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Jan. 22nd, 2009 01:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spokeSo. Another update full of happy?
Or not so much. This morning? The pump turned out to be frozen, due to our Actual Hard Freeze of last night. It's still Freezing tonight, so the heat is once again on.
But it did start running again, and now we have a little heating lamp on it and blankets over it, and the door, which had fallen off, is pushed back into place and has a cinder block holding it in place. All of which should insure that it doesn't freeze again.
So I got up today, made my last car payment <3 and went out to celebrate by going to the bookstore for coffee and I'd see what else.
My car died.
I had to pull off the interstate in a fairly bad neighborhood, try to get it started again, and ended up calling my Dad. 10 minutes of trying the number again and again until he picked up, and he freaked out worse than I was when he heard where I was, and 30 minutes of waiting for him to find me.
So we get the car to start again, and head over to my work with him following me, because I have nothing to eat at home.
It died again.
We ended up stuck at a red light, with a few creepy people stopping to 'help' and me getting a little worried - and then we met this guy, who is a mechanic and seems very nice. He helped Dad push the car out of the road, and took a look at it, and very important: He showed us what he was talking about. One spark plug has been broken, and the modulator leading to the spark plugs is fried. he had me crank it while he and Dad were watching, so Dad could see the fire wasn't getting to any of the spark plugs, not just the busted one. So we got the cars lined up and Dad used his to push mine to Mike's place, where we will be returning in the morning to get this part I need and he'll be my mechanic for the operation.
So I'm kind of nervous and kind of optimistic, because he does seem like a nice, basically honest person. He did just move here from New York, and it sounded as if he were trying to get away from some trouble up there. But he stopped when he did not have to, and he was honest and very clear about what's wrong with the car, and we hung around a bit and talked about the inauguration yesterday - we all voted for Obama. And I feel like I should point out he's a black guy, because even though I wish it didn't matter, we're not there yet. And I worry that saying it sounds wrong somehow, as if I'm asking for a pat on the head or something. I don't know. x.x
And I already trust this guy a damn sight more than the Pepboys I'd been going to, because hello clear explanation and showing us what he meant. Seriously. <3
So. I will not let this get me down, even though I am a bundle of moody and on default All Is Bleak And Woeful. x.x Because even in the above drama and freaking out, there is much of the good.
Other good stuff this weekend: Inauguration! We can haz President Obama! \o/
I got my very first gold dragon egg, which I've been wanting since I started collecting dragons at the Dragon Cave. Psst this is me.
Story for me: The Orgy vs the Twelve Dancing Princesses It is funny! And full of the lovely simple imagery and Lexaeus! ^_^
And I have got some screencapping done, and intend to do more in a minute, and perhaps actually make a post sharing them at some point tonight.
And I'm almost done with Reverse/Rebirth - past Lexaeus now, which was rather sad because. Now it's only Zexion and Ansem left to go through, and it's bad enough I had to beat Lexaeus, I don't wanna beat Zexion because I know what happens next.
But. Right now, I shall step awaaay from the computer. That I might cook my dinner, since we stopped at my work for groceries after everything else.
Or not so much. This morning? The pump turned out to be frozen, due to our Actual Hard Freeze of last night. It's still Freezing tonight, so the heat is once again on.
But it did start running again, and now we have a little heating lamp on it and blankets over it, and the door, which had fallen off, is pushed back into place and has a cinder block holding it in place. All of which should insure that it doesn't freeze again.
So I got up today, made my last car payment <3 and went out to celebrate by going to the bookstore for coffee and I'd see what else.
My car died.
I had to pull off the interstate in a fairly bad neighborhood, try to get it started again, and ended up calling my Dad. 10 minutes of trying the number again and again until he picked up, and he freaked out worse than I was when he heard where I was, and 30 minutes of waiting for him to find me.
So we get the car to start again, and head over to my work with him following me, because I have nothing to eat at home.
It died again.
We ended up stuck at a red light, with a few creepy people stopping to 'help' and me getting a little worried - and then we met this guy, who is a mechanic and seems very nice. He helped Dad push the car out of the road, and took a look at it, and very important: He showed us what he was talking about. One spark plug has been broken, and the modulator leading to the spark plugs is fried. he had me crank it while he and Dad were watching, so Dad could see the fire wasn't getting to any of the spark plugs, not just the busted one. So we got the cars lined up and Dad used his to push mine to Mike's place, where we will be returning in the morning to get this part I need and he'll be my mechanic for the operation.
So I'm kind of nervous and kind of optimistic, because he does seem like a nice, basically honest person. He did just move here from New York, and it sounded as if he were trying to get away from some trouble up there. But he stopped when he did not have to, and he was honest and very clear about what's wrong with the car, and we hung around a bit and talked about the inauguration yesterday - we all voted for Obama. And I feel like I should point out he's a black guy, because even though I wish it didn't matter, we're not there yet. And I worry that saying it sounds wrong somehow, as if I'm asking for a pat on the head or something. I don't know. x.x
And I already trust this guy a damn sight more than the Pepboys I'd been going to, because hello clear explanation and showing us what he meant. Seriously. <3
So. I will not let this get me down, even though I am a bundle of moody and on default All Is Bleak And Woeful. x.x Because even in the above drama and freaking out, there is much of the good.
Other good stuff this weekend: Inauguration! We can haz President Obama! \o/
I got my very first gold dragon egg, which I've been wanting since I started collecting dragons at the Dragon Cave. Psst this is me.
Story for me: The Orgy vs the Twelve Dancing Princesses It is funny! And full of the lovely simple imagery and Lexaeus! ^_^
And I have got some screencapping done, and intend to do more in a minute, and perhaps actually make a post sharing them at some point tonight.
And I'm almost done with Reverse/Rebirth - past Lexaeus now, which was rather sad because. Now it's only Zexion and Ansem left to go through, and it's bad enough I had to beat Lexaeus, I don't wanna beat Zexion because I know what happens next.
But. Right now, I shall step awaaay from the computer. That I might cook my dinner, since we stopped at my work for groceries after everything else.