When it rains, it pours!

True for our weekend: Not only that we had three days of heavy rain courtesy of Kyle, we also had other unfortunate situations to deal with:

1. RCN was down in our area; no TV, telephone or internet for more than 24 hours. And this on a rainy weekend where I had planned to write for my website (www.blog.coach4u.net).

2. In the general election in Austria this weekend, two far-right parties won about 30 % of the votes. Even though we are living here and not directly affected, we are concerned about the political development in Austria. People are angry in Austria: angry about high food prices, angry about the European Union, angry about local politics, angry about the general economic situation (where they point fingers to America and believe, it's all the fault of fraudulent American banks) and angry about the high number of immigrants (many muslims ) despite the also relatively high unemployment rate. And out of anger, they "punish" the ruling parties by voting for the far-right.

3. My husband locked the car keys inside the car. It happenend on Sunday afternoon at an Audobon sanctuary outside of Fitchburg, MA. We had planned to hike there, instead we spent almost tow hours waiting for the Triple A guy to find us in this remote location and open the door.

4. Today, Monday, my husband picked up a colleague, who had an accident over the weekend with his car and needed a ride. On their way to the office, also my husband got into an accident. A lady couldn't stop her car in time at a traffic light and hit my husband's car in the back. The braking system ruptured and our mechanic told us that the car is too old for a repair. We had just spend 500 bucks two days ago for new tires, oil change and other service work. As if this were not enough, it turned out that the lady lied about her insurance and now she is not picking up her phone.

As I said: When it rains, it pours!