Wednesday Redux

What the hell? Is my life just destined to be shitty from now to the end of time? This week has been just a series of negative happenings. I have made every attempt I can to make things come out right but to no avail. I need help. Where to turn? Anyone out there who gives a damn?

A Not So Good Week

This has been a less than good week for me. I think the wife and I have agreed on two or three things the entire week, work is a bore, and I washed my car on Friday because I felt it safe to do so as it hadn't rained in two weeks. Well, it began raining on me coming home from work Friday afternoon and did not stop until about mid-day Saturday. So, the car looks as if I never touched it. Par for the course!
My problem with work, as I've said a thousand times, it that I am simply burned out. I've been there too long and the importance of and excitement from the job are long gone. Unfortunately for me, I am stuck there for at least five and a half more years. No where to go. My wife's family all live here (with the exception of her sister who recently moved to Flordia). At least she got away from the powerful grip of the family. I know they must be breathing a sigh of relief. My wife wouldn't move away from her family if her life depended on it. So, I am stuck. I wonder how many others have the same or a similar situation? Probably more than anyone knows.

Back from Florida

Well, the sister-in-law and her family are now in Florida, much to the dismay off all the rest of the family. This is actually the only time since I married into this family that anyone from the intermediate family has moved any further away that about 60 miles. It will be a big change for everyone and will take a while to readjust, there's no doubt. But, I'm sure that in time everyone will adjust. It's just not going to be an easy adjustment for some of them.

Car Repairs

As I figured, the truck turned out to be more of a pain than at first thought. Mainly because the dealer told me he would have it ready the same afternoon I brought it in. Turns out they either didn't have some bracket they needed or had the wrong bracket. Of course they could not possibly get the right bracket until late in the afternoon and the truck would most likely be ready the next morning. Surprise, surprise! So, it ended up that they did get the bracket and did call right around lunch to come and get it. While there I decided to have some extra keys made for my Xterra. This also became a 45 minute ordeal because at first the guy at the counter didn't make keys so they had to locate the guy who did. Once there he had problems in deciding which key was mine even though I had the tag they gave me when I bought the car. Finally, after several minutes of trying to find it on the computer he noticed I had the tag which had the key number on it (I had told him this when he first asked me if he could help me).
Anyway, so he takes the tag, types the number in a computer and lo! there it is. All he has to do is insert a blank key in the machine and the computer does the rest. And, as if to add insult to injury, the keys cost a mere $4.50 each. So, at least I have the keys and the new bumper on the car. It's over and done with and hopefully I won't have to do anything like this for a long, long time.