Today I did something I’ve never ever done before:

I took my car into the dealership. I had things fixed. And I didn’t pay one single penny!

This week is so kicking some ass.

Yay me! Now my stress is GREATLY reduced. This exam/certification is not mandatory for the factory, but soon will be, and it’s been hanging over my head for longer than a year, which is just ridiculous, and now it’s done and I won’t ever have to take it again (assuming I keep up with the education points or whatever the hell they call them, which of course I will, b/c who wants to go through this shit AGAIN?) and I have already done the celebratory stuff-the-face-with-trashy-food bit, and the requisite emails and phone calls and texts, and now I am off to see if I can book a decent vacation for May.

B/c, you know, this comes with $1k prize money, and even though it’s already partly been spent on shit to prepare for the exam…whatev.

Yay me!