Cleared for Takeoff
I finally got my car back this morning, after taking it in on Monday night. All I needed was an oil change and a windshield replacement. But, because Murphy’s law is self-enforcing, what should have taken two hours took over two days.
The oil change, at least, was no problem. The car was left at the mechanic’s for the windshield replacement company. Unfortunately, half of Tuesday was wasted trying to reach me at a phone number that’s over three years old, and no longer valid…despite the fact that I’d left my current daytime number when I dropped off the car. So, I had to wait until Wednesday afternoon for the car to be done.
The car was indeed done on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to the mechanic’s in time to pick it up because what should have been a twenty or twenty-five minute drive took over an hour and a quarter because of massively fouled up traffic–where there weren’t major construction projects, there were major accidents. Actually, there were probably major accidents at the site of major construciton projects as well. End result–I didn’t get to the shop until after it had been closed for half an hour. This screwed up my evening AND Alisa’s evening, as she had been kind enough to drive me around for the past two days.
(If I may digress for a moment, DO NOT come to Indianapolis this summer. The entire freaking city is already under construction, and this summer’s major project has barely begun. For three months, you will not be able to get from any side of town to any other side of town quickly or easily…if at all. And did I mention that our public transportation isn’t worth mentioning?)
So, not having had my car–or use of any other car–for three weekday evenings in a row, I have a ton of errands piled up for tonight. And you know what? I’m so happy to have my car back that I’m not even going to complain about it.
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