Today, I took my car in for a checkup. It's making funny noises, like a helicopter prop, especially when it hits 50+ mph and up. I thought it was the tires. I take it to the dealer and the mechanic figures that my tires need rotating..."simple, cheap fix" is what he says.
An hour later, he tells me, my right-sided tires (front and back) have nails in them, the back right tire is losing pressure because of an old tire patch that was placed there is no longer holding up, and that both tires are thinning on tread. He suggests new tires. Suddenly, my $24 fix has jumped up to $290. What am I gonna do? I came in to get my baby fixed and so, I must pay the price. Another hour and $290 later, the mechanic hands me my keys. So I go home. Not 5 minutes after I got on the highway, the damn noise starts again. Same noise. So now, I'm almost $300 poorer and nowhere near fixing my poor car. And I have to be on the road to Massachusetts by Saturday. Needless to say, I called the dealer back and complained. They said to bring the car in early in the morning tomorrow for a full checkup. I have a feeling that this time, the fix is gonna cost me more than $300. Lovely.
To make things worse, my Financial Aid Office just sent an email about a new tuition increase. Now, I have to pay $1161.50 more by the end of August. Where am I to get that scratch, you ask? No choice but to increase my loan. Again. What's a few thousand more in the grand scheme of things? I'm already 150K+ in the hole. FML.
Song of the day: "Numbers Don't Lie" - The Mynabirds
2 comments:
Awww honey, if you were closer I would say come over and I'd feed your sorry self, and let you bitch and complain. But of course not before I take you out for a short run to decompress a bit. So since I can't *hugs* - I know that's a pretty pathetic alternative, but hell if I win the lottery and manage to keep it a secret from my family, you'll be one of the first to know.
That is very sweet (in a drill seargent sort of way) of you! Yea, I can definitely use a run and a proper feeding right now. Thanks for the hug. BTW, they still didn't fix it, but at least they didn't charge me for the check up this time around.
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