This year has been a veritable right-off in terms of luck and although we are coping and doing what we can and must, there is the sense that at some point, luck has to change.... Doesn't it?
Not that you didn't deal with it just fine, but...
I've been known to play a hand or two of poker from time to time. I'm not a particularly good player, but I am really good with calculating odds on the fly. It's a small advantage on some hands.
One thing I know absolutely is that one hand (or one event) is not related in any way to the one before it or the one after. The guys sitting there thinking their luck has to change are often called donors.
It's really sad that you missed out on that rebate. I mean really sad that you seem to get penalized for doing the right thing initially. Stinks, matter of fact.
But in the overall course of things you made the very best decision you could with the information you had at the time. You made the right decision. The rest of that equation is out of your control.
Yep, this is how I see it too - Luck can be enduring - up and down :D
Yes and we were happy to do so at the time, which I consider a win. There is no way we could have known and if this rebate had never been offered, we would be in the same position we are in anyway. One of my friends at work just bought a place recently and was planning on doing the conversion next year - She now knows of the rebate and will pull her plans forward. so at least I could help someone.