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Accountability time, again!
Jun. 8th, 2012 05:33 pmHere are my plans for the weekend:
I was going to go see Prometheus tonight after work but Vic and I have had very little time to watch the shows we watch together so decided to come home instead so we can do that. After she goes to her father’s I’ll catch up on my shows.
Tomorrow I’ll be going to the first showing at Studio Movie Grill, they make a fabulous grill cheese. After that I need to buy some new bras, I currently only have three good ones and when I forget to wash them (like I did Wednesday) I have to wear an old one that doesn’t fit well. I then need to get some office supplies, need a foot stool for under my desk (my foot still swells especially when I wear my ballet flats), some pens (red and black are the only colors provided), pop-up Post-its and a rubber finger tip to help sort papers.
Oh, and I want to stop at Fry’s to see if they have Three Rivers or Dark Blue box sets for sale. And also want to stop at Havertys to see if I can find a price on this arm chair Vic wants for her room. And I need to pay the parental units this month's car payment.
Then on Sunday I plan on cleaning my room and hopefully my bathroom as well.
I was going to go see Prometheus tonight after work but Vic and I have had very little time to watch the shows we watch together so decided to come home instead so we can do that. After she goes to her father’s I’ll catch up on my shows.
Tomorrow I’ll be going to the first showing at Studio Movie Grill, they make a fabulous grill cheese. After that I need to buy some new bras, I currently only have three good ones and when I forget to wash them (like I did Wednesday) I have to wear an old one that doesn’t fit well. I then need to get some office supplies, need a foot stool for under my desk (my foot still swells especially when I wear my ballet flats), some pens (red and black are the only colors provided), pop-up Post-its and a rubber finger tip to help sort papers.
Oh, and I want to stop at Fry’s to see if they have Three Rivers or Dark Blue box sets for sale. And also want to stop at Havertys to see if I can find a price on this arm chair Vic wants for her room. And I need to pay the parental units this month's car payment.
Then on Sunday I plan on cleaning my room and hopefully my bathroom as well.
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Apr. 27th, 2012 11:54 am
Not sure which icon works best: despondent Danny or ‘ticked off’ Speed. Why, you ask? I’ll tell you why.
Back on April 11, my old car decided to finally give up the ghost and announce that fact by having the ‘O/D OFF’ light blink at me. When I got home I called my parents and got what amounts to a shoulder shrug and them telling me they don’t have any suggestions.
So I made the best decision for me, since neither one was willing to adjust their morning schedule even slightly to avoid me having to sit in the dark in the parking lot at work with absolutely no security, and decided to get a rental car. Only this wasn’t decided until after 7 because neither of them returned any of my calls until then. Because of this I had to rent at DFW Airport which means I had to pay a higher tax rate. Go here and here to refresh your memory of how that went.
Avis put a hold on $652.08 of my money and I was told that $250 of that was because it was a debit card (it’s actually a check card, but whatever) and that it would be refunded once the rental was returned.
I went to work Thursday in pretty good spirits because I was expecting my next check to be fabulous (read that in your best drag queen voice) due to five hours of overtime the week before and three and half from the previous Monday and Tuesday. Then I got an email from my manager telling me I had to get rid of that extra time. I was bummed but not completely because that meant I could take Friday off, sleep in and take my time dealing with the car issue.
Friday, KIA called and told me I need a new transmission. I authorized them to put a hold on/take $500 for the deposit on the new transmission so they could order it, apparently they don’t just have transmissions lying around the shop, again making what was in my opinion the best decision because I couldn’t get either of my parents on the phone. Here's how that went down.
Now that I knew that I’d have to wait until, well, today to get my car back, I went to Avis (at a different location) and (stupid, stupid me*) extended my rental. They put a hold on an additional $491.32 for the next ten days.
Fast forward to last Monday, KIA called back and told me that with all the things that need to be fixed, it’d be better if I just bought a new car. My parents agreed.
So, this past Saturday we went and bought me the KIA in this post. I returned the rental on Tuesday, go here to be reminded of why I had to wait.
