Month: January 2004

Jetta Jinx

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We got my car back yesterday. It looks fabulous – like new. I’m happy it’s back to normal. Oddly enough, the right brake light was out. No biggie. I’m sure it was a coincidence and I had a spare bulb, so we changed it when we filled the car up with gas today. But now the gas tank won’t close! It locks closed and when you push it in, it won’t catch. Looking at it, nothing looks amiss. I just don’t get it but I’m really starting to feel like this is the start of the decline of my car which isn’t even paid off yet (but will be VERY soon).

We also found a coffee cup top (the part that rips off to sip from the cup) and a razor blade in my car, obviously left behind by whomever worked on it. I’m a bit aggravated by that. Also when we picked up the car, it wouldn’t start so they had to jump it. When they popped the hood it turns out the battery cover was off and lying on the engine block. Nice. So even though they did a good job on the car, they were very careless when they were finished. Kinda makes you wonder how they managed to do such a good job on the car in the first place.

They gave me a survey to fill out. Wonder if I should mention the above things or not. Don’t want to get on their bad side if I end up going back for any future body work, which at this point wouldn’t be a surprise. My car is jinxed.

Sigh.

Taxes

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I do not like to wait. I’m an impatient person by nature. So it’s no surprise that I am *almost* looking forward to Monday because our T-Mobile phones will be delivered then. Also, I am praying we get our W-2s then too since we did not get them today. I hate companies that wait til the last possible second to send them out. My current employer gave us our W-2s the first week of January but I have to wait for my former employer’s W-2 before I can file my taxes. I don’t think I’ll be getting as much back as I did last year since I’ve been claiming 1 this year instead of 0 every other year.

Entry #401

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I feel discontented. All this time off from work (being sick) has made me depressed. Being at home all day is boring, but that doesn’t mean I want to go back to work.

In other news, we decided to go with T-Mobile and placed our order online last night. I’m getting a Samsung phone with a color screen and all that jazz and Joe is getting a Motorola flip phone. I’m a bit irritated that there is still no order status available which means we probably won’t get our phones until next week.

At least my Cure box-set is due to be delivered tomorrow by UPS!!!

I ate a cheeseburger today without wanting to hurl. So I guess that means my appetite is back. Too bad … I was down to 135 lbs. Doubt that will last, though. :p

And if all goes well, I might have my car back this weekend. If I can just get through the next two days without a nervous breakdown it might be a fantastic weekend.

Can you hear me now?

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Wow, it sure seems like I have a lot to say today, huh? That seems to happen to me a lot. For days I’ll feel like there’s nothing worth writing about and then one day it’s like a bunch of things are going on at once. Such is my life. Anyway …

In two weeks my current wireless contract with Nextel ends. Thank the sweet Lord! I hate their shitty service. The only reason I got them to begin with was Joe has them through work so I wanted the Direct Connect, which you can only get through them, so I could talk to Joe easily without using up minutes. But now we’ve decided to just find a “family plan” that has two phones and a decent amount of minutes so we won’t have to deal with Nextel anymore. Well, he does for work still, but I won’t. *Does the happy dance*

So … we have narrowed it down to T-Mobile and AT&T Wireless. Does anyone have experience with either one of these carriers? I’m especially interested about those in the Chicagoland area, but if you’re not, I’d still like to know what you think.

Oh, and please don’t recommend another carrier because it’s a pet peeve of mine when someone asks on their blog, “of these choices, which one do you like?” and a person responds and goes on and on about something that wasn’t one of the choices. It just irks me, so don’t do it. I don’t want to hear about Verizon (prices too high) or US Cellular who suspiciously talks only about their “award winning customer service” and little else, probably because their coverage blows. Oh, and no Sprint PCS either. That goes for Cingular and PrimeCo (if they still exist) too. Ok, did I cover them all so that no one aggravates me? :)

Car Karma

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I think I have bad car karma or something. It seems like whatever I complain about car-related comes back to haunt me. For instance, I hate SUVs. They (well more like the people who drive them) annoy the heck out of me and I bitch about them a lot. So of course it’s fitting that a young girl in a SUV was the one to hit me. I also have an aversion to white cars. I just don’t like them. So guess what color my rental car is? Yep, it’s white. Not that I had a choice. It was that car, or pay extra out of my pocket for something else. I don’t think so.

I dropped off my Jetta at the body shop on Tuesday and Enterprise gave me a white Kia Rio. Ew! I apologize for those of you who may own this car, but when you’re used to a Jetta GLS with a V6 engine, and you get a car with a MSRP under $10,000, there’s a noticeable difference. That poor 4-cylinder just drags! There’s just no acceleration at all. Plus I’m so not used to manual door locks and windows you have to literally roll down (not that it’s an issue with this freezing cold weather we’re having). I will give it credit, though – the car warms up quickly, which is a must for a winter in Chicago. But I miss my poor Jetta and can’t wait to get it back. Hopefully in a week and a half.