Day of the Gamelan, 5th of Spring, 525 M.E. (Helios): The world is apparently too busy too have time for me right now.

I got a call this morning (8:00 am!) from my HVAC service company saying that they needed to reschedule the annual maintenance we had planned for today on my home air conditioner. Due to work load, they won't have anyone available for at least two weeks. No worries though, it's working fine and I can easily wait until their next available date of April 2 for the work.

While driving around last night on errands, the "check engine" light in my car came on. It's probably nothing - the car runs fine and the internet assures me the light's usually just a malfunctioning sensor. But since today became unexpectedly free (I don't need to wait around for the HVAC guy), I decided to take the car to Mr. Goodwrench to check it out. But instead of just the "check engine" light coming on, the whole dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree this morning. There was no available light that wasn't fully lit, but the car still started and drove fine. I took it straight to Goodwrench.

Who apparently doesn't have time for me either. They said they could get to it tomorrow "or the next day." Lots of people apparently dropped off their vehicles before me I was told, and they're slammed. I pretended I was going to take my car elsewhere in that case and finally got them to concede to looking at the car by tomorrow or maybe even later today. At least to run a scan and diagnostics to see what the lights are trying to tell us. I walked home from the garage (.75 miles).

But meanwhile, I'm without a vehicle in a very car-centric city. Luckily, I'm retired and don't have anywhere I'm required to be, at least for the next couple of days, and have enough groceries in stock to see me though the better part of the week. I can also walk to some nearby markets and restaurants.  

It's close to 5:00 pm (quitting time) right now as I write this, so it appears they're not getting to me today. Maybe the world will find time for me tomorrow.