Avis told me that it’ll take about three days for the funds to be released back into my account. At this point I still had between $100 and $300 available to use. I checked my account Wednesday and it showed I was negative. I was floored! I have been more than careful about that. I called Avis and they said that I shouldn’t get any NSF fees but that if I do to just call the bank and explain. Then yesterday I checked it and it still showed I was in the negative and that I have two NSF fees. I called the bank first and was told to have Avis fax over a letter on their letterhead explaining about the hold and requesting they (the bank) reimburse me for any fees assessed while the release of the hold was pending.
I called Avis and was basically told they don’t do that. I had the guy call my bank and we talked to them together. The agent at the bank told him the exact same thing I did in the exact same way and he was all, “Oh, yeah, we do that all the time!” So we hang up with the agreement that he was going to do that right away and that my account would be back in the positive today. When I checked it this morning it was still in the negative and I’ve assessed two more NSF fees.
ETA:Just checked, and everything's good now, except for the additional NSF fees but I don't think I'll worry about those, too much hassle in my opinion.
*What I should have done was get the rental for a day or two, or even taken Thursday off, then returned it to the location closer to my house and then re-rented it at the lower price. *shrug* Live and learn. Back to text
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Apr. 25th, 2012 06:57 pmSorry I didn't post a picture of my car last night but after I tell you about my evening, you'll understand.
My mother called around 1 to tell me she was going home sick from work but that I should call her when I leave work. Her and Vic met me at the location where I was returning the car. I'm told I'll be getting nearly $300 dollars back, Avis had a hold on over $1100 and the total rental is $842.78.
We go get my father and go to Central KIA. Since my mother's not feeling well, I tell the salesman to get the finance stuff ready before he gives me the car so my parents can go home. We got to KIA around 6 and didn't leave until around 7:30. My father wasn't happy. At all.
The salesman gave me $200 in cash, he only promised $180, and a Sonic card. Vic and I decided to have Sonic for dinner and because of that it was after 8 before we got home.
Since we were both hungry, I decided to not bother with pictures of the car.
And now, here is a picture of my pretty red car:
My mother called around 1 to tell me she was going home sick from work but that I should call her when I leave work. Her and Vic met me at the location where I was returning the car. I'm told I'll be getting nearly $300 dollars back, Avis had a hold on over $1100 and the total rental is $842.78.
We go get my father and go to Central KIA. Since my mother's not feeling well, I tell the salesman to get the finance stuff ready before he gives me the car so my parents can go home. We got to KIA around 6 and didn't leave until around 7:30. My father wasn't happy. At all.
The salesman gave me $200 in cash, he only promised $180, and a Sonic card. Vic and I decided to have Sonic for dinner and because of that it was after 8 before we got home.
Since we were both hungry, I decided to not bother with pictures of the car.
And now, here is a picture of my pretty red car:
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Apr. 21st, 2012 03:14 pmSo, I still do not have a new car and I'll tell you why:
We get to the dealership and the salesman begins showing me a Rio5, which is the hatchback version. I told him I'd rather have the sedan because I don't need the extra cargo space, and it's cheaper. The more we talk the more it becomes obvious that we're not going to get me in a brand new Rio for what my parents think I can afford (read: what they want to paywhen if I screw up for whatever reason lose my job) so they had the guy look into used cars. Then some how leasing came up and that was decided to be the best option.
They ran my credit and came back with payments of $260. They then ran my dad's and came back with $332! He lost it! As in he was vibrating with rage. I was proud that he wasn't yelling but it was a close thing. Eventually we got them down to $1000 down and $240-$250/month.
The car I'm getting is exactly like the rental, only in red. I saw one on the lot.
After we agreed to the price, the salesman came back and said he doesn't have the car on the lot. What!? I just saw one! He says it sold. He also said the earliest he can have the car ready for me, is Tuesday. My dad lost it again!
The salesman offered to pay for the rental until Tuesday, but he implied he won't have the car for me until after the rental place closes, which means I'll need the car until Wednesday. Dad told him he had better have the car for us on Tuesday or we're buying a car elsewhere.
Fingers crossed that come Wednesday I'm showing pictures of my new car!
We get to the dealership and the salesman begins showing me a Rio5, which is the hatchback version. I told him I'd rather have the sedan because I don't need the extra cargo space, and it's cheaper. The more we talk the more it becomes obvious that we're not going to get me in a brand new Rio for what my parents think I can afford (read: what they want to pay
They ran my credit and came back with payments of $260. They then ran my dad's and came back with $332! He lost it! As in he was vibrating with rage. I was proud that he wasn't yelling but it was a close thing. Eventually we got them down to $1000 down and $240-$250/month.
