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Sunday, November 06, 2005

My weekend as a "hunting widow"

This weekend - it is just my son and I. My husband has taken off to go hunting and we are here at home hoping that he gets something! My husband loves to hunt - he hunts elk right now but would love to advance to other animals. I am just hoping that he does get an elk this year - it is his third year hunting and he hasn't got an animal before. He would be so happy to be able to come home with an elk - not to mention that I would be happy to have all that meat in the house!
Anyway - it is just me and my son for now and can I tell you that I am not sure one of us will make it out - LOL!!! I am going insane! First of all - I do not sleep well when my husband is away - I just don't. So it is wine and sleeping pills and I am trying to shake off the effects as we speak. I was up until 2am playing internet games and took one pill at 1am. The dog got me up at 4:30am to pee. I put him in his crate after that and tried to sleep some more - got up at 8:30am and here I am. This is the second day for this routine and I have to work tommarrow - this should be fun!!!

Let me tell you about our day yesterday. My husband asked me to get a front end alignment and a tire rotation on our Jeep while he was gone. So I took the Jeep (and my son) to a Big O Tires out by a shopping center and the mall. I dropped it off at 9:22am to be exact and was told that it would be an hour and a half (which I expected because it was Saturday). SOOOO - my son and I walked over to the shopping center and shopped at Petco and Michaels. We walked around for an hour and then took our bags back to Big O - where we noticed my Jeep was next in line to go into the garage! YEAH!!! They did the tire rotation and then took the Jeep around back where it sat. 30 minutes later - I asked about the status of the alignment and was told that it is in line and that it would still be a little bit. OK - my son and I went back to the shopping center and this time went into a juice bar that I did not feel I should spend that much money on, to Bed, Bath and Beyond to window shop, to a gift basket place where my son got a sample of pistacios that this place was WAY too proud of, then to the Vitamin Cottege where I bought some organic barley to make a soup with! "K" - we have now spent a good 45 minutes away from Big O - surely my Jeep was done!
NOPE! It was still sitting in the same damn place it was when I left it. Ok - to recap - I was told an hour and a half - it is now almost 2 and a half hours and my Jeep is still not done and I am now being told that it will take at least another hour (but they have bumped me up a spot to next in line). OKIE DOKIE - I am getting a lot pissed not to mention my poor nine year old is going nuts! So I have them drive me to the mall (turned out not to be such a long drive - but hey why not). My son and I eat lunch at Subway and spend some time in the arcade. I could not get cell service in the mall but after spending a good hour in the mall - I figured that they tried to call and couldn't get me to tell me that I could have my vehicle. SO my son and I walk back to Big O. And sure as shit - the Jeep is in the SAME DAMN PLACE it was when we left. Now - I am ready to blow my top! I ask about it and was told - oh the lady when bumped you in front of came back and demanded her car so you were dropped back again and it will be another hour at least! OMG - I have never been so mad! I told them to bring me my keys - that this was the poorest excuse for a business that I have ever come in contact with and my son and I left. Over 3 and a half hours and still no alignment! I am still fuming! Wonder if there is a Big O website to visit to leave comments. HMMMMM - might have to check that out!
Other than that whole thing - the day went well after that! LOL.

1 Comments:

  • That sucks! I hate it when I get the run around like that. And you know me! I WILL complain, and I will demand that they make it right. Squeeky wheel and all that right? so here you go:
    http://www.bigo.com/

    Go to contact us. Who knows, you may get a free alignment out of it. And I would be calling the store manager, or sending a letter to him. *squeek, squeek*

    By Blogger Crazy Lady, at November 07, 2005 11:02 AM  

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