Tuesday, January 16, 2024

 Tuesday, January 16, 2024 

 

   I had an appointment with the dentist this morning to start the process of getting a new cap- I thought. In the past, the dentist removed the old cap and ground down the remaining tooth or just ground down the tooth if there wasn’t an old cap to remove. Next, he got an impression of my teeth to send to a facility that made the caps. I was in and out in an hour. Today was different.

   The dentist had me there for two hours. He made the new cap himself. I had to cancel an appointment to meet with Josephine, the administrator of Ulu Wini’s community center social support team. I went home afterward and slept for several hours.

   I finally got a call from someone at the Kia service center. Troy called. He apologized for not getting back to me sooner. He was over from the Kia center on the other side of the island to manage our Kona site. He had fired JJ, the service manager. Alex quit for a better job. They had tried to repair my car, but it didn’t work. He said he would have it ready for me next week. He would have a loaner car for me by tomorrow. I told him I had a loaner all along. He had been worried about me. He had only heard that JJ had refused me a loaner. He hadn’t heard that I had gone over his head, called someone in the sales department, and secured one.

    While I was eating dinner, someone came to my door. Elsa alerted me. A young woman was saying she was here to deliver the car. I told her I had spoken to Troy earlier in the day and didn’t need the car. She sounded confused. I asked her if she was from Kia. No, she was here to return a Turo rental. Ah, next door. Mei and Peter run a Turo business. I called Mei to tell her someone was at her front gate.