It's Been One of Those Days

It's only 1pm and my day is already craptastic! I hate days like this.

Basically the issue is my car. I love my car, I do, but I've had so many problems with it and it's only 3 years old.

In case some of you don't know Chevy Cobalts (which is what I have) have a defective power steering in the 2005-2007 models. It goes out without warning. It is currently being investigated, but no sign of a recall yet. So, since mine has this problem I get to pay for a new steering column, roughly 700 bucks, and hope they recall it so I can be reimbursed. It wouldn't be such an issue if I were in the States, but the fact I'm in Italy where Cobalts are not sold is difficult. Somehow I have to order the part I need from the States, but I haven't been successful with that so far.

Today I go to get my car inspected and I failed the inspection. Why? Because I have a crack in my windshield that is more than 6 inches long. I pointed out the fact to them that the crack was there last year and I still passed the inspection, but he said the regulations are different this year. Crap! He acted like I could just breeze down somewhere and get if fixed. Um..yeah maybe if I was Italian! I'm just so frustrated with the car right now.

On top of all that I woke up this morning and my left eye looked bloodshot. Evidently I'm having issues with my eye and my contacts again.

I'm ready for this day to be OVER!

What a Morning!

This did not start off being a good morning at all! Today was the day I was taking my car to the dealership for them to investigate the source of the odd noise my car has been making.

I get there bright and early around 8:15, the mechanic decides to ride around with me to listen to the noise. He proceeds to tell me the entire time on this drive that he hears nothing but normal engine noises. Ok..I'm hearing the sound loud and clear, it's NOT normal engine noises!

I've drove my car for two years, I know when it's making an unusual sound, I'm not a complete idiot. Even Sean noticed the noise when it first started making it.

We go back to the dealership and the shop manager proceeds to tell me that the mechanic didn't hear anything out of the ordinary, blah blah blah, maybe I need to get my oil changed.

WHATEVER! I finally just told him to forget it and drove to work. I was so frustrated I called Sean and my mom in tears. I could tell the dealership thought I was stupid for bringing it in there, which is what really burnt me up. Just because you are too stupid to hear the noise doesn't mean there's not anything wrong.

Thank goodness I was the only one at the office today so nobody could see my mascara streaked face!

I do feel a little bit better though. I got an award today from Small Town Louisiana Girl which totally made my day. It's the first blogging award I've ever gotten.



I'm thinking Arby's for lunch. There's nothing like a roast beef sandwhich with a cold Pepsi to make the day better!

Just the Two of Us

Well it looks as though Sean will be gone until Sunday. He's on funeral detail and they are doing the funeral of a soldier who happens to be with the 101st out of Ft. Campbell. So, Sean and his fellow funeral detail people left today for Mississippi (not sure on the exact location) to do the funeral. This is the first young soldier they've had to do, the rest of been older gentlemen. Actually in the last couple of weeks they've done the funerals for several WWII vets. Yesterday they did one for a soldier that had been at the Battle of the Bulge. I am very interested in WWII and I think those men have such a story to tell.

Anyway, enough of the depressing talk.

Last night I was taking Boomer for a walk down to the mailboxes. He LOVES walks. As soon as I get the leash he begins jumping around and runs to me to attach it to his collar. So we are heading back from the mailboxes and we happen upon one of our neighbors down the street who has 2 Min-Pins. One is about Boomers size and the other is just a puppy. He had the puppy on a leash and it was darling! He was so little! Probably 7 inches long at the most. We chatted about the dog while the puppy tried to play with Boomer. Boomer wasn't having any of it though. He seemed wary of this little pup. I guess the puppy is 12 weeks old, but they are wanting to sell it. I didn't inquire why, but I have to say I'm curious as to why they are selling him after only having him for about 6 weeks. I'm not going to lie. I REALLY want this little dog, but he's $300. Sure we could afford him, but I can't justify spending that on a dog. Especially since I don't think he's fixed yet and I'm not sure about the micro-chipping, which obviously is going to cost a chunk. He was just too cute though! I told Sean about the puppy as soon as we got home, but he seemed unmoved to the cuteness factor of this particular dog. He loves Boomer, but I'm not sure he's ready for another naughty addition to our family. Guess we shall see.

It's been really rainy here the last few days. Not that I'm complaining. I'll take cooler weather over the heat anyday. It just seems so weird for August. Boomer is not a fan of the rain though. Perhaps I should look into buying him a doggie raincoat? Our family Chihuahua used to have one because he hated the rain too.

I have to take our car in tomorrow to the repair shop. I think it's just something minor that is wrong with it, but there's a $40 diagnostic fee from the very start! The plan was just to have Sean's mechanically inclined friend take a look at it, but he's on funeral detail with Sean and I didn't want to run the chance of something happening to it while they were gone and me being without a car, so I decided to buck up and just shell out the money for the dealership to look at it. Let's hope it doesn't cost me too much!