The repair folks called about the car last night. They left a message saying that everything was going well and they thought they’d have the car ready by Friday at 4. That’s THIS Friday.

So I call him back this morning to get the score and now he’s making non-commital noises about not being able to promise me anything and that “as long as they don’t run into any complications…” and how he knows there’s the whole out of state transportation thing and will keep me posted.

What the hell do you do with that? I’m looking at a nine hour drive to get this car. In a rented vehicle that I know the insurance company will promptly stop paying for once the shop informs the adjuster that the work is done. I’ll be damned if I’m driving up there on Friday for a “Maybe.” And yet, if I wait until they call and say it’s ready to go, I’m risking a battle with insurance over the extra day I’m going to need that rental car to get my ass up to Ohio.

I’m a little irritated.