The car I'm getting is exactly like the rental, only in red. I saw one on the lot.
After we agreed to the price, the salesman came back and said he doesn't have the car on the lot. What!? I just saw one! He says it sold. He also said the earliest he can have the car ready for me, is Tuesday. My dad lost it again!
The salesman offered to pay for the rental until Tuesday, but he implied he won't have the car for me until after the rental place closes, which means I'll need the car until Wednesday. Dad told him he had better have the car for us on Tuesday or we're buying a car elsewhere.
Fingers crossed that come Wednesday I'm showing pictures of my new car!
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Apr. 21st, 2012 07:47 amAs you can see, since I haven't posted about it, I don't have a new car yet. It's not because we didn't find one last night, it's because we didn't go.
My dad is on call this weekend and he got a call just as they were walking out the door last night so my mother called and canceled.
We're going later today, like in an hour or two. I will post tonight with pictures of my new car.
Oh, and I mentioned to my mother about the line in that note about how I have to keep an open mind about what car I'm going to get. She said that my dad wrote it.
Uh-huh, like I believe that. See, my dad has perfect grammar and my mother doesn't.
My dad is on call this weekend and he got a call just as they were walking out the door last night so my mother called and canceled.
We're going later today, like in an hour or two. I will post tonight with pictures of my new car.
Oh, and I mentioned to my mother about the line in that note about how I have to keep an open mind about what car I'm going to get. She said that my dad wrote it.
Uh-huh, like I believe that. See, my dad has perfect grammar and my mother doesn't.
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Apr. 18th, 2012 05:18 pmThis was going to be a funny post about something awkward that happened this morning and instead is about my stupid ass parents.
( Can I *please* be an adult, now? )
( Can I *please* be an adult, now? )
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Apr. 16th, 2012 06:45 pmAs you can see, this is going to be a good news post but I thought I’d start by telling you about how my day started out terrible, no good.
I went to bed last night not feeling well but woke up feeling better. I ate breakfast, took Vic to school for her last sectional before UIL tonight, then went on to work.
My mp3 player died after about twenty minutes and I got to feeling bad again. I asked if I could go home at 11 if I didn’t start feeling better, that way I wouldn’t lose any hours/pay for the week. Obviously I got to feeling better since I'm not posting this at 11am.
Then, KIA called and said that after giving the car a thorough check the cost of repairs comes to $3800+. I called my father and asked if the offer to buy me a new car was still on the table and he said he doesn’t know. KIA was able to cancel the order for the transmission, thank God! But I still owe them for the diagnostic, the oil change and the tow. But it’s much less than $3800!I’m keeping my fingers crossed that my parents will help me buy a car because it’ll cost less in the long run.
Dad called a bit after 2 and I’m getting a new car! Hoping for a brand new one but am willing to take one that’s just a few years old. I’d like to get a KIA Rio, that’s what the rental is and I really like it, and so asked the service guy to give my number to one of the salesmen so we can talk owner loyalty and things like that.
I went to bed last night not feeling well but woke up feeling better. I ate breakfast, took Vic to school for her last sectional before UIL tonight, then went on to work.
My mp3 player died after about twenty minutes and I got to feeling bad again. I asked if I could go home at 11 if I didn’t start feeling better, that way I wouldn’t lose any hours/pay for the week. Obviously I got to feeling better since I'm not posting this at 11am.
Then, KIA called and said that after giving the car a thorough check the cost of repairs comes to $3800+. I called my father and asked if the offer to buy me a new car was still on the table and he said he doesn’t know. KIA was able to cancel the order for the transmission, thank God! But I still owe them for the diagnostic, the oil change and the tow. But it’s much less than $3800!
Dad called a bit after 2 and I’m getting a new car! Hoping for a brand new one but am willing to take one that’s just a few years old. I’d like to get a KIA Rio, that’s what the rental is and I really like it, and so asked the service guy to give my number to one of the salesmen so we can talk owner loyalty and things like that.
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Apr. 15th, 2012 03:08 pmFriday my mother eventually called and said that her and my father would help me pay for the repairs on my car and that I'd have to pay them back every payday. D'uh, was already planning on it. I told her that as soon as I start getting regular paychecks and set my budget, I'll see how much I can afford to pay them.
