Everyday Randomness

Yep, that’s what I said. I will never shop at Advance Auto in Central, SC again. The customer service tonight was absolutely the most horrible customer service I’ve ever experienced at any Advance Auto location.

Hubby and I headed in tonight to get a few things for the Blazer. We need rear brake pads, and Hubby is going to do an oil change tomorrow, so we needed oil and a filter. I’m also wanting a seat cover to go in the back seat, so I went off to look at seat covers while Hubby grabbed the oil. Hubby headed up to the front counter to get the rest of the stuff he needed, and after a few minutes I joined him.

There were a total of three people in the store at this time including the two of us. One clerk was ringing up the other guy, so another guy came over to help us. He started ringing up the oil, and gave Hubby a total before Hubby could even get it out of his mouth that he needed more. Hubby said that wasn’t all, and the guy said, “You’ll have to pay for this first then because you didn’t tell me that. I can’t look up the parts until this order is finished.”

I told him to clear the order out then, and look up the parts. There was no reason for us to have to pay for our order in separate parts when he didn’t even ask if that would be all for us. He fumbled around for a couple minutes like he was clearing it out, then he said “Are you going to pay for this or not?” Hubby repeated what I had just said, and he looked at us like we were stupid before finally clearing the purchase to start over.

Hubby started telling him what we needed, a Fram oil filter for a 2002 Chevy Blazer 2WD (which does matter because the oil filters are different sizes), and a set of rear brake pads for the same vehicle. The guy just stood there staring off into space, so Hubby repeated himself. “I need an oil filter for a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer.”

The guy finally started looking it up, but he didn’t even choose the right vehicle. He chose a 2002 Chevy Tahoe. Hubby repeated that it was for a Blazer. When the guy finally found the right vehicle he said “what were you needing again?” Hubby repeated that he needed an oil filter.

From where I was standing I could see the screen as the guy was looking things up. When searching for the oil filter he chose the ignition section. I pointed out that the oil filter would be in the filters or tune up section. After standing there for another 5 minutes watching this guy squint at the screen so hard I thought for sure I should tell him to go pick up some prevera on his way home one thing became very obvious. Not only did this guy know nothing about car parts, but he apparently didn’t even know how to do his job.

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I’m trying my best not to be in a grumpy mood today, but I’m finding it hard. When Hubby called me on his lunch break we were both talking about how grumpy we are. I chock that up to the fact that we were both up most of the night because the little one refused to go to sleep. She wasn’t in a bad mood or anything. She was actually in a very happy but extremely hyper mood.

She’s still in a hyper mood, but her lack of sleep has her grumpy as well. My Dad stopped by to see her, so I took advantage of it to take a few minutes of me time. She was due for a nap an hour ago but refused to go to sleep then as well. We’ve it a stage where she puts up a fight totally beyond anything I ever imagined when it comes time to sleep. She’s realizing there’s so much going on, and I think she feels like she’s going to miss out if she goes to bed, even if it’s for a 40 minute nap.

When Daddy leaves if she’ll go down for a nap I’m definitely going to bed with her. I may just have to put her in bed with me today as she tends to nap twice as long if she’s sleeping with me. We’ll call it Mommy/Baby sleeping off the grumpy mood time, and I sure hope it works.

There’s only one other thing that I think would help my grumpy mood right now…a big thick slice of cheesecake!

Today has been an all around good day for the most part.  I did wake up this morning having a semi-fat day, but I quickly got over that.  I just told myself if I keep feeling fat I can do a few more ab workouts when the baby is napping. Then again she hardly ever naps these days, so I don’t think that will be happening!

Other than the fact that she’s still on this anti sleep marathon Ellie has been in a pretty good mood. My mother-in-law and sis-in-law came over this afternoon to see Ellie adn to help me get some things done around the house and/or keep her occupied long enough for me to get things done. I ended up accomplishing way more today than I do most days, and that put me in an even better mood. The kitchen is clean, the laundry is folded, and I’m not rushing around to get things done tonight so that I can make it to bed at a decent time.

This is the first evening in a long time that I’ve been able to sit down and enjoy my family without a list of a million things to do running through my head. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping tomorrow will be just as great, but I’m reminding myself that anything will be better than the week I had last week!

Boy am I tired! I found a new way to work myself towards some quick weight loss. There are only 2 steps to follow.

1. Stay up with a teething baby for a few nights.
2. Spend a few hours chasing around 4 munchkins all under 19 months.

It’s that simple! I feel like I’ve dropped a few pounds already, and I’m so tired I could fall over right now. Unfortunately that’s not going to happen because my little one is yet again still awake even though she’s practically refused to sleep all day. I think I might have to go make myself a pot of coffee.