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It's been almost a week since I posted. Jesus. No it HAS been a week. I've been so confused this week with what's going on.

Getting my new car on Tuesday. It's a black 2010 Toyota Matrix. I have been negotiating all week with my sales person (who is flakey and dumber than a gnat, for reals) to get the price down to $250/m. And it has the touring package, which has this stuff. It may not seem like a lot to people who have had cars for awhile but for me this is pretty damn cool. I had a YARIS, people. And it had NOTHING. This has SOMETHING.

I had my first experience with negotiation tactics, as well. I still have a lot to learn but at first I was all--Um, okay, I'll pay full. Luckily my supervisor Carmen was like--NO YOU WON'T!!!!11!! And she whipped me into negotiating. And it WORKED! I walked away Friday afternoon at about 3:30 because their best offer was $257. My sales person called me back 2 hours later with "good news!". Ha HA!

And the douche at Honda (who was at Toyota until 3 weeks ago) was all--Toyota's lying to you, blah blah blah, you can't get this vehicle with that package for that amount, how do you feel about that? And I came right out and said, "I'm here to talk about HONDA. Not Toyota. So if you could tell me about YOUR product, that would be nice." I walked out of their establishment, got into the rental and called Toyota to say I'd take the car at $250.14.

When I get the car I really want to go back to Honda and be like--Thanks for convincing me I should go with this car! You're a pal!

What I test drove and inevitably REALLY wanted during my process of negotiating with Toyota and checking out the other dealerships is THIS. It looks appalling at first but it GROWS on you. It's got so much personality and spunk! But my sales guy there was a dork and a half (I walked out of my meeting on Friday with him with his balls in my hand, basically) and I was SO tired of trying to find something when I knew the Toyota deal was as good as done that I said fuck it and gave up. But it came with shag carpet for the dash! And you didn't need a key to turn it on! I KNOW, RIGHT?!

And, in the end, the Matrix is a much more reliable and ... better, I guess, choice. It has more get-up-and-go compared to the Cube, not that I need that but it'll help me get through the yellow lights easier now. *rolls eyes*

I also had my meeting with the lawyer. Law & Order make all the court shit seem so quick and easy. *sigh* I'm looking at waiting this shit out for between 1-3 years, depending on how I keep feeling. But I want to do this right and not screw up anything so I'll be patient.

I still hurt, I'm still taking the pain pills (which are DISGUSTING when you leave them in your mouth for more than 3 seconds), I'm still sticking cold packs everywhere. Joy. And the spasms in my neck/shoulders are AWESOME. It's like having my own personal internal butterfly, fighting to escape.

I didn't mean to ramble on so. But it HAS been a week. So I'll leave you with a video for your troubles. Canadian kids will know what's up with this shit. ;)

I am failing all over the place with fic and commitments and all sorts of things.

Work is only going to get busier, too. FML.

At least my work is such that I can leave it AT WORK when the day is done. But by the time I do get home I'm fucking tired. Then I go to the gym Mon-Wed, Sat & Sun (if I can swing it) so by then I'm BAGGED. I might get three or four icons made and then I'm DONE.

I'm going to get some B12 vitamins to see if maybe that will help? I've done a bit of research and it sounds like taking a bit of that a day could improve my mood/stamina through the day.

Anyone know anything about B12? I know at least one person on my flist gets the shot so what's the difference between shot vs vitamin?

Today, however, I'm taking off early because I have OT and we can't leave early on Fridays anymore. I'm getting my hair done (even though I think I did that last month), doing some running around, going to the SPCA with D and then watching some QaF with D.

I don't know. And right now tickets home are SUPER cheap (Vlog is booked to go home in July [for good!] and his ticket was only $200+, as opposed to $500+) but I have no time that I could take as it's all arranged, nor am I able to work around everyone else's time off. Lame. So no home for me until 2010 it's looking like.

I'm actually in a good mood right now, despite all this, but it's all bearing down on me and I'm one of those people who likes to bury my head in the sand about as much as possible until the very last possible second. That blows. But as long as I make it through it all in one piece it's A-OK!