All Day, All Night, Mary Ann
Apr. 3rd, 2020 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdaySpent virtually all day at the auto brokerage where my son-in-law works as a manager. He'd arranged to have my Subaru picked up from the house two days earlier, for front suspension and steering repairs, and he then picked me up on his way to work, at 7:30 this morning, so that I could retrieve it.
However, I was going to have to wait an hour or so at the dealership because the tech who had started the work would be unavailable this morning. And things were further complicated when they attempted the 4-wheel alignment and found that the rear adjusters were frozen and would have to be ordered from outside the dealership and replaced.
The solution was that I would wait a little longer while the tires on my daughter's car, which we'd driven there, were rotated and then I would drive hers home. The son-in-law would bring mine home in the evening, after the parts were rounded up and the alignment completed.
Then, around mid-morning, we learned that the wheel lugs on the daughter's car were frozen--necessitating a further delay--but that my parts had arrived. So it was decided that I'd wait for my car to be finished.
In the meantime, my son-in-law shared a very good leftover chicken and rice curry that my daughter had made the night before and had sent with him for his lunch. Which I very much appreciated, having skipped breakfast so I could be picked up so early.
Years ago, when I was "wrenching it" for a living, our Thai friend Adisak would quote a contemporary song lyric, "All day, all night, Mary Ann," when a job became problematic and took much longer than anticipated. Then we'd all laugh, albeit ruefully, having been there ourselves.
By mid-afternoon I was no longer laughing, but totally understood the situation. And still greatly appreciated the break I was getting compared to the price quoted by the Subaru dealership.
And the car did have much-improved handling when I was finally able to drive it home--which I hadn't realized had been slowly eroding until it was virtually undriveable. (It DOES have 80,000 miles on it but I really DON'T want to invest in a new one at this point in my life.)
Anyway, that was my day, I'm glad it's over, and the grandson and I celebrated by have a pizza-and-wings night--the first I'd had in over 3 years. Depending on my BP readings, tomorrow morning, it'll likely be another 3 before we have them again, lol.
Hope everyone has a good evening...
LPK
Dreamwidth
4.3.2020
However, I was going to have to wait an hour or so at the dealership because the tech who had started the work would be unavailable this morning. And things were further complicated when they attempted the 4-wheel alignment and found that the rear adjusters were frozen and would have to be ordered from outside the dealership and replaced.
The solution was that I would wait a little longer while the tires on my daughter's car, which we'd driven there, were rotated and then I would drive hers home. The son-in-law would bring mine home in the evening, after the parts were rounded up and the alignment completed.
Then, around mid-morning, we learned that the wheel lugs on the daughter's car were frozen--necessitating a further delay--but that my parts had arrived. So it was decided that I'd wait for my car to be finished.
In the meantime, my son-in-law shared a very good leftover chicken and rice curry that my daughter had made the night before and had sent with him for his lunch. Which I very much appreciated, having skipped breakfast so I could be picked up so early.
Years ago, when I was "wrenching it" for a living, our Thai friend Adisak would quote a contemporary song lyric, "All day, all night, Mary Ann," when a job became problematic and took much longer than anticipated. Then we'd all laugh, albeit ruefully, having been there ourselves.
By mid-afternoon I was no longer laughing, but totally understood the situation. And still greatly appreciated the break I was getting compared to the price quoted by the Subaru dealership.
And the car did have much-improved handling when I was finally able to drive it home--which I hadn't realized had been slowly eroding until it was virtually undriveable. (It DOES have 80,000 miles on it but I really DON'T want to invest in a new one at this point in my life.)
Anyway, that was my day, I'm glad it's over, and the grandson and I celebrated by have a pizza-and-wings night--the first I'd had in over 3 years. Depending on my BP readings, tomorrow morning, it'll likely be another 3 before we have them again, lol.
Hope everyone has a good evening...
LPK
Dreamwidth
4.3.2020
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Date: 2020-04-04 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-04 02:53 pm (UTC)It also helped that the dealership was virtually empty of both customers and employees due to the C-19 rules in this state. It's primarily an automotive brokerage, so their capacity as a repair facility is quite limited at this time.
Because of that, I was able to wander freely among the rows of amazing H-D motorcycles that live in the showroom. (Most of the cars and trucks are outside.)
I used to be a rider--and they're beautiful to look at--but I'd much rather die of a deadly virus that slowly squeezes the life and breath out of me whilst I gag on vent hoses pushed down the back of my throat.
At least that's how my life choices appear to have worked out for me as of now...