Hopefully...

Interview this afternoon.  Please, please, let it go well.  My nails are painted, my hair freshly cut, my outfit all planned... I need this to go well.

I hate Alpha's car.  The driver's window won't open.  Its got a poor turning radius, and its low to the ground.  Why does it keep crapping out?  After a $200 tire replacement and $1000 computer reprogramming in December, his battery was dead yesterday morning.  (Side story: I've been trying to be a good wife, and encourage Alpha to work out in the mornings by getting him up and making his breakfast and lunch, then go back to bed.  It mostly works, though it takes me a while to get back to sleep.)  He got me up to help him push the car out of the driveway so he could take my car to work.  Fine, whatever.  I went back to bed, but didn't sleep.  I just read for a few hours, until I got a phone call and decided to get up.  I called Roadside Assistance and had them come to jump start the car.  They told me that I needed to run the car for an hour to let the battery charge.  So I did.

But when Alpha left for work this morning, the car wouldn't start.  I suggested that he take my car, and I could call and have his jumped again.  Except that if I drove it to the interview, and parked in the requisite parking garage, and it wouldn't start, what would I do?  I doubt the tow truck could fit into the garage.  And then I'd be stuck.  So I had to get up, again, and take him to work.  Annoyed, to say the least.

This also means that his car has something wrong beyond the battery.  I suspect the alternator.  Great, so how is it going to get to the mechanic to get fixed?  I could have it towed for $40, or I could have it jumped for free, drive it to the mechanic myself, and then walk home (which is doable.)  I don't have time for either of those options today, regardless.  I hate that car.