...but only if you want to know what it felt like to be me for the past three weeks.
The AC in my sensational little 2004 Honda CR-V went out a few weeks ago. Yes, a few WEEKS ago. You know, during the hottest part of summer, during record heat, during my planned (and then canceled due to driving south with the pup and lack of AC) week-and-a-half-long vacation to North Carolina and Virginia - DURING A TIME I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK - you get the point. But today was the day of reckoning, not really, but now I have AC and I'm officially broke and I can now go on vacation...without money! PARTAAAAAAY!
All I have to say is THANK THE STARS FOR LITTLE LUXURIES! Seriously. I thought "Oh hey, no AC? Eh, I'll survive a couple weeks without it while Honda works out the details." Oh boy, was I wrong. The morning drives to work weren't too terrible...except for when it was so hot that I had to lean toward the steering wheel in order to not get a gigantic sweat stain on my back. I'm sure I looked pretty strange, but if I didn't have sweat stains on my back at 7:30 a.m. then it accomplished my goal! The drive home was another story. I walk five blocks to me car, which is parked outside in a gravel lot and I'm sweating by the time I get there, so it's already a lost cause. There was no "trying to avoid sweat stains" on the way home, I just embraced the disgusting, dripping hottness. When I got home, before I even took the pup out, I peeled off my clothes and put on shorts and a t-shirt. Let me give you a visual. Picture someone running 10 miles in 90 degree, sunny weather. Now picture that same person running, but wearing business casual attire. Ick. That's how I felt for THREE WEEKS! The worst part was when it rained and was humind. I won't go into detail, but lets just say I had my own personal detox system on wheels. I know you're jealous!
Anyway, Honda took three weeks to figure everything out because apparently my cute little car has a "known problem" with the AC. Note: This is not a recall, JUST a "known problem." My off the cuff definition of "known problem" is: A common problem we know about, but not anything that will put your life in danger...thus, we don't feel it necessary to tell you about it unless something happens...like your air compressor freezing, exploding and sending pieces of mental throughout your cooling system. Aww. How sweet. But the upside to the "known problem" is that Honda paid for half of it. I'm sure it didn't hurt that my neighbor works in the parts department and always gets me a good deal. And the weeks I had to wait to get it fixed? Yeah, that was so Honda could talk to their local rep. who just happened to be on vacation for two weeks (oh vacation...I was supposed to have a vacation...). But I can't complain. I always get great service. I dropped my car off Sunday night and it was ready by 4:30 Monday afternoon.
And my awesome friend Sergio kindly drove me to and from work, took me to pick up a few things at the grocery store after work and then took a detour to Honda when I got the call that my car was ready and we were almost at my house. I'm sure he only had the urge to push me out of the car when I asked him to stop at the grocery store. Yay for great friends!
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