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My Life Thus Far
Agonizing Anticipation
It's 6:45pm and I still haven't gotten the Impala back
from the auto body shop. Phil (the owner) didn't give me
an exact time he'd be done, but the agonizing anticipation
is killing me. I've been cleaning to keep myself busy. The
house looks great. All I've got left to do is put laundry
away, which is my least favorite chore, so I've saved it
for last. My biggest concern is that I'll get it back and
it won't look factory-finished, but back-alley body shop
finished. That scares me a little. But, I'm still holding
out hope that it'll be alright. I guess worst case
scenario, I go to the Chevrolet dealership and order an
entire new bumper and have it installed. That would be
pricy, but I'd be guaranteed a factory finish. My car is
too new to look like a chop shop got ahold of it. But,
I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I haven't even
seen it yet! Why am I so quick to judge?
Today has dragged by. Mostly because I've been watching
the clock in anticipation of getting my car back. This
morning I woke up feeling like a pile of crap. My nose was
confused. One nostril was running, the other was stuffed
up, my throat hurt and I was just so tired. I did what I
had to to make sure the girls' were fed, clean and
entertained, then I dragged my sorry behind to the bed or
couch and waited for death to take me. Finally, around 1pm
I just couldn't continue feeling like shit. So, I took a
long hot shower, which helped tremendously. It cleared out
my nose (so now it's just runny) and it invigorated me. I
managed to get dressed and start my cleaning. Getting up
and dressed has always been the best way of making me feel
better when I'm sick.
Snookums had the day off, so we exchanged several e-mails
through-out the day. He'll be coming home early! Tuesday
instead of Wednesday. He doesn't have IM capability on the
ship (or he doesn't know how to use it), so e-mail is all
we've got. It's faster than regular mail, which was what I
remember about deployments when I was a child. Waiting for
letters. Technology is such a great thing.
I must be going now. It's almost 7pm and the girls' need
to go to bed. Tomorrow, it's back to the grind :)
***************************UPDATE**************************
I got my Impala back about 30 minutes ago....IT'S PERFECT!
It looks so good, I almost wish he'd repainted the whole
thing, but I doubt he'd have been able to pull that off in
24 hours. He already gave me a 50% discount (it was going
to cost $400) because I started crying in his office. Not
because of the price, but because I was embarrassed. My
reckless driving created this problem and I needed help
getting out of it. I was so grateful to him for doing such
a good job, so quickly, I had to stifle the urge to hug
and kiss him, because after all, I'm a happily married
woman and that would have just been inappropriate. I guess
this goes to show. Being a pretty girl does get you what
you want in life. Even if ugly people try to tell you
otherwise :) Ciao!
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