Too tired to think of a witty subject line

I need another vacation - and this time I'd totally get all that stuff I need to get done finished! All those home improvement projects... all the cleaning... and the reading and crafting... Yup, I'd completely catch up. AHAHAHAHAHA! Right.

So I finally got the oil changed in my car - it was a wee bit overdue. About 2,000 miles overdue. Or 5 months, whichever you go by. Which means, over the last 8 months I've averaged 618 miles per month. I really don't get out much, do I? But then, we do usually take the other car when we go out together on the weekends. It's roomier inside. And it gets better gas mileage. And it's not as close to the 100,000 'everything starts to fall apart' line everyone talks about. I really hope my poor car (as abused as it is!) can last another 4 years or so. 130,000 is not an unreasonable expectation, is it? On the up side, the guy said my air filter was like new! All clean and everything, which floors me, since the last time it could have been replaced was 8 months ago...

Speaking of oil changes, it seems it's taking them a lot longer than it used to. I thought it only took about 20 minutes, but even though I was the second person there (so no waiting in line) it was more like 40. Granted, that's still faster than most places and a lot quicker than I could do it, and I'm not really complaining, just noting. Though they had the news on in the waiting room and there's a reason I hate watching the news. I'm all lathered up now. But I won't bore you with my rants. Suffice to say people are really stupid and I'm tired of people expecting everyone else to take care of them and look out for them. Personally responsibility! The government is not your nanny.

In depressing news (I don't know if I mentioned it) the library is saying I didn't return something I'm saying I did. Of course it's not a $7 paperback, it's a $60 DVD set. *grump* I'm going to talk to them again today about it. I also need to call the service people because my lovely new stove is making a buzzing sound when I turn on the front right burning and they'd better fit it for free! Speaking of, I need to call them... SCHEDULED! Friday they're coming to fix it and as long as I can put my grubby little hands on my receipt it's free! :D So tonight I will be frantically scrabbling through paperwork. JOY! This also means we need to clean the kitchen again. :/

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
If you were heading into battle armed with only a vegetable, which vegetable would you chose and why?

I love the library, no one is perfect, I love the library

...but they still can't find the DVD set I returned a week ago. And I remember returning it vividly - it was the day I'd bought the yellow boucle yarn and I had to fish the DVDs out from under it to return them. And you know how grabby boucle is, so it's something that I actually remember.

Now, the library tells me to give it time. Maybe they'll still find it. Let the fine accrue, and in a month or so it'll freeze my account and I can deal with it then. Though of course that would drive me mad waiting. In the end there's a one time 'claims return' policy they can exercise at their discretion, but it'd be the one and only time I could use it, IF they let me.

Here's the thing - the DVD set is listed with them as $60. I can get it from an Amazon seller for $38.29 shipped (and a seller with good feedback!) right now. If they find it, I'd own a DVD set I might watch again (though then I'd have to buy season 1). If they don't, I've saved myself $21.71 over their price, $11.71 over Amazon's regular price. Hmmm, Deepdiscount.com has it for $40.57 shipped. $40.70 on Overstock shipped, but the shipping rate there is for your entire order, so I could buy more stuff with free shipping. $38.95 shipped from half.com.

What, were it you, would you do? I know if I buy it they'll find it, and if I don't they won't (that just seems the way the universe works for me). And I'm really cranky about it. *grump*

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

36 As a 1930s wife, I am Poor Take the test!

The funny thing?

114 As a 1930s husband, I am Very Superior Take the test!

(I think it all has to do with the money thing, and the fact that I'm 'handy' and 'willing to help' vs. 'keeping a neat and tidy house')