Great Scot, Day 3 (Glasgo, Glass gone)

So, as I was headed off to the conference this morning, I noticed that someone had broken into our cute little Clio. Bummer. Fortunately, they only smashed the little triangle window on the back passenger side. Also, nothing was taken, probably because there was nothing to take. While I did conferencing, Rachelle and the kids walked to the police station to file a report. They would have called it in, but we have no cell phones and the apartment has no phone.

I came back early, swept out the glass, and used some scissors to pick out the pieces that had fallen into the backseat seat belt slots. We headed off to lunch and the waiter gave us tape and a garbage bag to cover the window before it rained. He was a mighty fine Scottish lad and the food was delicious.

While dialing the insurance company on Skype, I cursed my decision to go with the higher deductible (520 pounds or approximately 1000 US dollars) and wondered whether calling the insurance company might be a mistake if they were to raise our rates.

Upon talking to the RAC insurance people, I discovered that for broken glass, the deductible was only 60 pounds and it would not count against our insurance premium. Also, they would send a guy out in an hour to repair the window. Jolly good for an otherwise crummy situation!

The guy showed up and 30 minutes and 60 pounds later we were back to having a whole car with only some slivers of glass in my hand to show for it.

The kids and I watched some Olympics while Amy and Rachelle picked up take-out Indian for dinner.

After dinner the kids, Rachelle, and I watched some Austin Powers 2. Nothing like a bit of Dr. Evil and Mini Me to put a smile on your face.