MMP and Chill - Winter is Here

[Misnomer]

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I knew that dropping into the BMW dealership near my hotel this morning with no appointment would be a long shot, so I wasn’t surprised when they said they couldn’t help me today. But, it turns out there’s also a dealership 2 miles away from my next hotel: I have an appointment there for first thing Wednesday morning. I am so relieved that I’ll be able to get the other two new tires and an alignment before I drive the 250 miles back home! Today I’ve been able to chill and focus on work*, and tomorrow I’ll be able to just enjoy visiting my aunt. I’ll check out of NJ hotel #1 in the morning, as planned: I can’t check into NJ hotel #2 until 4pm, so I’ll go straight to my aunt’s (about 50 miles south of here) and take her to lunch. I’ll spend a couple more days in NJ, but am planning to drive home on Friday vs Sunday so I’ll have some solid recovery time at home this weekend (actually, I might head south late Thursday night to avoid the Friday traffic).

*Well, except for right now.

I had Chipotle for lunch (via DoorDash), and will have dinner with my cousin and her family.

@JaneDoe42

@FairyChatMom

why don’t they just credit my account? Or are they hoping people won’t pay attention and won’t do whatever it is they have to do to get the $20??

Yes. Same with rebates, they look good but most folks just do not bother with them or follow the complicated instructions to the letter.

What JtC said. I’d imagine that it’s sooooo much cheaper for places to make people do some work in order to get a credit/refund/etc.: not only will many people not bother, so the company isn’t out that money, they’re also not out the labor hours they would have spent on processing those credits/refunds/etc. It all adds up.

@Johnny_L.A

if she congratulates me and copies the rest of the staff, it will make Wednesdays announcement awkward.

@Sticks_and_Scones

MusicMan called me right after he left the house to let me know that he had a ‘sugar frosted’ car this morning. I told him not to lick it. My reference was diabetes. His was A Christmas Story.

I would have thought A Christmas Story, too.

@Paintcharge

Her first snow.

Awwww. But what happened to the purple sweater?

Bailey loved snow: she would tear around, doing donuts in the back yard. Heh.

@LSLGuy

the 1 year anniversary of my own divorce being finalized passed unnoticed a couple weeks ago; Halloween to be precise. What a wonderful change it has been since then.

@Drsunflower1

I’ve been away from this board for quite a while

Welcome back!

@SuntanLotion

The more posters with sun in their name the better!

@liirogue

The last couple of months have been… a lot.

Ugh.

@nelliebly

Why does the doc demand that the labs arrive a full week before your appointment?

I think it’s so he has enough time to review the results, compare them to your history, come up with any needed recommendations, etc. At least, that’s how it is with my docs. They might not be able to look at the results for a day or two, so a week gives them plenty of time to get their ducks in a row before I show up expecting them to know stuff.