My life is full of hate.
This week sucks. I have always been able to see life from the bright side, never having to deal with depression, but I think that an entire 28 years of BAD has finally caught up with me. Individually the events don't seem that bad, and there have been a few bright lights this week, but overall this week has left me exhausted and bawling myself to sleep every night. Can this week PLEASE end soon?????
So this is what has knocked me over the edge……
-Saturday my car stopped running. No signs of issues at all…. Just stopped running at a traffic light while I was driving home from volunteering.
-Thankfully it stopped right in front of a gas station, and about 6 guys came and helped me push the car into the gas station. Of course they wouldn't be open for repairs until Monday…. But at least I didn't have to deal with a tow truck!
-I had no money on me smaller than a $20 bill, but the bus driver let me ride for free and dropped me off directly in front of my apartment - good things!
-I was able to find rides to parties, babysitting, and work… all within about 10 minutes of getting home - love my friends!
-Saturday night I went to a fabulous party, had a great time catching up with people, met some awesome new people, and just had an altogether good time.
-Sunday I got to sleep in, then babysit all afternoon. Nothing drastic happened this day, although it did suck not being able to drive anywhere!
-Monday I got to work at 6:30am. Yes, 6:30am. My co-worker who has now picked me up EVERY DAY THIS WEEK gets in that early, so I have gotten up at 5:45am all week. This probably has a LOT to do with how CRAPPY I feel!
-At 10:00am, there was a weird brown-out in our office, computers shut down, and then we started to smell a strange burning smell. After a bit of debate, we decided it was time to evacuate the building, and on our 10 floor walk down, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate.
-After 3 hours of standing around outside (I had no car to drive anywhere, no laptop to work on, so I just wasted a lot of time) we found out that the building was closed "indefinitely" - turns out that there wasn't a fire, but there were some major power issues that had to be dealt with - although they did allow us to go upstairs and get our essential - yes, a 10 floor walk up stairs to get my laptop. Argh!
-I had a co-worker drive me to the shop where my car was being worked on, and found out that I would need to wait about 3 hours while they received the equipment they needed to fix my car and then for them to install the equipment. I had no transportation, so wait I did…..
-They installed the $300 crank sensor…. and my car still didn't work.
-They let me know that they wouldn't be able to return the crank sensor (even though that obviously wasn't the problem) and that now they needed to order a distributor assembly, which wouldn't be in until noon the next day, oh, and that would cost $700.
-Seble picked me up that evening and we had a great time bellydancing and at dinner afterwards.
-Next day was CRAZY busy at work since I hadn't gotten much done the day before with our building evacuation…. But at least they had reopened the building after its "indefinite" closure! Power was up and running as well - BONUS.
-Friend drove me back to the mechanic at 4pm to pick up my car that they said was done!
-After paying $1036.50 for my car, I got in it to drive away. The car started shaking and shimmying as soon as I turned it on. I started to test drive it and the "Service Engine" light came on. The mechanic told me that the car was fine, no need to worry and I could drive it without a problem. We got in a fight. I got very angry and frustrated (and what happens when I get angry and frustrated? Yes, I started bawling. GRRRRRR - hate being female!) I called my mechanic in PA and had him talk to the mechanic. My guy in PA said that yes they were trying to screw me over (his words were actually much more harsh and descriptive), but that at that point I didn't have much of an option but to have this guy fix the car AGAIN - because he said the car wouldn't make it to PA in the condition that it was currently in. So, once again I left my car at the mechanic, knowing that it would be another day and at least $300 more before I would have my baby back.
-I stood in front of the station for 20 minutes calling every co-worker's number that I had, every friend who lived within 10 minutes or so of where I was, ANYONE that could help…. And no one even answered their phones!!!!!! I was stranded with no cash for a taxi or bus, no friends, and no car. Finally I started hailing cabs to see if anyone would accept credit cards….
-I found a cab! He drove me home. I arranged ANOTHER 6:30am ride to work while in the cab. I rescheduled my planned Wednesday night massage, because I had just maxed out my credit cards (they didn't take Amex which actually has extra space!) and couldn't afford to pay for a massage right now…..
-The cab got me to my house, I gave him my credit card, he swiped it, and after reading the printout he gave me a confused look and asked for the card back. I asked what was going on and he said that he thought my card had been declined. I asked to read the printout, and he ignored me, swiping my card again. I asked for the printout again, and this time he gave it to me. It said this on the printout….Card #: (my card # was listed) Resp: APPROVED Auth: $50.00
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A CARD BEING DECLINED TO YOU!?!!??!?!!?
While I was looking at this, he was swiping my card a second time for the real amount, and he gave me that receipt as well. I asked him what I was supposed to do about the $50 charge and he told me to call my bank and have them cancel it. No apologies, offers to help, willingness to call him company and find out what happened… just told me to call my bank. Needless to say, he got no tip from me. I went inside, called his company to complain (they put me through to a voice mail where I left a nasty-gram) and then I called Bank of America who told me that I couldn't have it cancelled until it posted, which would probably be 2 or 3 days.
-Last night was a waste. I was supposed to go to a German Meetup, but with no ride that didn't happen. I have a few craft projects happening at home that I could have worked on, but I was so frustrated and worn out that they didn't happen either. I laid around the apartment feeling miserable for myself all evening, wondering why everything was going wrong, and hating the world.
