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If I was going anywhere I was ruun-ning!

I took my PT test today and like all other tests regardless of content I always tend to be nervous. I dislike the fact that situps are evaluated on the same day as the run because the movement makes you use your hip flexor muscles… muscles that you will need to run with. Of all the parts of my body, those are the ones that are the most sore. I didn’t do as well as I wished on the run portion of the test but I did better than last year so anything is an improvement. I can only hope that I can keep my scores where they were because I move to an easier bracket next year.

I almost vomited when I returned to work as I was

1. dehydrated
2. hot (its quite warm and the rent-a-wreck has poor air circulation)

Joy in Muddville

If you couldn’t tell by the tone of my quick note, I was a little annoyed with my whole car situation. That wasn’t all there was to it, there was much more to the story. I took a late lunch yesterday and called VW to be told that she wasn’t really sure what I could do. She thought I should talk to the importer and I told her it was a military contract and it wasn’t like a regular car importer. To humor the lady, I went down there and found out that they knew nothing (a fact I was already aware of). I went over to the repair place and they gave me the rest of the story. In addition to the water pump they thought the head gasket was blown and that I might have warped heads (very very bad news). The engine failed a high pressure test and there was oil in the coolant… also very bad. The timing belt would also need replace… again very bad. I told them to fix it and they said they would need parts. I didn’t want to go with this option because it was all coming out of pocket and it was supposed to be covered by warranty. I called VW back and got “THE” guy for overseas military. He said to take it to a dealership and fax all of the bills to him. I would be forced to pay out up front but if it was considered an “in-warranty” repair they would reimburse me. If they don’t cover it… I’m suing. I found out that my insurance company would pay me for the cost of a tow so I had it moved from the shop it was at to the dealership.

I asked the dealership and they have a loaner car that I can borrow (sweet!) but I can’t have it until next Thursday (bummer). I need to pick up ole girl so I called her… a few times, and asked if I could borrow her car to pick her up. She made fun of my poor manual transmission skills and relented. She wasn’t sure why I didn’t ask her in the first place. At the time, I didn’t have a real answer. Now that I’ve thought about it, I think it has something to do with the fact that when I’m stressed, I fail to think every possibility through. I’ll have to work on that one. I think VW might even pay for the rental I have now… what a piece of crap that thing is.

Oh yeah, I still feel like crap but its getting better.

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