Y’know, I had to take an editing test tonight, and discovered that I have test anxiety. I never used to have test anxiety. Not in high school, not in college, not, as I recall, in grammar school. But I had it when I went to the Chubb Institute a few years back, and I had it when I took the GREs, and now, I have it when I have to take editing and copy editing tests for prospective employers. And may I say: Test anxiety sucks.
So now I look like an ass, because I simply couldn’t do it. I called up and was going to just give up, but the editor said close the file and take a look at it on Sunday and try again. What a nice person.
The tire portion of this post: Heidi noticed my right front tire was kind of low on the Fourth. Her husband has a compressor, so we filled the tire (and the other three, while we were at it). I noticed it looking poorly again yesterday and this morning, but forgot to check before I left work. It was low enough that a kind man in a white pickup truck beeped and pointed at it on the highway. I knew what he meant, pulled into Kroger’s, called the place I’d bought my tires, and found that yes, I still am covered by the service plan I bought, and yes, if I hurried, they’d take care of it tonight. Hurried to put air in the tire at the next gas station, then fought rush hour traffic to get to the tire place. It was a screw in the side of the tire. That’s the second time that’s happened to me since I’ve been here. The first time was the day before the 2003 Blogathon, and the story was duly blogged. Funny, a screw and Kroger’s were involved last time. I’d be very suspicious, except for the fact that I had the flat before I got to Kroger’s this time around.
The good news: I paid an extra $8 a tire for the service contract, which includes replacement up to a certain mileage. Well, I fell within the mileage. I paid a total of $14.94 for the tire, counting the fifty cents for air at the gas station and having to buy a new service contract for the replacement tire. I’d have to say my $32 was well-spent.
Time to go think of a subject for the podcast.