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Day of Hate

Work was bloody ridiculous today. It took about 7 hours to get a machine running, which is bad enough. To make it worse, I don’t know what I did that worked. Or which combination of things worked. Or, quite frankly, if I actually succeeded in fixing the machine. It was running when I left, but… Gah.

I think was bothers me most, besides having multiple calls at the same time, is that I followed proper trouble shooting procedure and (for once) only tried one thing at a time. And yet, I still don’t know why the machine was malfunctioning or why it stopped.

I took one break in the middle of the shift because my head was getting ready to explode. Other than that, I got to sit down for … no time. Even in the odd moments between working on the main problem, I had calls to deal with on the other lines. Thankfully, most of them didn’t take more than twenty minutes here and there.

I have already declared today the worst day of work in 2009. I very much hope this record stands for the rest of the year.bluebrains

2009
05/28
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Totalled

I was already having a bad day when when I woke up from my nap two hours late.  The alarm was blaring away, probably had been for the last two hours, and I am realizing that I’m supposed to have been at my doctor’s appointment ten minutes ago.  Not only is this a stupid thing, but I had asked a friend to come pick me up and give me a ride over… so I’d wasted his time too.

Joy.

I’d decided to just throw the rest of the day away and go back to bed when Jade called me to let me know that the car was totalled.  This felt like a good time to gulp.  So I did so, quietly.

Thankfully, she is sore and banged up and nothing worse.  Yes, I “made” her go to the hospital to get checked out.  And I am jealous now, cuz she got to experience airbags.

I’ve now made my first call into the insurance call to file a claim.  Tomorrow I get to go clean out my personal belongings and pick up a rental car and hope hope hope that I did get that extra insurance on the car that covers all of the debt if it gets totalled.

I’m completely freaked out and oddly calm about all of this.  I want my car back, but I realize that isn’t a likely possibility.  I guess I’ll be shopping for another car now.  Any recommendations on small, fuel efficient car?  I’m thinking that a brand new SmartCar would be totally rad, but Jade doesn’t think a two seater will cut it for a family of three.  Maybe a used Pruis, like a 2003, would be good for us?  I really loved the way that the Dodge Caliber looked, but that one only lasted a single season.  Maybe this is going to be the time to get two motorbikes!

2008
05/03
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