9th February - A relatively successful day

As soon as it turned 8am this morning I started ringing round in an effort to find someone to fix my car. The mobile service I found yesterday said they only dealt with paintwork jobs, but they were helpful enough to recommend two places which could help me - one near Strangeways and one near the Arches opposite the Cathedral.
I rang the Strangeways one first and they said they could definately repair it today for less than £50 provided it didn't need a new door. Re-assured by the fact that the policeman I spoke to last night said that was very unlikely, I headed off towards Strangeways. Traffic was a bit of a nightmare so it took me over half-an-hour to get there. Anyway I found the place very easily and was greeted by a friendly guy who assured me he could fix it in an hour and it would definately cost less than £30.
I decided to go into work for half a day. My boss was kind enough to say I didn't need to treat it as a half day holiday and could regard it as a domestic emergency.
When I finally went to pick up the car later on I was pleased to see it was fixed and there was no sign of the damage.
Later on I rang the company who installed my alarm and told them what had happened.
They advised me on how to test that everything was working. After following their advice I was relieved to find out that the alarm was in good working order.
It was good to see that everything went so smoothly today.