- I'm now at work. Haven't heard back from the mechanic, but if the car isn't ready (and working) tonight I am going to take one of my co-workers up on his suggestion that we go torch the place. My recommendation to all of you - never use the mechanic at the George Mason Shell (on the corner of Columbia Pike and George Mason) … it's just not worth it!
So this is what has knocked me over the edge……
-Saturday my car stopped running. No signs of issues at all…. Just stopped running at a traffic light while I was driving home from volunteering.
-Thankfully it stopped right in front of a gas station, and about 6 guys came and helped me push the car into the gas station. Of course they wouldn't be open for repairs until Monday…. But at least I didn't have to deal with a tow truck!
-I had no money on me smaller than a $20 bill, but the bus driver let me ride for free and dropped me off directly in front of my apartment - good things!
-I was able to find rides to parties, babysitting, and work… all within about 10 minutes of getting home - love my friends!
-Saturday night I went to a fabulous party, had a great time catching up with people, met some awesome new people, and just had an altogether good time.
-Sunday I got to sleep in, then babysit all afternoon. Nothing drastic happened this day, although it did suck not being able to drive anywhere!
-Monday I got to work at 6:30am. Yes, 6:30am. My co-worker who has now picked me up EVERY DAY THIS WEEK gets in that early, so I have gotten up at 5:45am all week. This probably has a LOT to do with how CRAPPY I feel!
-At 10:00am, there was a weird brown-out in our office, computers shut down, and then we started to smell a strange burning smell. After a bit of debate, we decided it was time to evacuate the building, and on our 10 floor walk down, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate.
-After 3 hours of standing around outside (I had no car to drive anywhere, no laptop to work on, so I just wasted a lot of time) we found out that the building was closed "indefinitely" - turns out that there wasn't a fire, but there were some major power issues that had to be dealt with - although they did allow us to go upstairs and get our essential - yes, a 10 floor walk up stairs to get my laptop. Argh!
-I had a co-worker drive me to the shop where my car was being worked on, and found out that I would need to wait about 3 hours while they received the equipment they needed to fix my car and then for them to install the equipment. I had no transportation, so wait I did…..
-They installed the $300 crank sensor…. and my car still didn't work.
-They let me know that they wouldn't be able to return the crank sensor (even though that obviously wasn't the problem) and that now they needed to order a distributor assembly, which wouldn't be in until noon the next day, oh, and that would cost $700.
-Seble picked me up that evening and we had a great time bellydancing and at dinner afterwards.
-Next day was CRAZY busy at work since I hadn't gotten much done the day before with our building evacuation…. But at least they had reopened the building after its "indefinite" closure! Power was up and running as well - BONUS.
-Friend drove me back to the mechanic at 4pm to pick up my car that they said was done!
-After paying $1036.50 for my car, I got in it to drive away. The car started shaking and shimmying as soon as I turned it on. I started to test drive it and the "Service Engine" light came on. The mechanic told me that the car was fine, no need to worry and I could drive it without a problem. We got in a fight. I got very angry and frustrated (and what happens when I get angry and frustrated? Yes, I started bawling. GRRRRRR - hate being female!) I called my mechanic in PA and had him talk to the mechanic. My guy in PA said that yes they were trying to screw me over (his words were actually much more harsh and descriptive), but that at that point I didn't have much of an option but to have this guy fix the car AGAIN - because he said the car wouldn't make it to PA in the condition that it was currently in. So, once again I left my car at the mechanic, knowing that it would be another day and at least $300 more before I would have my baby back.
-I stood in front of the station for 20 minutes calling every co-worker's number that I had, every friend who lived within 10 minutes or so of where I was, ANYONE that could help…. And no one even answered their phones!!!!!! I was stranded with no cash for a taxi or bus, no friends, and no car. Finally I started hailing cabs to see if anyone would accept credit cards….
-I found a cab! He drove me home. I arranged ANOTHER 6:30am ride to work while in the cab. I rescheduled my planned Wednesday night massage, because I had just maxed out my credit cards (they didn't take Amex which actually has extra space!) and couldn't afford to pay for a massage right now…..
-The cab got me to my house, I gave him my credit card, he swiped it, and after reading the printout he gave me a confused look and asked for the card back. I asked what was going on and he said that he thought my card had been declined. I asked to read the printout, and he ignored me, swiping my card again. I asked for the printout again, and this time he gave it to me. It said this on the printout….Card #: (my card # was listed) Resp: APPROVED Auth: $50.00
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A CARD BEING DECLINED TO YOU!?!!??!?!!?
While I was looking at this, he was swiping my card a second time for the real amount, and he gave me that receipt as well. I asked him what I was supposed to do about the $50 charge and he told me to call my bank and have them cancel it. No apologies, offers to help, willingness to call him company and find out what happened… just told me to call my bank. Needless to say, he got no tip from me. I went inside, called his company to complain (they put me through to a voice mail where I left a nasty-gram) and then I called Bank of America who told me that I couldn't have it cancelled until it posted, which would probably be 2 or 3 days.
-Last night was a waste. I was supposed to go to a German Meetup, but with no ride that didn't happen. I have a few craft projects happening at home that I could have worked on, but I was so frustrated and worn out that they didn't happen either. I laid around the apartment feeling miserable for myself all evening, wondering why everything was going wrong, and hating the world.
- I'm now at work. Haven't heard back from the mechanic, but if the car isn't ready (and working) tonight I am going to take one of my co-workers up on his suggestion that we go torch the place. My recommendation to all of you - never use the mechanic at the George Mason Shell (on the corner of Columbia Pike and George Mason) … it's just not worth it!