I have yet, but I can now contemplate the prospect as realistic. Maybe tomorrow.
Completely changing the subject: are you the bill-payer in your house? Do you sometimes put things off and say, I'll pay that later? And then sometimes forget and get the red bill and say oooh! whoops! and hop onto the internet quicksticks so that the power won't be cut off? Here's a quiz for you, reluctant paper-jugglers: guess which one you really must never never forget to pay. No idea? Well, boys and girls, let the voice of Bitter Experience give you the good oil: The dog registration.
Neglect it at your peril. Yes, that innocuous little green one from the council there, lurking in your to-do pile minding its own business, politely coughing from time to time so it moves higher up the stack, and then slipping down again because...well because I'm vague and hopeless, ok?
DO NOT FORGET TO PAY THIS BILL.
Otherwise, on the day you are too ill to lift your head off the pillow to let your dogs in, there will be a severe thunderstorm and they will get out, and because you didn't pay their registration they will be taken to the lost dogs' home on the other side of the city even though they were caught two streets away from your house (and they are microchipped, so the nice kind animal control officer lady can let you know and nearly make you cry because she is so nice and you feel so sick and so stupid) and you will have to drive across the city next morning to ransom them even though you still feel like death warmed up and you will be up for nearly a thousand dollars (stupid owner fine + careless owner fine + forgetful owner fine, times two). I have a medical certificate so I may be able to have the careless owner fine waived, but it's still a lot of shoe money. Sigh.
I have decided that my function in life is to be a Warning To Others. 
But then again.... J and I were recalling how seven or eight years ago when we were massively broke this would have been an absolute gut-wrenching financial disaster, whereas now it's 'merely' a monumental pain in the arse.
More anon, puppy parents
An hour later: AND NOW VIC ROADS IS SAYING WE HAVEN'T REGISTERED OUR CAR??? WTF???
K-Rudd could have just kept his free money and saved himself the stamp
6 much-appreciated comments:
Yikes! stupid owner fine + careless owner fine + forgetful owner fine, times two = a lot of money and a pain in the backside!
Oh no! Will you be abe to finance the trip to Bairnsdale, or will this easter be spent mooching at home?
Sounds like a government conspiracy to me... which country is that? ;-)
holy crap that's a lot of money! I'm still at the place where it would be A MASSIVE financial disaster. and i love the phrase vague and hopeless. my bills have a life of their own. i put them one place and I DON'T KNOW HOW, but they manage to move around a lot!
Oh my gosh are you serious?? I just rego'ed our dog the other day and we've been here 18 months! I hope no council person reads this. It was only because a friend said hers are due that I thought whoopsie, have not done that one yet, he still wore his 2007 tag!!!
Did you get your Rudd-money already?
Our are still not in yet. C'mon!!!!
OMG .... that much $$$$
I am just thinking of all teh carbon I could get for the bike (okay ... maybe not a whole lot but u get the idea )
How you are feeling better ...
EatEm
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