Hanging out at the dealership

So I bit the bullet and took my car into the dealership today under duress. My check engine light came on about 8 months ago and I had never bothered to check it out because the dealership was in Vienna and it was a pain to go out there and also because the car seemed to be running fine and going there always takes so much time. Well......Lorne decided I needed to take the car for it's 50,000 service and have them find out why the light was on. But he was a sweetheart and found there was a dealership much closer that Vienna - just off of Backlick Rd before Franconia! So I called and made an appointment. The guy said bring it in at 1PM and I told him I would wait for the car - I had no other way of leaving. So I showed up at the appointed time and about an hour later he came in to talk to me and told me the deal. Seems I had 3 hoses cracked and leaking that needed to be fixed and that is why the light came on. Well, the coat os repair was reasonable and so I accepted my fate. They also did the service. Well, the only thing was that he said it would take 2 more hours after that and I thought Jasmine was going to go crazy.

The guy said they had a shuttle car that could take us to the mall, so off we went. We meandered in the mall for a few hours and Jasmine even rode the merry-go-round. She got mad when the ride was over - she thought she should be allowed to go again - unfortunately mommy was out of money. Well, alls well that ends well, the car runs better (I can actually tell the difference) and the maintenance total was only $440 - so for the first time since buying the car that isn't so bad! But it just took my whole day!