blatherings

Monga had pissy day today.

First, there's something pressing (and expensive) that has been weighing on my mind for the last week. When I went to Chicago, my brakes started making a really awful grind-y noise. I knew it had to be an expensive sound, just from it's pitch. True to form, it was.

Seems my calipers were shot, and the grind-y noise was the sound of my brake rotors being ground to dust. I went to "ghetto garage" which is around the corner from work. The guy who runs the place is nice, and I don't think he rips me off. Well, when I got back to the office, he calls and says "We need to talk." Turns out the calipers are $200 each, brake pads are another $60, the rotors are looking in the $40 area each, plus labor, etc, etc.

*sigh* I aint exactly rolling in 'flow' right now.

Well, I remember that when I bought my car, I also latched on to a warranty thing. True to form, it covered the calipers, being a part that doesn't normally fail. Unfortunately, "ghetto garage" was not authorized to do the work for various reasons.

I once again phone the dealership, and leave a message.
...And another message.

I'm up to about 5 messages, and I'm really starting to get pissy because nobody can call me back. All I want is a stupid appointment so I can make some planning. My car sounds scary, and I don't want to drive it any more than necessary.

Long story short, I finally have an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. Yay. Money to give away!!

I'm going to leave work tomorrow afternoon about 2:30, and hang out a bit. I want to do some thinking about life and love. I'm down on both presently, and not quite sure where things are pointing. On one hand, I want to pitch it all and move away, but that's not an easy proposition. There are a lot of things to work through. On the other hand, I want to buy a house and become stable. That's also not willing to happen.

If life were easy, I guess everyone would have one. *sigh*