For the first time in weeks I woke up early, had plenty of time to get ready and leisurely leave the house. I was ready for my 12 hour 'day before thanksgiving' work day. I had a lot to do today as a result of leaving early yesterday to beat the horrendous snow storm - that really let's be honest didn't really ever materialize although it did snow some.
And...the garage door wouldn't open. I tried it 4 times because I really didn't believe it didn't want to just open and let me out. I went around in front to see it a huge snow mound was blocking it - nope. I don't know what was wrong - maybe ice in the mechanics? But it wouldn't raise more than an inch. So I went in and asked Brig to be my knight in shining armor (what would have I done if he wasn't there? probably figured it out eventually but it would have taken a lot longer). He banged on it, tugged on it, and pulled on it - had me try the button again and low and behold it worked! I was on my way with only a slight delay.
Then...not even out of Salt Lake I attempted to clean off my windshield from the grime being kicked up by other cars when I realized I had no wiper fluid. No worries I thought - I can make it work even with low visibility. I soon realized that low visibility combined with sun was not going to work and barely made it off an exit to find another way to clean off the windshield. I had a bottle of water in the seat that would come to the rescue - oh wait I actually don't. I looked around at my options...tea...lemon water...hand wipes. I went with the hand wipes and cleaned a big enough spot to look out. Jiffy Lube tops off your fluids for free and there was one right at my exit to work. Perfect.
So...I get to Jiffy Lube where they took one look at my car and said "Did you want a car wash, miss?". I assured them that all I needed was to have the fluids topped off and windows washed and that was late to work already. Being the diligent Jiffy Lube employees that they were they also informed me that my battery was pretty much dead and offered to replace it. After a short discussion informing me about the dangers of dead batteries and alternators going out I decided to just get it changed. A dead battery is the last thing you want in the winter, right? The whole process went quickly since I was the only customer. Here's how the conversation went as I checked out.
Jiffy Lube Guy: Is this Salt Lake address still current?
Me: Yes.
Jiffy Lube Guy: Really?
Me: Yep.
(and I could see his mind turning over the information that I lived in Salt Lake - worked in Springville - and commuted an hour each way - and thinking that I was nuts and then realizing that his comment was not great customer service quickly tried to cover it up)
Jiffy Lube Guy: Right - okay so today we...blah, blah, blah...thank you so much for coming in today.
Then...I arrived at work only an hour past schedule to realize that I didn't have my keys. My colleague let me into the building but I might need to learn how to pick a lock to get into my files.
How thankful am I that I have a five day weekend starting tomorrow? Very. Hopefully the rest of the day will fly by smoothly.