She just now called and asked what news I had about the car. I said none. This is because it's stupid to expect the repair shop to call me on the weekend when they didn't order the part (the transmission) until after noon on Friday. I don't see how they could have gotten the part yet, I'm sure it won't arrive until tomorrow, at the earliest because this isn't like mailing a letter. It takes more than a day or two to ship something like a transmission, especially if it's coming from one of the KIA plants in South Korea, although I'm fairly sure it'll be coming from Georgia.
She then asked if I had canceled the rental. Um, no, I still need a car. Unless her or my father are going to change their work schedules, something that I'm always required to do when I need them to take me to work, then I'm going to keep the fucking rental and they can just fuck off.
She just now called and asked what news I had about the car. I said none. This is because it's stupid to expect the repair shop to call me on the weekend when they didn't order the part (the transmission) until after noon on Friday. I don't see how they could have gotten the part yet, I'm sure it won't arrive until tomorrow, at the earliest because this isn't like mailing a letter. It takes more than a day or two to ship something like a transmission, especially if it's coming from one of the KIA plants in South Korea, although I'm fairly sure it'll be coming from Georgia.
She then asked if I had canceled the rental. Um, no, I still need a car. Unless her or my father are going to change their work schedules, something that I'm always required to do when I need them to take me to work, then I'm going to keep the fucking rental and they can just fuck off.
Another update
Apr. 13th, 2012 05:32 pmMy parents have finally talked about the decisions I made today. Instead of calling and telling me they're proud I finally acted like an adult they yelled at me for not talking to them first.
I don't get them. In one breath they're telling me I need to do these things on my own but then in the very next breath they're yelling at me for not talking to them first.
I mean, c'mon! Make up your fucking mind about whether or not I'm allowed to be an adult.
I don't get it, I really don't. They say they want me to stop relying on them so much but whenever I do they get upset that I didn't get their opinion. I tried calling them both several times during the day and they either didn't answer their phone or it went straight to voice mail.
I made the decision to have the repair shop go ahead and fix the car, requiring me to pay them $500, and to extend my rental from one week to two, which has me paying another $500 to Avis.
My mother called while Vic and I were out getting dinner and she flipped when I said that I told the repair shop I couldn't pay for two more weeks. She's under the impression that they won't hold my car for two weeks. Well, they will. I know this because I asked, while making the fucking decision on my fucking own!
She also freaked over my having to have the rental for another week. Is she going to change her work schedule so that I don't have to go to work an hour early? No, I don't think so. So since neither she nor my father are willing to sacrifice so that I don't have to sit outside in an area I'm really not comfortable in while it's dark outside, I made the best decision, or so I thought, and extended the rental since I'll need a fucking car.
If they had only answered their phones or if she had fucking called me back on her lunch (when I called earlier this morning I left a message, her phone rang and then voice mail picked up so she would have seen she had not only a missed call but a message) then we could have avoided all this because she would have offered to buy me a car and I wouldn't be in this fucking mess.
I don't get them. In one breath they're telling me I need to do these things on my own but then in the very next breath they're yelling at me for not talking to them first.
I mean, c'mon! Make up your fucking mind about whether or not I'm allowed to be an adult.
I don't get it, I really don't. They say they want me to stop relying on them so much but whenever I do they get upset that I didn't get their opinion. I tried calling them both several times during the day and they either didn't answer their phone or it went straight to voice mail.
I made the decision to have the repair shop go ahead and fix the car, requiring me to pay them $500, and to extend my rental from one week to two, which has me paying another $500 to Avis.
My mother called while Vic and I were out getting dinner and she flipped when I said that I told the repair shop I couldn't pay for two more weeks. She's under the impression that they won't hold my car for two weeks. Well, they will. I know this because I asked, while making the fucking decision on my fucking own!
She also freaked over my having to have the rental for another week. Is she going to change her work schedule so that I don't have to go to work an hour early? No, I don't think so. So since neither she nor my father are willing to sacrifice so that I don't have to sit outside in an area I'm really not comfortable in while it's dark outside, I made the best decision, or so I thought, and extended the rental since I'll need a fucking car.
