Is it boring yet?

Yeah, I know, the post-burglary posts are getting really tedious, but it's how I work out some of my angst. I'm working my way through the list of reasonably local pawnbrokers -- giving them flyers with a description of the jewelry items (and "it looks sort of like this" images of the two most distinctive). I was a little worried about it taking a while to get to all of them in a timely manner since most of this has to be done on lunch hours, but as a guy at one of the places noted, it isn't like a thief is going to come back and redeem the pawn, and there's a minimum 30 days before they can consider the piece forfeit. So in terms of possibly getting the stuff back, there isn't an enormous hurry, although it might make a difference in getting the word out before the stuff shows up.

The insurance adjuster got back to me with the details of the settlement. I joked with him that the surest way to get my original stuff back would be to spend the entire settlement promptly so that I wouldn't have the cash to reimburse them if my property turned up. I maxed out the limit on jewelry coverage, but since I don't have a reason to replace the pieces it doesn't really matter. It's just blood money. I'm not really a casual ring-wearer (I almost said "ring-bearer "... I just happen to have LOTR on the DVD at the moment!). If I ever own another significant gemstone solitaire ring I would hope it would be an engagement ring. The settlement is a two step process: the jewelry is paid outright but the other property is based on replacement, so I have to actually buy the replacements and then submit a claim for reimbursement. Fortunately the jewelry settlement means that I don't have an awkward cashflow crunch in getting the replacement laptop. (Between the bit of carpentry work being done and springing for two holidays' worth of plane tickets it's Not A Good Time for lots of extra expenses.)

And I'm researching burglar alarm companies.