Today was another one of those days where you just have to throw your hands up in the air and go ..... eeeeeeffffffffffff!! (say it slow and drag those two letters out). I took my time before getting going today, cuz I could, and then finally got out and to the library around 1. I love the fact that the library is less than 100 yards from my buildings front door. And I actually did not check anything out. Not because I did not want to browse through the racks, smelling that old book smell and finding titles that I would never even think of that turn into favorites.....but because I have 2 stacks of books on my floor. One is from the library and needs to be finished and the other came from my New Years adventure and are on loan from a friend. So, with the minor exception of ordering books to finish series I am currently reading, I am not checking any books out of the library for a bit. Cd's and dvd's on the other hand.... =)
On my way out the door, I call D and tell her I am on my way to do a couple of hours of work for APM. I get in the car and start driving down the street, noticing that my car is vibrating weirdly and pulling to the right. Concerned, I pull into the random parking lot at the end of my block and discover that the vulcanized rubber has decided that it did not like where it was supposed to sit and had decided to jump off the rim. *sigh* I pop the trunk and pull out the doughnut and the jack. But I cannot find what I need to pop the lugnuts. So into my phone to dial Ford Roadside. For those without, Ford Roadside is Ford's answer to AAA and I decided to use it since it comes with my car payments. They tell me that someone will be there in about an hour.
So, I pull out my trusty book (Marley and Me) and start reading it. I have to admit that I am not much of a pet person and I had moments where I was gasping for breath from laughing so hard. An hour passes with no tow truck to help out, so I call and am told that they are on their way and should be there in about 10 minutes. 20 minutes later, no arrival and I call again. Remember--Chicago in the winter and I do not have a lot of gas so I do not have the car running. They say, once again, that it will be any minute. So I give them another 30 minutes before calling and letting them know that this is ridiculous!! They give me the number of the company they set up the dispatch with and I give them a call and am told that it will be about 15 minutes. If they are not there, I am about ready to call Ford and telling them to open another ticket with another company cuz this is ridiculous!! At 14 minutes, the driver pulls in and we get the doughnut on.
It probably would have been wiser to get my tire taken care of, since D had told me not to bother cuz she had been invited out to dinner, but I went out to IKEA instead and bought a new table with shelves to put my TV on....and then I went and saw "Slumdog Millionaire". GREAT movie!!!! MUST GO SEE!!!! But $10 for a movie???!!!?? Yesh!
Tomorrow I think I will vacuum and do some cleaning before work...maybe.
Currently Reading: Marley and Me by John Grogan
Just Watched and Loved: Slumdog Millionaire
Listening To: Whatever the show is on NPR where they read a script. This week is 6 Degrees of Separation.
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