This week has been nuts. Frustrating, exhausting. I have life direction questions. Dreams questions. Frustrations that I am where I am, stuck, alone and well, stuck.  I’ve  been frustrated with how things have been going and I’m trying to figure out how to change this.
Today was a horrible day.  Work was stressful all week, I’m weary and tired from that. Life and direction questions surround me. And I was spending money to fix my car. Never fun. I go to pick up my car to find out that I  had just spent $320.00 (incl. tax) — that I was told would fix my car’s sunroof — for a repair that did absolutely nothing. And if I wanted to be properly fixed that I’d have to give them an additional $150.00 at least to fix it. I didn’t yell, but I was unhappy and explained that had there even been a chance of it being more than that to fix it that I would never have authorized the repair. We debated about this and agreed to discuss it again on Monday.   Then I went out to my car, to discover that my stereo had been stolen. The lock must have been popped because nothing was smashed. I suspect an inside job. They took the stereo, the hidden faceplate and the remote! They knew what they were doing.
I went back in, quite upset — almost in tears — they felt terrible. At first the office manager said that they’d pay my ICBC deductible, but the owners of the shop were more understanding since my car wasn’t the only one that had been hit. So tomorrow I get to see what exactly they’re going to do about all this. I am NOT spending any more money and they had better replace my stereo with one that is equal or better than the one I had.  Because, reporting this to ICBC is pointless, my deductible is more than the stereo cost me, and it would just increase my insurance. I am TICKED…
Here’s hoping the weekend improves with The Insomniacs Concert…


UPDATE Feb 16, 2009: The shop has readily agreed to take care of the sunroof — free of charge. I think they feel terrible about the break in and are trying to preserve their good name. They said they’d be in touch tomorrow about the stereo. Here’s hoping they are going to take care of that too. They’d better. If they do, they will certainly get my recommendation — with this story told.