The events occuring . . .

I don’t know if I told you or not but I got a job at Red Lobster as a hostess. I was going to try and go in as a server but apparently the position became available to somebody else but I’m just happy to have a job again! For 6 months I couldn’t find anything. I was supposed to go to my interview at Sears but I’ve been hearing some horrid stories about Sears, plus, I can’t get ahold of the HR department the one time I did call them they had to reschedule me and at the time I was able to go but since then, my car has been sitting in the driveway, in dier need of repair.

Thats another reason why I’m happy I got the job I can finally get my car fixed. It needs calilpers and rotors. I was planning on going to AutoZone and get the pairs so maybe the labor would be a bit cheaper for me but two people have told me it wouldn’t make a bit of difference whether I got them or not, they would still charge for the labor plus they wouldn’t use the parts I bought cause they would want to use their own. So I have a pair of brakepads in the back seat that I can’t use. But I’m not going to return them, I’m going to keep them for when they put new brakepads on this car I’ll have a backup. I hope this doesn’t cost anymore than about $400. But the thing is, my boyfriend (Before we really knew what was wrong with the car) drove it to his friends house and took the wheel off intending to only replace the brakepads. But low and behold, when he took the brakepads off, the caliper broke COMPLETELY apart. After awhile cause it was so cold I went back inside the house. I come back out awhile later and find that all the brake fluid has slipped out of the car. He looks at me and says that the rotor is so bent that he was surprised that the axle didn’t break off a few days ago. After mom found out that the car was at his friends house she insisted on me having a tow truck bring the car back home. So I called the boyfriend and told him what was going on. He was a bit upset though he kept lying and saying he wasn’t. He told me that it was ridiculous since he had the tools to fix the car and of course he wouldn’t charge me anything. I called the tow company and asked them if they needed the key for the car. They said yes so I had to call the boyfriend back cause he had the car key. He wouldn’t answer the phone so I had to have my grandmother drive me to the house to go get the key. Turns out he was asleep. So after unsuccessfully trying to kiss him goodbye and getting the cold shoulder (which highly pissed me off) I left there and finally we got the tow truck home. After everything was said and done, the tow guy charged me $85! Then when he was about to leave, he told me that I could have saved some money if I would have just told him that I needed just a truck. Needless to say, I was mad.

But luckily I’ll be getting my income tax money back here soon so I can get all this fixed. But like I said, I hope its not going to be anymore than about $400. It shouldn’t be. Even if its a little more, I’ll still have about $200 left and that can go towards my car insurance and gas and whatever else I need at the time. By then I’ll have extra money coming in from my job so I’ll be able to save up a little bit at a time. I was planning on getting another car by next summer. I wanted a Camaro but the insurance on that would probably $50 more than what I’m paying now which is too much.  (Currently I’m paying $137.62) and thats not even with towing!!! That’s another thing. I’m switching car insurance companies. I’m going with safeauto. At least they give you free towing. When I called my car insurance company and asked them if I had towing, they told me no, that I had to ask for it. I have never heard of that. So I paid for something that I shouldn’t have had to pay for. Plus the insurance is cheaper on safeauto. I was paying $101.50 for the general. Then for some reason they hiked the price BACK up to 137. So I’m switiching as soon as I get my income tax.

As for the boyfriend and his little mood swings I can’t do anything about it. I’ve tried cheering him up, making him smile even though I can’t see him as of right now cause of the car and the weather. (He was going to walk over here but as of right now its too cold.) But to be honest with you, he’s bringing me down. Everytime i call him he doesnt even sound happy to hear from me. I told him about me getting the job, he gave me a dull "Congratulations". Everytime I ask if he wants me to burn him some movies for some entertainment, another dull answer comes out of his mouth. "Sure…", "If you want to…" I can’t let this man bring me down just cause he got laid off of his job. I’m truly sorry that it happened but when that happens you can’t sit around and not do anything. You have to go out and get a job. Even if its something you don’t want, you have to take it til something comes along that’s better. Am I right? Hell…I know working at Red Lobster isn’t the best job in the world but its a paycheck better than not receiving a paycheck at all. And I know I’m going to get a better job I just have to stick with this one for awhile. And that’s good enough for me.