Posted by That Hooah Wife on Aug 1, 2009 in
OEF 2009 Well there’s a light at the end of the tunnel now. Hopefully it’s not the train! I made some phone calls today. Let me just say if you are military, USAA Auto Insurance is the BEST damned thing since sliced bread. We’ve had them since he got this truck in Alaska, 6 years ago. We had to get full coverage because we financed it, and even though I could have dropped that when it was paid off, at $54/month why not keep it? And it goes down annually.
I called them today, to see if the towing and rental reimbursement on my policy was acident related only. Turns out, we have roadside assistance! Not only that, but I don’t need to do anything to arrange the towing. I just call about an hour before I need it towed and they send someone. even if it’s in my driveway!
Then, My youngest reminded me there was a Firestone shop pretty close to the house. So I called them, to see if they were a full service shop, or tires only. FULL SERVICE BABY! I can have it towed there, and it’ in walking distance. And they work with AER.
All that leaves is getting the AER loan. For those that don’t know, AER is Army Emergency Relief. They will loan you the amount of car repairs for your main vehicle, interest free. A very handy thing since cars refuse to break when you have money in the bank…lol! Hopefully they don’t require more than one estimate, because I’m not getting this sucker towed to 3 places. Plus my only transportation is by foot, and this shop is walkable. So is AER. Bonus there too.
Fingers crossed! Now I can just relax through the weekend.
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Posted by That Hooah Wife on Jul 31, 2009 in
OEF 2009 I met Gretchen Wilson this morning! Huge WOOT!! I just happened to walk into the PX and see a table set up for a CD signing. Then I saw it was her. The creator and singer of the music that has gotten me through so many hard times and rough patches I can’t even count. If I’m feeling bad about myself because I’m not like other wives… Redneck Woman and The Girl I Am snap me out of it. If I forget for a moment how to hold myself together, Holding You gets me through it. The list goes on. So, to finally get the chance to thank her for that…made my day. And…she thanked me…”he couldn’t do what he does if you didn’t do what you do”. Well I couldn’t do What I do, if she didn’t do what she was. In a time when I was having trouble relating to ANY country music (female) artists…she took us all by storm. I even had my pic taken with her. My stupid phone ATE it. *cry*
And from the majorly UP moment, to the WAY down. I ran back out to grab groceries and such. I stopped at the food court for our dinner, the sandwich shop didn’t have enough meat for mine and A’s sandwhiches, and the Taco shop B likes is gone. So I go back to the truck, with my Chocolate Mocha Chillata from Cinnabon (omg yum). It won’t turn over. So, I flag down a couple guys in a truck. They try using my cables, but they’re dead too. Great. So this guy goes the extra mile, LITERALLY, and goes home to get his cables. The truck started YAY!! I got home, let it run another 10 minutes or so. Then I turned it off. It’s dead again.
I can’t get ahold of the auto crafts center to ask about anything, none of the numbers work. I already paid all my bills, bought my groceries, and am broke until payday. Deployment pay hasn’t even started yet, I have to mail boxes. At least the post office is in walking distance. It’s a long walk, but it’s doable. I don’t mind the ups and downs, but c’mon…in ONE day??? Looks like I’ll be doing some mechanic work again this deployment. Oh joy.
Tags: OEF 2009, vehicles
