Blech (and No Bagels!!)
Today was filled with two of my least favorite things to do:
- the dentist for some drilling of cavities
- the auto mechanic, which has become a minor odyssey in its own right
After looking forward to getting my car back all day I took two buses to the garage to pick it up. I got out too early by mistake and had to walk five blocks, but arrived at the shop only to hop in, start up the car and have the 'check engine' light flash on immediately. (Defective, despite being brand new, ignition coil or something.) This drama was enhanced by the fact that the mechanic and I are just recently patching up our relationship after I was very angry at them for having me drive out in a snow storm last week only to turn me away because 5 people drove up in the time I'd called ahead to come in. I edited my Yelp! consumer review to reflect their fickleness, and they were miffed at me. We reconciled just yesterday. I think sensing the tension, they had one of the mechanics drive me home, which I was grateful for since it exempted me from another round of public transportation.
But now tomorrow I will be doing exactly what I did today: waiting for the auto mechanic to call. I'm so aggravated to lose two vacation days that could be filled with useful errands to figuring out how to get where I need to go by bus and train, and the inevitable walking and waiting outside on street corners that this activity entails. A usual 15 minute drive takes a half hour, if the buses arrives at fortuitous times. And Jason wonders what makes me so grumpy at the end of the day. (But I now also have a greater appreciation for the hardship of those who don't have enough money for their own cars and insurance and are at the mercy of CTA to get to work every day.)
I also kind of thought some girl was going to run off with my cell phone after I let her use it on the bus today. She didn't even say thank you when she handed it back to me.
After my dentist appointment the dentist advised me that I cannot have sticky, chewy foods for two weeks, like bagels. Not that I eat bagels ever day, but now I am adding the Bagel Ban to the list of injustices that have befallen me today.
- the dentist for some drilling of cavities
- the auto mechanic, which has become a minor odyssey in its own right
After looking forward to getting my car back all day I took two buses to the garage to pick it up. I got out too early by mistake and had to walk five blocks, but arrived at the shop only to hop in, start up the car and have the 'check engine' light flash on immediately. (Defective, despite being brand new, ignition coil or something.) This drama was enhanced by the fact that the mechanic and I are just recently patching up our relationship after I was very angry at them for having me drive out in a snow storm last week only to turn me away because 5 people drove up in the time I'd called ahead to come in. I edited my Yelp! consumer review to reflect their fickleness, and they were miffed at me. We reconciled just yesterday. I think sensing the tension, they had one of the mechanics drive me home, which I was grateful for since it exempted me from another round of public transportation.
But now tomorrow I will be doing exactly what I did today: waiting for the auto mechanic to call. I'm so aggravated to lose two vacation days that could be filled with useful errands to figuring out how to get where I need to go by bus and train, and the inevitable walking and waiting outside on street corners that this activity entails. A usual 15 minute drive takes a half hour, if the buses arrives at fortuitous times. And Jason wonders what makes me so grumpy at the end of the day. (But I now also have a greater appreciation for the hardship of those who don't have enough money for their own cars and insurance and are at the mercy of CTA to get to work every day.)
I also kind of thought some girl was going to run off with my cell phone after I let her use it on the bus today. She didn't even say thank you when she handed it back to me.
After my dentist appointment the dentist advised me that I cannot have sticky, chewy foods for two weeks, like bagels. Not that I eat bagels ever day, but now I am adding the Bagel Ban to the list of injustices that have befallen me today.
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