All the luck
Monday, November 21st, 2011 06:45 pmOf course, the car dies the weekend before Thanksgiving when family is coming to visit my house AND my Secret Santa package needs to be bought/mailed. GRUMP.
Not going as planned
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 07:30 amGood news: We are in Raleigh, NC as planned.
Bad news: We had to pull the car over and have it towed on the way to Raleigh, NC, which was not planned.
And of course, this being 4th of July weekend, the dealership service center we had it towed to is closed until Tuesday. Guess it's a good thing I already took Tuesday off.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miome with her magical internet ninja skills found us the one car rental place open on Sunday, so we'll have a rental. My awesome friend picked us up and is getting to the rental place (she and her boyfriend also fed us last night, which makes her doubly awesome). But yeah, plans for this weekend have gone a bit off the tracks.
At least I'll have a new story to tell. :)
Bad news: We had to pull the car over and have it towed on the way to Raleigh, NC, which was not planned.
And of course, this being 4th of July weekend, the dealership service center we had it towed to is closed until Tuesday. Guess it's a good thing I already took Tuesday off.
miome with her magical internet ninja skills found us the one car rental place open on Sunday, so we'll have a rental. My awesome friend picked us up and is getting to the rental place (she and her boyfriend also fed us last night, which makes her doubly awesome). But yeah, plans for this weekend have gone a bit off the tracks.At least I'll have a new story to tell. :)
ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!
Monday, March 10th, 2008 11:00 amSTUPID PIECE OF CRAP CAR AND IT'S STUPID CHECK COOLANT LIGHT. THAT RADIATOR IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I HAD THE BLOODY THING REPLACED. IF IT IS CRACKED OR LEAKING AGAIN I SWEAR I'M GOING TO SET MY CAR ON FIRE.
Renaming my car the Ice Bucket.
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 07:27 amSeveral months ago, the fan in my car died. This means that while I do get heat and AC in my car, it's not actually blown out. During the summer my car is stifling. I usually just roll down the window. During the winter, it's freezing. I usually just wear an extra layer.
I have to scrape all the frost off my car by hand since I can't rely on the heater to melt it. Today I learned something new: when your windows are cold, your breath will freeze to the windows and cover it with a layer of frost on the inside.
Dammit. I'm going to have to wait until the sun comes up before I can drive my car. -_-
I have to scrape all the frost off my car by hand since I can't rely on the heater to melt it. Today I learned something new: when your windows are cold, your breath will freeze to the windows and cover it with a layer of frost on the inside.
Dammit. I'm going to have to wait until the sun comes up before I can drive my car. -_-
Fail... and TRIUMPH!
Saturday, November 10th, 2007 01:09 pmmiome called the BMV here and Indiana and discovered that their website is a load of bull. I have all the paper work I need to get my car registered. We went down there today only to find out that it was closed for Veteran's day. WTF? Veteran's isn't till Monday! So no registration for me.Dell has managed to screw up getting me my laptop in new and interesting ways. This time they sent the new laptop to Raleigh. Yep. Despite me telling them to remove the old address from their files in July when ic alled about another issue and Miome telling them in email again what our new address is, Dell still managed to screw up. It's like watching a farce unfold before my eyes.
But... I have a HAT! I crocheted a hat and it is AWESOME. Miome even wants me to do one for her it's so nifty. This pleases me mightily. When I get the gloves done, I'll photograph the entire set (scarf, hat, gloves) and show it off. I am so pleased.
I iz adult!
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 09:07 amToday I am printing, filling out, and taking to my bank to be notarized forms so that I can request a few copies of my birth certificate from Orange Co., CA. This is the first step on the road to getting my car registered in Indiana and Indiana driver's license. I feel all adult.
I also have less than a month to get this done before my NC registration expires.
Erk. Perhaps I should not have procrastinated as long as I did...
I also have less than a month to get this done before my NC registration expires.
Erk. Perhaps I should not have procrastinated as long as I did...
Red tape makes me see red.
Monday, October 15th, 2007 12:41 pmSo last week I got a card from NC reminding me that it was time for me to renew the registration of my vehicle for Wake County. Considering I now live in Indianapolis, this was something of a problem. I've been putting off getting my car registered in Indiana for long enough. Time to see what it takes to get an Indiana license and registration for my vehicle.
Oh. My. God.
The number of hoops I have to jump through just to get my car registered is mind boggling. I have to get the VIN inspected on it? And produce a Certificate of Origin? How do I obtain that? And of course, the licensing office neglects to explain. You have got to be kidding me.
