Lrimerman
08-26-2004, 07:46 AM
I feel like this week the planets have conspired against me (or something). After several bouts of tears this week (partly due to prego hormones) today it all seems comical.
Last Thursday my dad picked me up at 5:30 am and we drove to pick up a friend in Flint (about 45 minutes away) then we drove to Muskegon to get the Ferry across Lake MI to Milwaulkee. After a 3 hour drive to the boat dock, the ferry was cancelled due to mechanical troubles.
The ferry company employees were less than helpful (not even able to get a map or phone book for us) and had no options on how to get to our destination (we could wait for the 10:30 pm ferry, but again 12 hours at the boat dock and no guarantee of the boat being working was not an option. We ended up renting a car and driving approx 7 hours to milwaulkee. Of course the rental car people were not much more helpful than the ferry people, we could only return the car at the milwaulkee boat dock, not in Green Bay (like at the airport or something) which was our final destination, plus we had to pay $100 fee for returning it in milwaulkee and not back in muskegon. My mom and her friends (who had gone to Green Bay on Sunday to bum around for a few days before the retreat started) picked us up at the boat dock and we drove 2 hours to Green Bay. We were late to the dinner, but it worked out ok, although after being up since 4:30 am MI time, I was beat and went to bed right after I finished eating my dinner.
Although the rest of the trip was fun, the hotel dropped the ball on my meals. I had requested meals with no MSG and the people putting on the retreat arranged it with the hotel, etc. Well the hotel's solution (after the first night dinner which was fine) was to tell me which item on the buffet was ok for me to eat (and of course it was like one item out of a whole meal, so not really a solution). Well this occurred for 3 meals in a row and then I was really starving and went and got food on my own. The next morning (the final buffet) was the same issue and I cried. The retreat people were so nice and really upset with the hotel, however, that didn't really matter at that point because I was hungry most of the trip.
Got home ok, now the last several days have been crazy. Took my car in to get a minor repair and on the way home from the shop something else goes wrong. DH handled it and it seemed to be ok for a day. Last night it died on him and I had to go rescue him. It is in the shop today again, and now they think it may be serious and told us if it is we should not bother fixing it and go get a new vehicle. Of course, it isn't under warranty and we were trying to hold off till October to get a new van. Plus we wanted to keep this van and have DH drive it and sell his tiny little 2 door coupe. Now we will have to get two new vehicles soon!! DH is traveling on business today and so I am stuck without a vehicle. DD starts Kindergarten on Monday and I have to drop her off and pick her up, so I need a car by Monday.
DS starts preschool and has to ride a bus (he won't be 3 until the end of October) and it is making me cry just thinking about putting my little boy on a bus to school. Also, the bus drivers (to and from school) called to tell us the times, and they don't even know the day he starts, doesn't make me confident about the whole thing.
On top of all this, my sister's wedding is approaching and she called me today to tell me that DD's dress is in, well I have no vehicle to go get it, and apparently my dress is also in. Money seems to be flying out the door!! I am also a hostess for her shower (pretty much cornered into that roll) and am in charge of most of the shower, including RSVP's. My sister faxed me a list of who was invited and today someone called to say they are coming, and they aren't on the list. They also asked if someone else was coming, that person isn't on the list either. Of course, can't get a hold of my sister to find out who these people are.
Yesterday I was feeling stessed about it all, today I just feel like laughing manically!!
Hopefully the weekend will bring better luck!!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Lisa
Last Thursday my dad picked me up at 5:30 am and we drove to pick up a friend in Flint (about 45 minutes away) then we drove to Muskegon to get the Ferry across Lake MI to Milwaulkee. After a 3 hour drive to the boat dock, the ferry was cancelled due to mechanical troubles.
The ferry company employees were less than helpful (not even able to get a map or phone book for us) and had no options on how to get to our destination (we could wait for the 10:30 pm ferry, but again 12 hours at the boat dock and no guarantee of the boat being working was not an option. We ended up renting a car and driving approx 7 hours to milwaulkee. Of course the rental car people were not much more helpful than the ferry people, we could only return the car at the milwaulkee boat dock, not in Green Bay (like at the airport or something) which was our final destination, plus we had to pay $100 fee for returning it in milwaulkee and not back in muskegon. My mom and her friends (who had gone to Green Bay on Sunday to bum around for a few days before the retreat started) picked us up at the boat dock and we drove 2 hours to Green Bay. We were late to the dinner, but it worked out ok, although after being up since 4:30 am MI time, I was beat and went to bed right after I finished eating my dinner.
Although the rest of the trip was fun, the hotel dropped the ball on my meals. I had requested meals with no MSG and the people putting on the retreat arranged it with the hotel, etc. Well the hotel's solution (after the first night dinner which was fine) was to tell me which item on the buffet was ok for me to eat (and of course it was like one item out of a whole meal, so not really a solution). Well this occurred for 3 meals in a row and then I was really starving and went and got food on my own. The next morning (the final buffet) was the same issue and I cried. The retreat people were so nice and really upset with the hotel, however, that didn't really matter at that point because I was hungry most of the trip.
Got home ok, now the last several days have been crazy. Took my car in to get a minor repair and on the way home from the shop something else goes wrong. DH handled it and it seemed to be ok for a day. Last night it died on him and I had to go rescue him. It is in the shop today again, and now they think it may be serious and told us if it is we should not bother fixing it and go get a new vehicle. Of course, it isn't under warranty and we were trying to hold off till October to get a new van. Plus we wanted to keep this van and have DH drive it and sell his tiny little 2 door coupe. Now we will have to get two new vehicles soon!! DH is traveling on business today and so I am stuck without a vehicle. DD starts Kindergarten on Monday and I have to drop her off and pick her up, so I need a car by Monday.
DS starts preschool and has to ride a bus (he won't be 3 until the end of October) and it is making me cry just thinking about putting my little boy on a bus to school. Also, the bus drivers (to and from school) called to tell us the times, and they don't even know the day he starts, doesn't make me confident about the whole thing.
On top of all this, my sister's wedding is approaching and she called me today to tell me that DD's dress is in, well I have no vehicle to go get it, and apparently my dress is also in. Money seems to be flying out the door!! I am also a hostess for her shower (pretty much cornered into that roll) and am in charge of most of the shower, including RSVP's. My sister faxed me a list of who was invited and today someone called to say they are coming, and they aren't on the list. They also asked if someone else was coming, that person isn't on the list either. Of course, can't get a hold of my sister to find out who these people are.
Yesterday I was feeling stessed about it all, today I just feel like laughing manically!!
Hopefully the weekend will bring better luck!!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Lisa