December 7, 2006

• From crappy to not so crappy at all.....

  My day in a nutshell...

  12:30am - car dies in neighborhood on way home from work.
  12:45am - get to the house after aforementioned walk in the dark and cold.
  2am - finally wind down enough to go to bed and sleep.
  7:15am - get up to call Triple A for towing service so that I can be at the repair shop when they open at 8:30.
  7:30am - shower, dress, etc...
  8:15am - tow truck driver shows up to pick me up at the house - then on to pick up my poor little car.
  8:45am - get to the repair shop and tell the owner the 'symptoms' of the sick car - they leave me with the impression that I am going to have to replace the entire engine and leave me with a 'but maybe it won't be that bad - we will look at it and give you a call'....to which I immediately in my mind go to worst case scenario [ie - this is gonna cost A LOT to fix - I don't want to accumulate more debt - is this going to push back my school plans? ACK!!!]
  9am - place a call to Enterprise to come and pick me up so that I can rent/have a car to drive while mine is sick.
  9:30am - still chatting with 'Bob' the owner of the place that I had the car towed - we are old pals by now - his front office assistant was feeling ill today, so he was doing her job and keeping me company at the same time...the *cute*  boy from Enterprise showed up to gather me from the repair shop [did he give me his card and tell me to call him?  Yes he did...do I intend to call him?  Hmmmmmmm] and take me to the office to fill out the rental agreement.
  10am - on my way home in my shiny rental new Impala.  [what is it about driving a car that you are not 'responsible' for that makes it so much fun?  Is it just me?]
  11:15am - leave to take my mom and grandma to the airport - they are flying to see my aunt for a couple of days and will be back on Saturday....
  12:30-present.....lunch with, and chillin' in Wendy's office while she conducts finals - having blessed tiny bits of conversation in between classes....[geez I've missed her this last week!]  I needed to see her face BAD....

  For those of you still with me [sorry about all the details - I know - sometimes I bore myself too - I totally understand ....I got a call from the repair shop and the total cost to fix the car is going to be less that $300 [to replace the engine would have been THOUSANDS] and it will be fixed and good as new by tomorrow.

  Praise God.

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