Let's not even talk about getting my driver's license. I have to get a copy of my birth certificate (which has been misplaced during one of the moves my mom made because I sure haven't seen a copy of it) from CA because that is the only form of identification the BMV will take. Sigh.
This is already proving to be more trouble than it's worth and I haven't even started yet. -_-
Oh. My. God.
The number of hoops I have to jump through just to get my car registered is mind boggling. I have to get the VIN inspected on it? And produce a Certificate of Origin? How do I obtain that? And of course, the licensing office neglects to explain. You have got to be kidding me.
Let's not even talk about getting my driver's license. I have to get a copy of my birth certificate (which has been misplaced during one of the moves my mom made because I sure haven't seen a copy of it) from CA because that is the only form of identification the BMV will take. Sigh.
This is already proving to be more trouble than it's worth and I haven't even started yet. -_-
Saga of the Car
Friday, October 12th, 2007 11:51 amLast night, miome presented me with a carrot cake she had made topped with very, very good not too sweet cream cheese icing. Why the cake? As a "thank you" for...
( The Saga of the Car )
miome presented me with a carrot cake she had made topped with very, very good not too sweet cream cheese icing. Why the cake? As a "thank you" for...( The Saga of the Car )
We were told there was a good chance that our furniture would come in on Wednesday. No such luck. It will probably be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Suck.
As most of you know, my car is a piece of crap. Now it's a piece of crap with no working fan. As if employing my ghetto AC (rolling down a window) wasn't bad enough. I swear one of these days I'm going to stop and piece are going to just keep going.
SMP story... STILL GOING.
As most of you know, my car is a piece of crap. Now it's a piece of crap with no working fan. As if employing my ghetto AC (rolling down a window) wasn't bad enough. I swear one of these days I'm going to stop and piece are going to just keep going.
SMP story... STILL GOING.
Joke's on me
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 06:05 pmI had been joking with all my friends in NC about whether or not my car would make it to Indianapolis. I told them "If it makes it to Indy, that'll be the last place it sees because I'm getting a new one before I move again."
Today my words almost came true. My car decided to die on me in the middle of an intersection. One minute it was happily running. The next it was dead. It's like my car went "You know this whole going thing? I'm tired of it. Let's try not running." And then it stopped.
After much cursing, praying to any deity that would listen, and the thought that I'd totally sacrifice a chicken if I had one to get this damn car running, I got it started. I think that my car no longer likes to have the AC and the engine running at the same time. That poses a problem considering it's the middle of the summer.
At least I got it going again. If my car had died, I would have been screwed. It seems to be running fine now. I went to the store and had no issue with it. Not even a strange noise.
I swear it's playing mind games.
In other news, I got a glasses repair kit at the store only to find out that none of the screws fit my glasses. This means I cannot put the nose piece back on my glasses. Bugger.
It has not been a good day.
Today my words almost came true. My car decided to die on me in the middle of an intersection. One minute it was happily running. The next it was dead. It's like my car went "You know this whole going thing? I'm tired of it. Let's try not running." And then it stopped.
After much cursing, praying to any deity that would listen, and the thought that I'd totally sacrifice a chicken if I had one to get this damn car running, I got it started. I think that my car no longer likes to have the AC and the engine running at the same time. That poses a problem considering it's the middle of the summer.
At least I got it going again. If my car had died, I would have been screwed. It seems to be running fine now. I went to the store and had no issue with it. Not even a strange noise.
I swear it's playing mind games.
In other news, I got a glasses repair kit at the store only to find out that none of the screws fit my glasses. This means I cannot put the nose piece back on my glasses. Bugger.
It has not been a good day.
I am in Indianapolis. Actually, I'm currently on campus taking advantage of the fact that there is internet access. I have (somewhat) moved into my apartment. I am going to meet with my adviser in about 35 minutes. My little car made it through the Applachian mountains without dying. I consider this a great success. I am already bored out of my mind during the evenings and it's only been one day. This does not bode well.
I mentally waved tostarparty and maderr as I went through Cincinnati. Since I did so at 10am on a Sunday morning, I figured they wouldn't appreciate me calling them up and saying "HI!". I swear the interchanges and off/on ramps are bizarre. I drove over on a canary yellow bridge and then got completely turned around getting on/off highways. BUT I made it.
Number of miles traveled: About 640
Number of stops I made for gas: 2 (36 mpg in the rustbucket! Yeah little blue car!)
