Chiana's got a checkup!
I am sitting at the dealership, and they're poking away at my car right now. The problem they thought that was leading to my cooling fan not coming on turned out to be not the issue, but luckily they had the part needed to replace what really was the issue. The good news is that they have wifi, so I've been able to entertain myself while waiting... and my dad works here, so they've been extra nice to me. My dad took me out to lunch also.
There is still something else wrong with the car, but the joy of having a Kia is that the car's laid out kinda poorly under the hood and is especially hard to work with unless you have tiny tiny hands, or you pull the whole damn thing apart. Either way, not fun. I have been told they should be almost done though, so hopefully I'll be on my way soon.
I did pull a stupid this morning though... luckily my mom was able to help me out. In my rush to make it out the door, because I woke up later than I should have for the time my dad recommended I get here, I forgot to grab the original parts they thought needed replacing... and they didn't have those on hand here. Luckily my mom brought the parts out to me, so they were able to still do the work. I just have to pick her up some nice beer in return. Certainly not a bad deal, it saves me from having to come back a second time... and considering how long it took me to make it in to start with, it would have been even longer before I made it back.
In other news, I have switched my network manager on my laptop, and the new one works worlds better than the old one. The old one used the KDE wallet application to store the passwords, which delayed connection every time I logged in. I'm using Wicd now, and it saves the passwords in itself, so it'll automagically connect upon login. I'm up and running faster now. I'm also hoping that this will resolve some of the connection issues at my friend's house, as he uses some weirdo router for his network, and all his windows machines work fine... so he implies it's linux that's the issue.