MONSTER MINDS!
Sep. 21st, 2004 08:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariOy, what a day it's been...and it's been 26 hours of it.
When the signs and portents of "DON'T GO SOMEWHERE" are all around you, you should heed them, cause they're usually right. I had a doctor's appointment today to be properly re-estrogenated (I like that word). Got up about 5AM, showered and started the truck at 6:30.
As usual, the parking lights on the truck wouldn't come on. The switch for the lights has been acting up for a LONG time now. And usually, if I play with the switch, the lights will eventually come on...no more than two minutes. They never came on. I didn't want to drive without parking lights, so I waited until 7AM before I finally said "Well, I NEED this shot." At least by 7 there was enough light that I didn't need to worry about getting pulled over. The parking lights never came on.
My appointment was at 8:45, it was already 7. I had 80 miles between me and that estrogen. So I floored it...7:05, my windshield wipers come on for no reason, and won't shut off. I hit the blinker to pull over and try to see what's wrong...and the blinker stick falls off in my hand. I ended up pulling the fuse out for the wipers.
So now it's 7:10...I get back on the freeway...when I notice the overhead signs saying "Accident on I-35 Southbound. All lanes Closed. Expect delays."
I have to admit, I nearly gave up right here. But I got off the freeway, used surface roads to pass the accident and get rigth back on the freeway. 7:20, and I'm still in Austin.
I floor it.
And I make it! I get to Doctor Chase's office at 8:40. I did it! Only to find out my appointment was NEXT Monday.
The moral of the story - when the powers that be say "DON'T FUCKING GO" you really shouldn't.
They were really nice about it, though, and gave me my shot anyway and I even lost 11 pounds! 10 to 1 it's from moving house. While I was waiting for my shot, a was chatted up by an M2F who was anything but F. And rather nosey and pokey. I talked to him (he was going male, therefore I call him him) a bit, and he was nervous about the whole procedure...but then he started going into wierd areas ("So, do your breasts work?" "Where do you work and where's it located?" "What's your phone number?"). I don't mind being a resource, but when the Creep-O-Meter goes into the red zone, I get wary.
I will say that this person had the name of someone in Austin who does hormone replacement now (I don't remember the name unfortunately). Considering some of the wierdness going on at Dr. Chase's office with his prescription plans, I thought about it...but you know...I have history here, I like the man, and they know me. The 80 mile drive SUCKS, but I think it's worth it.
The plan formulating in my head was to call it the repair on the truck's lightswitch and just get it out of the way. Without those lights I could get a ticket, so it made sense to actually get them repaired. I called my mechanic and said "Hey, could you repair a switch?" He said he'd have to call in for a part, I told him I was in San Antonio driving up to Austin, and he said "Oh, well then, just bring it by when you get here."
1 1/2 hours later, I was at my PO Box picking up a Really Big Box. The HDTV I ordered online (and budgeted for) finally came in. I plugged it in, and marvelled at the detail...but something was wrong...
No time, gotta get the switch fixed. They actually fixed it while I waited, cost me $80 and I was back home in no time. So I plugged in a DVD and watched in horror as I noticed EVERYTHING had an orange tint to it. No matter what DVD I put in, no matter how I tinted the screen, it was overly orange. Plugging into the VGA output of my computer, I noticed it had a very bad blue tint. Whites were almost teal. Not only that, right in the middle was a HUGE "splotch."
I called into the company support line, they agreed it was damaged and gave me two options - send it to them for repair, or send it to the company I bought it from for replacement. I opted for the latter. Very glad I did.
After talking with the merchant, I told them what was wrong and they flat out agreed to replace the HDTV...but gave me another option: "If we were to refund you some of your money, would you consider keeping the TV?"
RED ALERT! RAISE SHIELDS! READY TORPEDOES.
This just SCREAMED "We know they're defective, will you take some cash and shut up about it?" They offered to replace it, but the whole "If we paid you to keep it, would you?" just made me think that if they did replace it, it would come from a warehouse full of defective HDTVs. Instead I asked for a refund, which I better be getting.
The TV cost me $500. I should have known something was up, because it was "Regular Price $800." And had it been a much cheaper TV/Monitor I might have kept it and accepted some of my money back...but $500 is a lot to eat for a monitor that didn't leave me happy with the image quality.
The rest of the evening was not so much excitement. Groceries, unpacking and organizing, desperately hoping to stay awak and get my sleep schedule back in order. My desk is all set up (although it's all going to be moved gain when I get my REAL desk back from my parents. Watched a few episodes of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. Flora is so cute. :)
The reaction from AWFW has been great. People are really feeling for the way the story went. Makes me very happy that these people care enough about her to worry and be shocked when she hit the ground.
There's one person out there who thinks Andrea is just going to wake up, dust herself off, and walk off. I'm going to put this person (and others who are thinking this way) through hell by taking a week off, and doing one completely unrelated strip when I get back. :)
8AM...bed time...I'm exhausted. 27 hours.....
When the signs and portents of "DON'T GO SOMEWHERE" are all around you, you should heed them, cause they're usually right. I had a doctor's appointment today to be properly re-estrogenated (I like that word). Got up about 5AM, showered and started the truck at 6:30.
