And in case that last post was just too much for you. . .

[bronwynrh]

Murphy continues to live on my shoulder.

Evidence: The 6 foot-long tree branch that fell through my beautiful little Volvo S60's sunroof on Monday.

The total bill for repairs? $2640.37.

Thank Harold for car insurance, damn him for $500 deductibles.

I'm afoot and enjoying it. . . sort of. I feel locked in to the path between home and the lab with no hope of escape to, say, a grocery store to restock my thoroughly depleted beer supply, or to the mall to redeem a couple of Happy Birthday To You $10 store cards.

It's 3 o'clock and I haven't heard from the shop, so I assume that I won't be getting my pretty little car back today. So I now have no hope of escaping to Louisville for a Saturday night with my Boy, or to Sam's for a toilet paper and laundry detergent run. I can only hope to have it back on Monday, in time for my Wednesday morning road trip for a three-day stay at Purdue in West Lafayette.

I said it before, I'll say it again: STEP OFF, MURPHY!

Edited to add: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck! shitdamnfuckadamndamn Just got off the phone with the nice man at the body shop. My car is in the paint shop right now, she has no headliner, disengaged airbags, and a damaged console. He ordered the parts on Tuesday. Tuesday, people, and the parts haven't arrived yet. What the hell?!? He says he'll have the car back from the pain shop on Monday, and he hopes he'll have the parts that day, too. He still thinks he can get 'er back to me on Tuesday.

I sure hope so. I don't feel like driving a university car to Purdue.

AARRGH!

Comments

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Oh no! ):

[ashfault76.livejournal.com]

EEK!!

you never told me your car got whacked (well, sorta)!!!

If you want to make a run to the grocery store tomorrow, I'd be happy to drive. I need to go too, so we'd both benefit from it. Let me know...

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, consider it part of my don't-dwell-on-shit-that-can't-be-helped program. And yes, if I'm still wheelless tomorrow, I'll give you a holler. After this week (and with the looks of the week to come) I sure could use a six-pack or two. :-)

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Which body shop is it at?

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Royal Chevy-Mazda - the one next door to Royal Toyota-Volvo.

I figured it was the best bet insurance-wise. Meh.

[curlicue.livejournal.com]

Let's not forget the extra couple days needed for when they discover (or worse, "when YOU discover") the repaired sunroof leaks.

Even the most minor fender bender is going to ruin two peoples' months.

Maybe the univ had something FUN you could drive???

[bramey.livejournal.com]

We'll see. If they don't have the parts in on monday afternoon, I'm going to put in a request for a car from the motor pool. I'll probably wind up with a Taurus or something.

And if the sunroof leaks, I'M going to hit the roof!

[repoman.livejournal.com]

Oh yea, its Good Friday...

[bramey.livejournal.com]

You've been having one of Those Weeks too, haven't you?

My sympathies, buddy.

[repoman.livejournal.com]

I could be bitter, but I prefer to think this is my own myopic pitfall...

[suladog.livejournal.com]

awwwwwww...as a fellow Volvo owner....my sympathies...I am always afraid of stuff falling on it..since it's parked in our driveway under an olive tree..all good right now since there are no olives on the tree..(it's white and olives stain..fugggggedaboutit)

[dburr13.livejournal.com]

my condolences to you and your car...i hope you get no more surprises on that front.