Sometimes things can turn around in a hurry. Unexpectedly got my truck back yesterday afternoon and turned in the rental car. Guy said the parts showed up in the morning and it was a short process to completion from there. Then I heard from the shop my wife's car is in. It was the alternator, which I just replaced last year. Though it was one month out of the 1-yr warranty, Honda said they'd honor it and are shipping the part, no cost. That's about as good $-wise and time-wise as I could've asked.
To boot, my job had closed at noon yesterday and all of today because of the tropical storm that was projected to hit us. By noon, however, it had become clear the tropical storm had turned back more into the Gulf. But where I work, once they announce a closure, they aren't taking it back, so I had all afternoon to get my truck, check on my wife's car, and then today take her to work and pick her up later. And don't forget, no flooding "they" were worried about and bad weather, to boot.
Plus we already had tomorrow off, so this winds up being a 4-and-a-half day weekend.
I'm super happy to have my ride back and to know it's going to be minimal time and dollars to get hers back as well.
Also, got an Endo appt. this afternoon, so that means I don't even have to use any time off for it. Same imaging that caught my kidney cancer caught lumps on my thyroid, but the kidney took priority, and it took forever to get in with Endo here. They're doing the aspiration today (basically the equivalent of a biopsy, for a thyroid), but the doc already said due to good function and good lab results, and statistics, it's almost certainly not cancer. They'll check to rule it out, and then that's one more thing not to be bothered about.
What a great Thursday.
