a frustrating armpit of a day, overall ... unharmonious

[jay]

Well, I finally made it back to the office... at 1:30am. Instead of 3:30pm. While there were a couple of bright points (lunch with dawnd and seeing zahl again), the rest of it was a frustrating armpit of a day. I was rebuffed by a friend and by a sweetie, and yelled at publicly by a different sweetie. I missed a late-afternoon meeting with JL. On my way to lunch, my Mustang threw its harmonic balancer on 238 in Hayward, and I had to take it to a local shop near Dawn *and* find a dealership with the part and ferry it over to them. It cost me $270...

Finally, I picked it up around 6:45pm. Since I was already nearby, I was going to join a group that went to see kineticphoenix's play... caught in traffic... turned around and lost. Too late for the play, so I went to VSB instead... saw zahl. Then was yelled at by someone else, and the rest of the evening was stressful and frustrating.

Comments

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Many hugs... and hoping for a better one tomorrow!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

*hug* appreciated, and have a safe journey home...

[archway.livejournal.com]

~many hugs....many good thoughts~

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dear... good luck in moving, yourself.

[geekchick]

Sorry to hear the day turned out so badly overall. *hug* Hopefully today will be less frustrating.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Murphy was regnant yesterday... even the sunny weather had turned to cold rain by evening (and I didn't have a jacket, heh). Hug appreciated, sweetie. 9 days, 4:20 and counting... that thought helps. :)

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Oof.

Ear open if you need it.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Will you guys have net access once afloat?

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Same way I did in the boatyard, in fact. I use Verizon's "aircard" to connect just about anywhere that they have service.

[mary919.livejournal.com]

I went to a movie alone and no one yelled at me. I'm just saying :)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(wry grin) the way last night went overall, I'd have been better off following your example!

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

Ugh...thats sucky. Hope you have a better day Saturday.

*hugs*

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

*hug* thanks...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Is that all it costs? I once traded in a truck because I thought the wonky balancer would cost tons to fix. On the other hand, it was a piece of garbage in lots of other ways, so it wasn't a bad deal. I got my Neon out of it, which has lasted years.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

It helped greatly that Bobby, my local mechanic in Mountain View, helped me diagnose the problem over my cellphone from the specific banging sound the engine made... knowing the specific problem, I could then call around and get a quote on the balancer ($129 plus tax) from a local Ford dealer. And akienm helpfully pointed me at the local shop that he used... Bobby had told me it should take 1-2 labor hours, so I negotiated 1.5 hours in advance with the local shop ($138). If I'd just shown up looking clueless, or been female, they might well have tried to charge me $400-500 instead.

Simply picking up the part myself and dropping it off at the shop saved me about $50 in markup...

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

and now it is OVER and you never need to do that day again.

(hug)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thankfully... but it leaves me gun-shy for going out at all for a day or two. I'm in a "just want to hole up somewhere for awhile" mindset.

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I spent some of this morning hoping to find a cave myself

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

It was -very- good to see you yesterday night, even though I was not feeling as physically well as I usually do. A few minor things, but taken together, they add up to a less resilient and fun me to be around. Nothing that even registers as Big Sick, more of the - Ya Know, I'm Being a Bit Overambitious with My Evening But Don't Want To Drop Any Part Of It, because sometimes I am silly like that.

I was very glad to see you, and hope that you know that! Ummm... if I were to find a nice cave, with some comfy chairs, reading material, and a good supply of tea, would you or TS like to be given the location of said cave? I would share the cave with you all.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Refuge is good... a refuge with your warm and comforting presence, even better. :) Although I personally tend towards coffee.

A pleasant surprise indeed

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Seeing you was cool indeed. There are not too many people around that could have pulled me out of /my/ cave...

(Mostly I was still sick, and partly because of njaard leaving for England.)

Thanks for your advice, too btw. ;>