Work Stress

Seems like my job is getting more and more stressful. I'm working later and later hours. I try not to let the stress get to me but sometimes it's just too hard to ignore. Currently I'm in a battle with Production up north. We got our first batch of tapes and they were completely unorginaized and mis-labeled if labeled at all. Of course I know that production is going crazy up in Alaska so I sent them a very nice email reminding them how to organize and label tapes that it will help post in the long run. Well that was a mistake I got several nasty emails from Production folks, pretty much saying that they really don't care about post and we are lucky we got tapes at all. It's times like that, that I'm thankful that I'm a calm person by nature. Hopefully once things are up a running 100% the craziness will calm down a bit.. wishful thinking.. but you never know. If it doesn't get any better I'll just have to let things flow off my back more often as the stress will kill me.

More Repairs

I get a call from my Jeep dealer today and I expected that they were going to tell me that everything is done.. but of course not.. they found more problems and wanted to add another $1000 to my bill. I had had enough and told them there is no way I could afford all these fixes that I must be able to get by without fixing everything they are suggesting. I know a little bit about cars and picked the stuff that sounded like it had to be done to keep the jeep running.. so now it's the waiting game again. It's costing me $500 just for them to check and see if I need more repairs. Luckily all these fees go towards the actual repair costs.

Quote for Jeep Repairs

My worse fears have come true.. I just got a call from the Jeep dealer and he listed about ten things wrong with my jeep. All repairs totaled about $2500.00. I almost died and informed him I couldn't do all those so we narrowed it down to only stuff that I must do to keep my jeep running and the final cost is $1350.00, which is horrible but not as bad as $2500.00. One very costly thing was replacing the gauge bundle that controls my dashboard, that alone was 1100.00. I opted to live with my funky dashboard gauges. I gave them the go ahead with the repairs and hopefully I'll get my jeep back in a few days better then new. I hate spending so much money but since this is our one and only vehicle and I still have two years of payments on it I figure I had to do what I had to do. And I wonder why I can't save any money.. if it's not one thing it's another.

Happy Birthday Bro

Today is my brother's birthday.. he is turning 33 years old today.. WOW.. now that makes me feel old. I hope you have a great day today Michael.

Ironman

Today Harry and I went to an Ironman screening at the PGA. This is the first movie screening that I have gone too since becoming a member of the PGA. The theater was okay, seating was not slanted enough so if you had someone farily tall sit in front of your they blocked part of the screen and the sound was okay but I can't complain it was free.

The movie itself was exactly what I was expecting.. a fun rollercoaster ride. Great SFX, nice acting and a cool story. I'm not into Ironman comics so I didn't know what to expect but it was a good first movie setting up who and how he became Ironman. Another great addition to the superhero movies.

Vet Visit

Today we Daisy bi-annual Vet visit. She loves going for drives but as soon as we get to the Vet she starts to panic and wine. We take her in and everytime you move she tries and escapes through the front doors. Doc checked her out and everything was great. They gave her a canine cough vaccine and we were on our way. She has a whole six months before she has to worry about going back again.

Renting a car/ Repairing the Jeep

My Jeep has been acting up for the past few months. My transmission has been slipping, the engine dies while idle, and my dashboard gauges go haywire once in a while and all three problems have been getting progressively worse. I finally made an appointment with my local Jeep dealer. Because of work I had to turn it in on a Saturday but they wouldn't be able to look at it till Monday so I had to rent a car. I reserved a economy class car (which was the cheapest) and I booked it for an etire week, just in case. So Harry and I got up early on Saturday and went to Enterprise rent a car to pick up the rental before dropping off my Jeep. When we got to Enterprise I found out that they didn't have any economy cars and I was getting a free upgrade. They gave me four cars to choose from and three of looked the same, like Ford focus and in my opinion very boring then there was this white one.. a Dodge Caliber and I took one look and knew it was the one I wanted.. it's funky looking inside and out and I loved it.

After we rented the car Harry drove it and I drove the jeep to the jeep dealer and dropped off my jeep. They said they would call my Monday with an estimate.. doesn't look like it's going to be very cheap.

Dinner with Craig

Today we had dinner with a friend of mine that I haven't seen in over three years. It's funny how time just seems to get away from you. We had a very nice dinner then went back to our place and visited a bit more. It was a fun night.

Three Months to Go

Three months to the day is our ceremony.. things are moving along nicely. It's alot of work putting something like this together. We have choosen our caterers, photographer, where we are having it, what kind of cake we are having and invites have been sent out. Still have to figure out music, decorations, what we are wearing and so much more. It's going to be a very laid back kind of event. I want it to be fun and causal. Just a bunch of friends hanging out.

Finding Rings

Harry and I bought rings way back when we first got together and now that we are actually "getting married" we decided that these are our engagment rings and we need new "wedding" rings. Today Harry and I looked at a bunch of different rings trying to find just the right ones. They have to be perfect, so we're taking our time in finding ones we both just love.