Generalized minor grumbling...
May. 4th, 2006 08:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseNothing really to see here, so unless you haven't anything better to do you're excused.
That said, the transmission on my car is doing the same thing as before - a rather distressing "THUNK" while upshifting combined with the AT and Check Engine lights coming on. Fortunately it had the courtesy to do so as I was on my way home from work last night, so it was a fairly simple matter to detour to the dealership and hand them the keys again. Here's hoping that they actually fix the problem this time, rather than just rebooting the computer...although I also hope that I don't end up waiting a week and a half for whatever esoteric part they need to come in from Nigitizushi, Japan. They gave me Bessie (the powder-blue PT Cruiser) again to drive, and I like her and all, but I miss my car - especially when I have to do a three-point turn to get into a parking space that Kitty would've been able to zip right into.
In other news, I owe the people at Dr. Sapp's office $136 - apparently they charge something like $160 for a simple office visit, and I haven't met my deductible for the year. I was really pissed off about this until I learned that Valley Medical (the place we took Brian when he was really ill) charged him $186...I mean, what the hey? If I'd just gone to the emergency room like I felt like doing, it would've only been $150, albeit a bit more of a wait. Times like this I really wish I was a dog - an office visit alone at the vet clinic was less than $40. On the other hand, now that I've paid the deductible, it'll be somewhat less than that if I have to go in again. (Have I mentioned lately that I really don't like the way our health care system is run? I shudder to think what it must be like for people who get really ill and don't have insurance...)
The good news is that I do have the money to pay them; the bad news is the fact that I have to use that money to pay them means I'm going to be more or less broke for another couple of paychecks - I'll have enough money for rent, groceries, car payment and not much else. I know I should be grateful that I have enough money to cover everything, but I was kind of looking forward to the not-being-broke thing for a while...*sigh*
Ah, well. Now that my grumbling's over and done with, I'm going to go off and be brave and keep my chin up and count my blessings and be grateful for what I have and all that...
Also, for those of you who were kind enough to listen to my grumblings (or just smart enough to skip to the end of the entry), here's the link to a nifty little game that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
borismarkovich sent me. Not an entirely original premise, but well executed and certainly good for killing an hour or two.
That said, the transmission on my car is doing the same thing as before - a rather distressing "THUNK" while upshifting combined with the AT and Check Engine lights coming on. Fortunately it had the courtesy to do so as I was on my way home from work last night, so it was a fairly simple matter to detour to the dealership and hand them the keys again. Here's hoping that they actually fix the problem this time, rather than just rebooting the computer...although I also hope that I don't end up waiting a week and a half for whatever esoteric part they need to come in from Nigitizushi, Japan. They gave me Bessie (the powder-blue PT Cruiser) again to drive, and I like her and all, but I miss my car - especially when I have to do a three-point turn to get into a parking space that Kitty would've been able to zip right into.
In other news, I owe the people at Dr. Sapp's office $136 - apparently they charge something like $160 for a simple office visit, and I haven't met my deductible for the year. I was really pissed off about this until I learned that Valley Medical (the place we took Brian when he was really ill) charged him $186...I mean, what the hey? If I'd just gone to the emergency room like I felt like doing, it would've only been $150, albeit a bit more of a wait. Times like this I really wish I was a dog - an office visit alone at the vet clinic was less than $40. On the other hand, now that I've paid the deductible, it'll be somewhat less than that if I have to go in again. (Have I mentioned lately that I really don't like the way our health care system is run? I shudder to think what it must be like for people who get really ill and don't have insurance...)
The good news is that I do have the money to pay them; the bad news is the fact that I have to use that money to pay them means I'm going to be more or less broke for another couple of paychecks - I'll have enough money for rent, groceries, car payment and not much else. I know I should be grateful that I have enough money to cover everything, but I was kind of looking forward to the not-being-broke thing for a while...*sigh*
Ah, well. Now that my grumbling's over and done with, I'm going to go off and be brave and keep my chin up and count my blessings and be grateful for what I have and all that...
Also, for those of you who were kind enough to listen to my grumblings (or just smart enough to skip to the end of the entry), here's the link to a nifty little game that
borismarkovich sent me. Not an entirely original premise, but well executed and certainly good for killing an hour or two.
