I thought that I would be able to at least keep up with the Tuesday Ten posts in the new year, but, not so much.
Here’s this Tuesday’s late list:
- Electric Feel – MGMT
- Around My Head – Cage The Elephant
- Young Blood – The Naked And The Famous
- Song Beneath The Song – Maria Taylor
- No One – Alicia Keys
- Pavane, Op. 50 – London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Herrmann
- Cannonball – The Breeders
- Breathe (feat. Colbie Caillat) – Taylor Swift
- Clocks – Coldplay
- I Know What I Am – Band Of Skulls
I checked in with iTunes today for their free single of the week. I saw that it is a single released by The Naked And The Famous and I got excited because I like “Young Blood.” Well. . .the free single of the week is “Young Blood” which I bought last summer. I bought it after hearing it in the pilot episode of Covert Affairs on USA Network. I can definitely recommend the song considering it’s being offered for the bargain price of $0.00.
In other news: my poor car. What was I thinking when I rescheduled an appointment for today, March 15th? This repair was supposed to have been made last Tuesday, but it didn’t happen because one of their mechanics called out sick and they fell way behind. So they asked if I could reschedule. Today was the first day I had available to take the car back in for repair. As long as I dropped off my car early, they would definitely finish it around noon or early afternoon.
Well, I received a call around 10:30 this morning (I dropped the car off at 8:30), and the mechanic asked if we’d discussed a price before, which we had. I suppose he wanted to ask because it is a rather expensive repair. And it’s my lucky day, because the price he quoted to me this morning was about $100 less than the price I was quoted previously, but I didn’t tell him that. He reaffirmed that the car would be ready in the early afternoon.
Early afternoon comes and goes without a call from the shop. I really didn’t care so much because the later they called, the more likely it was that I would get a ride over to the shop to pick up my car, instead of walking. I finally got a call around 5:00, half-an-hour before the shop closes. As the mechanic was putting my engine back together, he broke some sort of plastic valve and was waiting for the part to arrive to finish the repair. It did not arrive in enough time to fix before the shop closed, so my car will be in the shop overnight and I should get it back in the morning.
Grrrrr.
I really do like going to this repair shop, they are generally quick, honest, and have reasonable prices. I’ll still patronize the shop despite the history of this recent repair. I understand that stuff happens, sometimes. I’m just glad I don’t have to work tomorrow, since we get written up if we call out sick more than twice a year if you work full-time (more than one time if you work part-time or per diem). Right now I work full-time, but I drop to per diem once I go back to school at the end of the month. I don’t have any call outs now, but I’d hate to put one on my record for something like this, just as I’m about to drop to per diem status.
My poor, poor car. I hope I get it back early tomorrow. I was indifferent about not having it today, but I do have to do a few errands tomorrow and I need it back!
