There was a minor earthquake here yesterday evening.  I think it was caused by the weight of the paperwork being accumulated for me to process thanks to my little accident.  GP is dealing with the insurance company for the car.  He's been on the phone for a week and still no one has gone to see it where it sits at the body shop.  We had the car towed from a local place where it was delivered after the accident to the garage where we bought it because we have full coverage through the dealership.  The auditor for the insurance agency is based here in Torino and the garage is in Savigliano, about 20 miles away, and so is out of his jurisdiction.  They are trying to find an auditor willing to go that far....  The day of the accident Grace and I were taken to the emergency room as a precaution.  When we left a few hours later, the doctor gave us a release form and sent us on our way.  At school the next day, the gal in the office who deals with all this bureaucratic stuff, asked me for a certain form that the hospital should have given me upon being released.  Evidently if one gets in an accident while traveling to work it is considered an on-the-job incident.  Huh?  There is a special form for that.  I'd never heard of it.  The doctor didn't ask.  Now the school needs it.  Sounds straight forward right?  Nope.  I returned to the hospital who couldn't get back into my case file on the computer to get me this form and said I had to go to my family doctor.  I went to my family doctor the next day who didn't know anything about it so called someone at the local hospital, (not the same one I'd gone to before), to ask.  They didn't have an answer so took my number and said they'd get back to me.  They called the next day and said they had talked to the first hospital who said I needed to go to an agency that deals specifically with special forms.  I then drove to the nearest of these agencies only to discover that it is open from 8:30 to 12:00 only, no weekends or holidays.  It has now been over a week and I still don't have the special form but am going back to get it tomorrow morning and consequently going into work late.  In the meantime the gal from the office is getting panicky because she needs it.  This is only the beginning.  xxoo me