7/18/03

So, we dropped our car off at the Hyundai dealership yet again this morning. They’re actually supposed to fix our A/C this time although the woman at the counter did say this may not fix it 100%. *sigh* Anyway, they gave us a Hyundai Elantra for a loaner and boy am I glad we didn’t buy one of those!! Here’s my first impression of the 2003 Elantra when I got in:

“Owwww, the seatbelt thingy is poking me in the ass!” Next was “My god, it feels like there’s more room in the Accent.” next “What horrible ugly, cheap interior”. Hubby is driving the loaner and one of his complaints was that he can’t see the speedometer. Most of it is blocked by the steering wheel because of poor design. He put his seat way back and was able to see it but he didn’t look too comfortable. This thing you have to go out of your way to make it comfortable, the Accent was just comfortable immediately. On the upside there’s less road noise caused by the outside mirrors. All in all though I’m definatly glad we picked an accent over an elantra.

Since the loaner only had a tapedeck we were forced to subject ourselves to the radio. We heard a bunch of commercials and then the morning show guy “bubba the love sponge” came back on the air. I flipped it off when I realized all he was going to do was talk, I hate him and I hate radio, especially morning radio. I want some fucking music for crying out loud. I haven’t actually listened to the radio in over a year, only when I’m subjected to it by someone else do I listen. We used to listen when Dee Snider (lead singer from Twisted Sister) was the morning show guy. He talked some smack about clear channel and got fired though.

I’m not exactly looking forward to picking up the car. Since this may not FIX the problem 100% and the problems we had last time we got it back (things not screwed in properly). I’m just not looking forward to it. We’re going to check everything before we drive off this time. We’ll peek under the hood and make sure the fuse box is screwed in tightly and stuff. If it’s not we’re going to complain. I don’t half-ass my work so I don’t expect other people to half-ass theirs, especially when it involves someone’s car. Oh yeah, and the fucking loaner car, the paperwork for borrowing it says to be considerate and refill the tank. It only has a quarter tank of gas right now, I had expected it would be full, of course not. I’d feel weird replacing “JUST” the gas that we use but I don’t feel like spending 20 bucks on a tank of gas I didn’t use either. Haven’t decided what to do about that yet.

Anyway, we don’t have much planned for this weekend. Gotta get the house in order, it’s a mess. I’m going to look at storage type stuff. I want to get the whole house cleaned this weekend but there are some problem areas that need to be fixed. Pile of shoes by the back door (we remove our shoes first thing when we come inside, keeps the floors cleaner). Kitchen table is ALWAYS covered in papers. My desk upstairs looks like a tornado hit. Underneath the bathroom counter is a nightmare and the kitchen storage shelf is also a nightmare. The kitchen storage by the back door contains “outside” type stuff and it’s all going to be relocated downstairs into the basement. Hubby is going to eventually build a new pantry over there and the washer and dryer are going to move upstairs into what is currently the pantry. I hate our current pantry. Problem #1, it’s right by the downstairs bathroom, might as well be IN the downstairs bathroom. I HATE when people take a shit in there because they might as well be shitting in our pantry. I want to move the food to the OTHER side of the room and keep the door to the bathroom shut. The other thing is we have a serious spider problem in the basement. Anyone who knows me knows I’m arachniphobic. I freeze up when I see a spider, can’t move, just scream and cry and point. Hubby does the laundry now and I’d like to be able to do it so the washer and dryer have to come out of the spider room. 🙂

Anyway, I’m off.

Happy Friday.