If they had only answered their phones or if she had fucking called me back on her lunch (when I called earlier this morning I left a message, her phone rang and then voice mail picked up so she would have seen she had not only a missed call but a message) then we could have avoided all this because she would have offered to buy me a car and I wouldn't be in this fucking mess.
So, here's what I know so far:
1) Insurance will not pay for the rental. I still have full coverage and if I add Vic as a learning driver it'll just about double. If I go down to liability it'll come down about $30-$40 and adding her as a learning driver will put me just about right where I am now.
2) It is the transmission. Something major broke inside and KIA doesn't rebuild transmissions. It'll cost over $2000 to fix and that includes the $70 tow to the dealership.
I was trying to be an adult and do all this on my own without advice from my parents so when the dealership called and said I had to put $500 down for them to order the transmission I gave him my card number.
My mother just called and suggested they buy me a little car and I give them the money for the payments. If she had called me back during her lunch hour I wouldn't have told them to begin working on the car because I hate to put $2000 in this car when it's not even worth $1000.
I should be able to pay this, with maybe a couple hundred borrowed from my parents. A review of my finances shows that I won't be able to afford it without my parents paying nearly $1000.
Luckily I get child support, and that all my bills (except for electric) have been paid for this month.
1) Insurance will not pay for the rental. I still have full coverage and if I add Vic as a learning driver it'll just about double. If I go down to liability it'll come down about $30-$40 and adding her as a learning driver will put me just about right where I am now.
2) It is the transmission. Something major broke inside and KIA doesn't rebuild transmissions. It'll cost over $2000 to fix and that includes the $70 tow to the dealership.
I was trying to be an adult and do all this on my own without advice from my parents so when the dealership called and said I had to put $500 down for them to order the transmission I gave him my card number.
My mother just called and suggested they buy me a little car and I give them the money for the payments. If she had called me back during her lunch hour I wouldn't have told them to begin working on the car because I hate to put $2000 in this car when it's not even worth $1000.
Luckily I get child support, and that all my bills (except for electric) have been paid for this month.
Got some things to talk about and it's kinda long so they're behind the cut.
( Update on last night )
( Update on something related (kinda) to the issue with the car )
So, yeah. That's what's going on so far with the car. On the bright side, I'm totally caught up at work. Well, maybe not totally caught up sine I still have to verify the deposit slips and put the RCOs in order but I have time next week for that.
( Update on last night )
( Update on something related (kinda) to the issue with the car )
So, yeah. That's what's going on so far with the car. On the bright side, I'm totally caught up at work. Well, maybe not totally caught up sine I still have to verify the deposit slips and put the RCOs in order but I have time next week for that.
At least I have a job
Apr. 11th, 2012 06:29 pmOne day last week the check engine light came on which is not a big deal because it happens from time to time. I decided to take it in this Friday to get it tuned. Then today the "O/D OFF" light came on. It also isn't shifting properly. It'll shift just fine until I get to 40mph and then it doesn't feel like it shifts at all and once I'm at 45mph if I take my foot off the accelerator it'll slow way down, just the sound of the engine the car doesn't actually slow down.
I'm not comfortable driving it like this so I called my parents about it. Neither one of them is willing to work with my work schedule, I either go to work super early and sit outside or I get up super early to take my mother to her job and then she sit and wait for me to get off.
My mother suggested I take the bus. How many times do I have to tell her that the nearest bus stop is a two mile walk away?
So I'm going to rent myself a car, I just hope I can afford all this (I transferred over the last $1000 from my savings and I get paid this week). Hopefully the issue with the car isn't too expensive.
But, yeah, I'm glad this didn't happen when I was unemployed.
ETA: I have to go to the frelling airport to get the frelling rental car. Argh! I hate my car!
I'm not comfortable driving it like this so I called my parents about it. Neither one of them is willing to work with my work schedule, I either go to work super early and sit outside or I get up super early to take my mother to her job and then she sit and wait for me to get off.
My mother suggested I take the bus. How many times do I have to tell her that the nearest bus stop is a two mile walk away?
So I'm going to rent myself a car, I just hope I can afford all this (I transferred over the last $1000 from my savings and I get paid this week). Hopefully the issue with the car isn't too expensive.
But, yeah, I'm glad this didn't happen when I was unemployed.
ETA: I have to go to the frelling airport to get the frelling rental car. Argh! I hate my car!