Number of times the train woke me up when I stayed in the hotel: 4
Number of tunnels: 2
Number of detours because of construction: 3
Number of times getting lost: 1 (and that was in Indianapolis)
Number of times I hit the rumble strips because I was looking at the rock formations: 34 (-_-)
In Ohio, not only do they have stop lights, but on major roads they have flashing lights letting you know there are stoplights. Every time I saw one I LOL-ed. "A red light is not enough for people in Ohio! Here's some flashing lights. Red means stop! STOP!"
People might get drawings/letters as I get settled in. I will keep things updated (and try to keep up with my friend's list).
I mentally waved to
starparty and maderr as I went through Cincinnati. Since I did so at 10am on a Sunday morning, I figured they wouldn't appreciate me calling them up and saying "HI!". I swear the interchanges and off/on ramps are bizarre. I drove over on a canary yellow bridge and then got completely turned around getting on/off highways. BUT I made it.Number of miles traveled: About 640
Number of stops I made for gas: 2 (36 mpg in the rustbucket! Yeah little blue car!)
Number of times the train woke me up when I stayed in the hotel: 4
Number of tunnels: 2
Number of detours because of construction: 3
Number of times getting lost: 1 (and that was in Indianapolis)
Number of times I hit the rumble strips because I was looking at the rock formations: 34 (-_-)
In Ohio, not only do they have stop lights, but on major roads they have flashing lights letting you know there are stoplights. Every time I saw one I LOL-ed. "A red light is not enough for people in Ohio! Here's some flashing lights. Red means stop! STOP!"
People might get drawings/letters as I get settled in. I will keep things updated (and try to keep up with my friend's list).
License plates expire in Indiana? o_O
I discovered this when I went to get a parking permit for campus. They had me add my vehicle. Two of the questions were "What is the month that your plate expires? What is the year your plate expires?"
WTF? I have NC plates. Those things don't expire. Hell, my grandfather has had the same plates since before I was born and I'm 28. And is their database smart enough to realize "Oh! She has out of state plates. They might not expire."? Nope. I had to completely make up the expiration month/date in order to register my car.
This is kind of like having roads with no lines. It's going to take a while for my mind to wrap around the concept.
I discovered this when I went to get a parking permit for campus. They had me add my vehicle. Two of the questions were "What is the month that your plate expires? What is the year your plate expires?"
WTF? I have NC plates. Those things don't expire. Hell, my grandfather has had the same plates since before I was born and I'm 28. And is their database smart enough to realize "Oh! She has out of state plates. They might not expire."? Nope. I had to completely make up the expiration month/date in order to register my car.
This is kind of like having roads with no lines. It's going to take a while for my mind to wrap around the concept.
Road trip tomorrow
Friday, June 8th, 2007 06:14 pmI decided to do my road trip in two parts: I'll start after lunch tomorrow and then drive the rest of the distance on Sunday. Twelve hours was just going to be too long to do at one go. And this way I won't feel pressured if something happens (detours, traffic, etc.) and I wind up off schedule.
I have the option of going a shorter route time wise but longer distance wise, or a longer time wise but shorter distance wise route. I leaning towards the latter. The only difference between these two routes is that the shorter time route has me doing a huge detour on Hwy 64 through Lexington, KY. Otherwise the two are identical.
Unless there's something I must OMG SEE! in Lexington, KY I think I can safely forgo that part.
Oh great. I just realized that parts of I-77 are toll. Hrm. Now I have to figure out new directions without paying tolls.
Then again, avoiding tolls on I-77 adds either a hundred miles or an hour and a half to my trip. o_O I'll bring some damn quarters or something.
And what does this tell me? It tells me to make sure I get a map so if Mapquest screws up I'm not lost in the wilds of West Virginia.
EDIT: Here is the route I'll be taking, with generalized beginning and ending directions.
I have the option of going a shorter route time wise but longer distance wise, or a longer time wise but shorter distance wise route. I leaning towards the latter. The only difference between these two routes is that the shorter time route has me doing a huge detour on Hwy 64 through Lexington, KY. Otherwise the two are identical.
Unless there's something I must OMG SEE! in Lexington, KY I think I can safely forgo that part.
Oh great. I just realized that parts of I-77 are toll. Hrm. Now I have to figure out new directions without paying tolls.
Then again, avoiding tolls on I-77 adds either a hundred miles or an hour and a half to my trip. o_O I'll bring some damn quarters or something.
And what does this tell me? It tells me to make sure I get a map so if Mapquest screws up I'm not lost in the wilds of West Virginia.
EDIT: Here is the route I'll be taking, with generalized beginning and ending directions.
