"Be Prepared" with well-stocked cupboards and meat in the freezer helped me for the time I was without a car. At least I didn't have to be anxious about needing to go buy food.
Long check in, feel free to skip:Picked up my new car
Tuesday after Dh got off work. Took forever and a day.
Wednesday ran errands and bought groceries. New car notes: Disappointed that the hatch space in my new car is much smaller than the back of my old car. Happy that when I have my hands full carrying a bunch of tote bags, the locked doors will unlock by just touching a button on the handle, as long as I have the key fob in my purse or pocket. The key fob is twice as large as my old one and that is annoying. The good thing about the fob is that the car starts by pushing a button, which lets the heavy fob stay in my purse rather than dangling from a key in the ignition.
Thursday was a library work day, and the beginning of a bad weather system that started that afternoon while I was at work. We were extremely busy with people coming in to stock up for a snowy weekend. Thankfully we didn't get as much snow as originally predicted, and what did come was the light and fluffy kind easy to shovel, but it kept coming in batches over a 3 day period and snowplows could not keep up with it.
Thursday afternoon DH received a message from the car dealership that his new car was ready for pickup, but we decided it would be foolish to go get it in such bad weather.
Friday DH decided to take a day off and avoid the bad road conditions. He says he has 20 personal days built up that are in addition to all of the vacation days he hasn't been able to take either, so it wasn't worth fighting slick roads. He called in to work and went back to bed. I sort of took a snow day, too, but of course there are always chores to do around the house.
Yesterday (
Saturday) my sewing group meeting was cancelled due to bad weather because the group meets early in the morning and the roads were still awful with snow continuing.
By mid-afternoon the snow had stopped and the roads were better. DH and I went to pick up his new car. It took hours again even though they said they had it ready for us on Thursday. So frustrating!
DH likes having a car that is quiet, has good tires, doesn't have a bunch of rust holes, all the doors and windows work, and he doesn't have to worry about it stalling at red lights. Plus, he has a sun roof. He won't be able to enjoy opening the sun roof for several months, but it's there waiting for him.
This morning I woke up early. I washed a bunch of dishes, cleaned the counter and stove top, did a few loads of laundry, and deep cleaned the coffee pot. That should be enough to have me prepared for Monday.
I'm not feeling that great, though, even after taking a nap. I'm hoping it's just accumulated stress from all the car crap, and not that one of the many bugs floating around has finally caught me. Not only have people been bringing everything into the library every day, but last Saturday the car salesman waited until after we'd shaken hands, spent time with him in his cubicle, and got in a small car to start a test drive, and
that's when he mentioned that he'd been sick with flu for several day "but I'm taking Z-pack so it's ok" AND he had shingles. I told DH later that I should have been smarter, I should have driven straight back to the building and insisted on having a different salesperson -- but, you know, we have to be Iowa Nice and not make a fuss. Argh.
Anyway, I'm going to take it easy the rest of today and see how I feel tomorrow. It is entirely possible that I just need a little more sleep to make everything ok.
Hopefully now that all of this car kerfuffle is over I'll be able to cuop and participate more here in our village threads.