Got up this morning, dressed, ate. Was thinking about going and getting my car and going to the mechanic a little early when.....BLOOOOOP. All the lights, the computer, everything, shut down.
Yeah. Power outage. Turns out it was a "routine maintenance on equipment" but honestly why could they not have WARNED us, they have our cell numbers and most of us (or at least: I have) opted in to the "accept messages about outages" texts.
I can't get my car out of the garage as there's NO other entry short of climbing over the stupid wall of shelves the previous owner put in, blocking the back door of the garage from the main door - otherwise, I would have gone in and unhooked the opener and manually lifted the door. I was actually contemplating changing into old clothes and trying it even though there's a good chance I'd have gotten hurt
So I called it in (once they opened at 8). Called the mechanic and explained, they said "bring it in when you can"
And waited. It did come on eventually and I got it out there just a minute or 2 after the 9 am appointment time.
One of the techs drove me back home in it to test it out. He said it "felt like" brake pads, which gave me hope - that's a comparatively cheap and simple fix
But they haven't called me back and it's nearly 4 pm. They close for the weekend at 5:30.
I called once, a bit after 2, was told the diagnosis was still being worked on and they'd call back in an hour. I'm going to call again at 4 to see what's up.
I FEAR this means some horrible and either unfixable, or extremely expensive problem has been found. And they just don't want to tell me. (I am not a yeller or anything, but I'm sure they deal with enough people who are
Anyway: if I need a new car, well, I can't AFFORD a new car. I guess I see what is the best used one I can maybe finance, and just consent to paying my "entertainment and fun" income for the next couple years towards a car. I hate everything.
I wish they'd call. Also, I'm stuck here this weekend, then, and if I need something, no, I don't, I guess. And I either walk to church Sunday, or if it's storming, I guess, either just stay home or try to text someone for a ride.
And Monday? I guess I hope my secretary can come pick me up or I have a long walk in and a long walk home after class.
I hate this. No, I can't rent a car, there's one agency in town and they're literally six miles away and they close at 5 pm so I can't get there in time.
I just hate the complicated logistics of single-adult-in-a-small-town-with-few-services life. When things work okay it's okay, but when they don't work it gets really bad really fast.
Anyway, I read a couple chapters in "Uncommon Nature" when I still had hope, now I'm too anxious (and had shifted to try to read stats).
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They FINALLY called. On my landline, which, thankgoodness it was working today (it doesn't, always, and I gave them my cell number).
They don't know what it is. They're going to try again Monday. I'm without a car for the weekend so if an emergency happens, well, I'm screwed. If it's big enough I guess I call an ambulance, if something happens and we have to evacuate town, guess I'll die. I'm gonna see if I have my secretary's cell number to see if she can drive me in Monday but I don't know what to do about getting home as my class ends after she usually leaves for the day - I guess I wear something comfortable to walk the 2 miles in and hope it's not storming. (We don't have public transport, we don't have taxis.)
I hate this though. I do not like putting other people out for things like rides and I don't have any way to deal with it myself (The one car rental place is closed now for the weekend, and anyway, t's at least five miles away, so how would I get there?)
I just kind of hate everyone and everything right now, am considering searching online for "certified pre-owned cars" to have an idea of what's out there just in case this turns out to be unfixable. (THey didn't think it was, but then again, they don't know what the problem is)
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