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clarify

To clarify about the shite that's been happening:

Last week I spent 5 hours in a Midas shop having my car repaired to find out that I needed about 400 more worth of work done on my car. My whole day off spent knitting at Midas. Only put a bandaid on the problem whiles I prayed for my wee car to hang in there until monday the 10th so that I can get paid again and get it all the way fixed. I will be driving this car for another year, and that's why I am going to put the money into it.

Same day that I deposit my check before I go to Midas, I get a receipt for my deposit transaction at the ATM that says my available balance is:
-99,599.99

I shit you not.

I didn't cry, I marched my ass into the bank and found the line too long, I called their 800 number on my cell phone... thus entering the driving while on the cell phone clan that I swore I'd never join. I didn't have my ear piece with me, but pardon me for being a bit in a hurry to speak with the bank.

Before I get to Midas, the bank clears everything up. I had not given them a new address since I moved from Cincinnati, because I didn't want John being able to know exactly where I lived. He showed up in Cincinnati one day uninvited, I don't put it past him now.

I go to pay for my car repair... that was only supposed to take 1.5 hours... CARD DECLINED.
call the bank
apologies, will Midas take a manual authorization?
the clerk doesn't think they are set up for a manual authorization.
can i go to the ATM and get the money out?
yes... i can access my account through the ATM
wonderful
clerk drives me to ATM
ATM says: Insufficient Funds
hawk says: *&^&^%^%$&^$&!!!
clerk says: you've got to be kidding me..
go back to Midas and call Lady to go through my desk and get my check book and bring it in.
Check goes through.
sigh of relief
Go to Krogers for Chocolate soy delicious Ice cream
They are out of Chocolate Soy delicious Ice cream
Drive home...
Wheel still acting odd.
Fuck.
Walk in crying, frustrated and tired.

Work 10 hour shift on Friday

Celebrate new years with my fellow old crocheting biddy, madame buffalo

Saturday:
Mike visits, we visit my family, and have a wonderful day

Sunday:
I'm absolutely exhausted. All day. Don't want to take a nap because it'll mess up my sleep pattern (lag logic) Finally decide to go to store and buy some earl grey tea.

Car won't start.

Enter a whole new set of problems with car that doesn't involve the two tie rods and two cv joints.

motherfuck

jump through a few hoops

car still doesn't start.

insert just throwing hands up in the air and being too tired to deal with it all. exhausted. i finally was able to pay rent, all of rent, on time, and the day after.... my car breaks down.

so, once again, i am at the mercy of roomate's generousity. i am using her car to get to and from work, and i am going to get the car looked at on wednesday after i try one last thing... just before the car broke down i bought gas from the kroger station, and i'm wondering if their gas is just too cheap and perhaps a few gallons of premium will help. it's worth a try... right?

that's the nutshell version of a most stressful, exasperating past week.

In addition to the whole being labeled by my friends as 'the other woman'. and having driven back and roth to michigan in a car with a hyperactive child and one adult maile who can talk more than i can, and i am not particularly interested in his brand of conversation.

then add to that the last weeks shit weather and power outtage... pushing me to spend christmas elsewheres. i am not much of a holiday person. i don't like being a scrooge with other people around.

usually i can cope with shit happening. it's part of life. it's just that in conjunction with my training schedule, all of this has really been hard on me. I'm just tired, and it's not the sort of tired that is cured from sleeping.

It's the sort of tired that is cured from having a paycheck that isn't spent before you can make it on expenses outside of the usual monthly grind.

Posted by hawkie at January 3, 2005 09:11 PM