So on our way to the lake on Sat (OK, that is all good) the A/C in my truck went hinky - we did finally get it to work by holding our mouths a certain way and closing one eye (we were driving after all) and we thought maybe it was just a aberration. Sunday morning at 10:45 am we knew it wasn't - now I know we live in Mesa and the church is a 5-6 min drive but when it is 105 degrees you need some air to arrive in church without sweat running down your back and well, as my Grandma puts it, the valley of decision. So Logan was planning a lake trip with a bunch of his friends on Tuesday so being the responsible mother I am, I called the dealership and took my truck in for repairs (under warranty Thank goodness) and dealt with the most condensing man made! He actually asked me if I needed to call my husband to OK the repairs, I, in the most sarcastic manner, informed him I thought I was perfectly capable of making that kind of decision (but I think the sarcasm went over his bald head.) So I call my sweet son to come and get me, in his Grandma Judy's car, and his gets a little lost and rear-ends a PT Cruiser. Really he is such a good driver and of course it was an accident, luckily no one was hurt and it was just a fender bender but still......it's my MOTHER'S car!
Then Mr. Condescending calls and tells me my truck is ready but they couldn't do the recall portion and I just would have to bring it back - like this is easy. When I protested he hung up on me. Now I am steamed, and my mothers bumper is mushed.
I have to insert in here how far women have come and was I ever glad to find out the Service Manager was a woman. She was kind and let me know they spent so much time on the A/C (3 1/2 hours) that they could not check the recall and she gave me a discount on the oil change, now why did Mr C not tell me this? I still have to go back and the A/C will is still not working until after the truck runs for about 10 minutes.
AARRGGGG!!
Okay - I do have to acknowledge the good things, because even though I feel it only bad we do have some bright spots:
Logan got an A in Algebra online - he took the entire year in just 5 weeks and got an A in both semesters! Must have been the great teacher (Me) ;)
Ken got pulled over for speeding by a reservation cop on Saturday and only got a warning!
We have been to the lake 3 times in the last week! Not much better than that!
Stella (Brenn's puppy) is totally potty trained, without much work from us - has only chewed a few non essential things and has turned in to a sweetie pie!
We still do not have a house for Brenn - is this good or bad?
Good: she is still home and I don't have another house payment, with our luck lately we would find some unrepairable problem and then could not unload the house (kinda like being unable to unload Jethro on some one.)
Bad: She wants a place of her own and to live on her own, I can't blame her, I loved it!
Okay, I think I am done now - sorry for the litany and the whine but sometimes you just have to get it out!
7 comments:
There is a curse on Glencove.
Just don't share it.
Ben had a ball yesterday. Thanks for having him!
Car problems are the worst...and I don't have much better luck than you do with either dealers or repairs.
Having said that, you've got a lot of good things going on, too! (I'm hoping these will mulitply in the next few weeks and your run of vehicular bad luck will end!)
You make me laugh. The bald mechanic probably was just making up for his own personal insecurities by being condescending to you. I can't say I'd be able to leave my house without air conditioning and it is only 95 out here-poor Mark does it every day though. I hope the dark cloud passes soon. I know it looms over our house on occassion and I am always relieved when I am able to get rid of it.
Not good, but loved you how you wrote it. Can we go on a march? "I am woman, hear me roar." Miss you - tell Brenn we love her.
Boy Howdy can I relate. I had Tony, my nephew, put in new relays for my A/C on Thursday before I went to Utah the next Wednesday ( didn't even look to see how much). Drove to Utah with A/C which was much nicer than the summer before when it quit in Page. The next day, in Provo, no A/C. After the reunion I took it to Honest One, yeah it really is a repair shop. They couldn't find a leak but put in 3 lbs of coolant. $100.00 Found that not having the back cooled, it was lasting. Tried to get the coolant checked once more before driving home but waited to long and nothing was open on the weekend and then I had the trailer. Prayed fervently all the way home for it to keep working and it did. The next day the people came to unload the trailer and I took it back and to the library, which had nicely held my books,(another long story)NO A/C. Well it might have been blowing 105o when it was 112o outside. I really did feel sorry for anyone without A/C. Back to Tony who found a leak in the hose another $325.00. But it is much cheaper than a car payment. Hope things get better. Brenn will have plenty of time to be on her own. She will be fine at home. By the By is she and her table still traveling? Love ya
Loved the whine...just needed some good cheese!
We had a similar little mishap with Miranda scuffing up the side of a brand-spanking-new car in a parking lot! It cost us about $720! No damage to our van, but new cars just cost more to fix! UGH! I thought life would get easier once they were all out of diapers!
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