How is it that everything falls apart right before Christmas? I'm not going to talk too much about it here, because I consider it an invasion of his privacy, but my little brother is having a hell of a time right now, and I'm stuck in motorhell.
My car has ended up needing A LOT of work. The water pump in the engine broke, and pushed forward, which ended up breaking myriad items, and costing me a lot of money. Over a G, actually. Of course, I still don't have the car, and the cost is based on there not being anything wrong with the radiator, which they'll only know when the hook everything back up and test it. I'm hoping that's happening right this minute, because I need my car tonight.
My borrowed car's curfew is tonight, and I need to work tomorrow. In fact, I'll need to work for over 9 hours tomorrow to make up for the time I lost arranging the tow. I'm not going to work over 9 hours tomorrow, but there it is. I MUST be here. There's a tentative plan in place, but it'd be nice to know if we have to roll that plan into action. Still, I can't fault this dealership, which has already been (minus a few minor snafus at the start) five million times better than the last. For instance, they have honed in on the problem with my left turn signal (a problem I've been having for oh, three years?) without my even asking, which is delightful, because at the last place, I asked and they still didn't do anything about it. And the repair on that is only 26 dollars, so bully for them.
Of course, they also told me that there is still about $1600 of elective work needing to be done on the car. Eventually, the elective work won't be elective, but I'm telling you, I can't even afford the work I NEED to have done. It's very clear to me now how people get into debt rather fast, because if I had a credit card, and if I had to use it, I'd be in debt right this minute. I don't, and I'm not, but you can see how it works. It's frigging ridiculous.
Consequently, however, and due to all of this, I've been in a foul mood for days straight. I'm just so angry about all of this. It's an unreasonable amount of anger, and it's making me both crazy and depressed, all at once. I'm sure it will lift as soon as I know what the hell the situation is, but right now. I'm not so good.
Ugh. That is the worst. What makes it so bad is the not knowing, because then you (or at least I do) end up coming up with all the possibly worst-case scenarios. Once you know what's going on, it will be easier to deal with. I hope it all works out in time for you to enjoy Christmas.
Posted by: rita | December 08, 2006 at 10:30 AM