A run of bad luck

There seems to be a run of bad luck going on in my family at the moment.

Last week, our dog's fondness for certain fertiliser in pots seems to have been the cause of a serious bout of vomiting and diarrhoea which required a day at the vet and many dollars.  (Well, $1,160.)   She did recover, though.

On the weekend, while driving a rental truck to help move my son back from his independent studio apartment living experiment of a year to home, I misjudged its turning circle and scrapped a bollard at a petrol station, causing just enough damage to require repair.  Maybe will cost less than a $1000?  Probably more, but the excess is $1,500 so there is an upper limit.

And yesterday, in other petrol related news, my son tried to avoid hail on his "new" second hand car by driving onto the footpath at the former apartment to try to get under a tree (a dubious exercise in itself, given Australian trees propensity to drop large branches in storms), overlooking that there was a electrical connection box there (one of the smallish green ones that sit about 40 cm high).  Driving over it got the car stuck, sparks ensued, and up the car went in flames.   Complete write off.  His excess is $2,000.   He wasn't hurt, though.

Then, when driving to pick him up and survey the damage, my car started running very rough and a generic warning light "see a Toyota dealer urgently" came on.   I don't know exactly its problem yet.

I'm getting the feeling of a general curse affecting the household at the moment.

Anyone wanting to contribute to the family's financial welfare is welcome!