As usual, the parking lights on the truck wouldn't come on. The switch for the lights has been acting up for a LONG time now. And usually, if I play with the switch, the lights will eventually come on...no more than two minutes. They never came on. I didn't want to drive without parking lights, so I waited until 7AM before I finally said "Well, I NEED this shot." At least by 7 there was enough light that I didn't need to worry about getting pulled over. The parking lights never came on.
My appointment was at 8:45, it was already 7. I had 80 miles between me and that estrogen. So I floored it...7:05, my windshield wipers come on for no reason, and won't shut off. I hit the blinker to pull over and try to see what's wrong...and the blinker stick falls off in my hand. I ended up pulling the fuse out for the wipers.
So now it's 7:10...I get back on the freeway...when I notice the overhead signs saying "Accident on I-35 Southbound. All lanes Closed. Expect delays."
I have to admit, I nearly gave up right here. But I got off the freeway, used surface roads to pass the accident and get rigth back on the freeway. 7:20, and I'm still in Austin.
I floor it.
And I make it! I get to Doctor Chase's office at 8:40. I did it! Only to find out my appointment was NEXT Monday.
The moral of the story - when the powers that be say "DON'T FUCKING GO" you really shouldn't.
They were really nice about it, though, and gave me my shot anyway and I even lost 11 pounds! 10 to 1 it's from moving house. While I was waiting for my shot, a was chatted up by an M2F who was anything but F. And rather nosey and pokey. I talked to him (he was going male, therefore I call him him) a bit, and he was nervous about the whole procedure...but then he started going into wierd areas ("So, do your breasts work?" "Where do you work and where's it located?" "What's your phone number?"). I don't mind being a resource, but when the Creep-O-Meter goes into the red zone, I get wary.
I will say that this person had the name of someone in Austin who does hormone replacement now (I don't remember the name unfortunately). Considering some of the wierdness going on at Dr. Chase's office with his prescription plans, I thought about it...but you know...I have history here, I like the man, and they know me. The 80 mile drive SUCKS, but I think it's worth it.
The plan formulating in my head was to call it the repair on the truck's lightswitch and just get it out of the way. Without those lights I could get a ticket, so it made sense to actually get them repaired. I called my mechanic and said "Hey, could you repair a switch?" He said he'd have to call in for a part, I told him I was in San Antonio driving up to Austin, and he said "Oh, well then, just bring it by when you get here."
1 1/2 hours later, I was at my PO Box picking up a Really Big Box. The HDTV I ordered online (and budgeted for) finally came in. I plugged it in, and marvelled at the detail...but something was wrong...
No time, gotta get the switch fixed. They actually fixed it while I waited, cost me $80 and I was back home in no time. So I plugged in a DVD and watched in horror as I noticed EVERYTHING had an orange tint to it. No matter what DVD I put in, no matter how I tinted the screen, it was overly orange. Plugging into the VGA output of my computer, I noticed it had a very bad blue tint. Whites were almost teal. Not only that, right in the middle was a HUGE "splotch."
I called into the company support line, they agreed it was damaged and gave me two options - send it to them for repair, or send it to the company I bought it from for replacement. I opted for the latter. Very glad I did.
After talking with the merchant, I told them what was wrong and they flat out agreed to replace the HDTV...but gave me another option: "If we were to refund you some of your money, would you consider keeping the TV?"
RED ALERT! RAISE SHIELDS! READY TORPEDOES.
This just SCREAMED "We know they're defective, will you take some cash and shut up about it?" They offered to replace it, but the whole "If we paid you to keep it, would you?" just made me think that if they did replace it, it would come from a warehouse full of defective HDTVs. Instead I asked for a refund, which I better be getting.
The TV cost me $500. I should have known something was up, because it was "Regular Price $800." And had it been a much cheaper TV/Monitor I might have kept it and accepted some of my money back...but $500 is a lot to eat for a monitor that didn't leave me happy with the image quality.
The rest of the evening was not so much excitement. Groceries, unpacking and organizing, desperately hoping to stay awak and get my sleep schedule back in order. My desk is all set up (although it's all going to be moved gain when I get my REAL desk back from my parents. Watched a few episodes of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. Flora is so cute. :)
The reaction from AWFW has been great. People are really feeling for the way the story went. Makes me very happy that these people care enough about her to worry and be shocked when she hit the ground.
There's one person out there who thinks Andrea is just going to wake up, dust herself off, and walk off. I'm going to put this person (and others who are thinking this way) through hell by taking a week off, and doing one completely unrelated strip when I get back. :)
8AM...bed time...I'm exhausted. 27 hours.....
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:02 am (UTC)They used to, but they got laid off a couple of months back. They're on EI now.
Jenn, your truck and my old Datsun must have been twins. If I turned the windshield wipers on, they wouldn't switch off again until I drove above 50 mph. And the heater was on *all the time* - I pulled the fuse during summer, but that meant there was no ventilation at all unless a window was opened. Eventually the garage refused to work on it, since the frame was so rusty their hoist punched holes right through it. Ah well, three years of use out of a $350 car isn't too shabby. (I'm glad yours works again.)
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Date: 2004-09-21 06:07 pm (UTC)Mrf.
I need a new rtuck, but first, I need my bank account in the green again.