Oh god, I stink of stressed out flop sweat.
It's been such a shitty week.
The car started to have transmission problems. We went to the Credit Union and they gave us a loan to get a new starter clutch.
Yay! Money to fix the problem.
Took it to the garage and the mechanic says, "Uh...looks like the whole transmission is going. Also the IMA battery." (IMA = Hybrid battery)
We decide not to invest in a new transmission ($3,300) and IMA battery ($3,000) at this time. That's more than we paid for it. I thought we were buying smart by investing in Honda!
Mechanic said it's drivable with new starter clutch.
Guess what? Not. Drivable. Transmission gives out on first hill going home. Paid $1,600 (that we now owe) to make the car
less
functional.
Also, EM had occurrence of lice and we had to scour the house and inspect/kill-shampoo all heads.
Also, the knob came off my stove and I can't turn on the oven.
However, I did sell off a bag of my CDs (at penny on the pound) to get Emmett the fruit tart he requested for his birthday.
Don't know what to do about the car right now. Too stinky and tired from hauling ass all over the city with immovable automobile to think.
OTOH, no cancer in sight.
::knock wood::
I keep thinking about the guy I heard on NPR once who said, "If your problems don't include the words "indicted" or "inoperable" they're not as bad as you think."
Which is true. But it's been a shitty week.
Okay, minor reorg in the department that will probably not change my life at all, and I'M OUTTIE for the weekend.
Time to start doing timekilling things to get me to Show time.
Damn, Hec. That is pretty damn shitty, FPC.
Maria, it's wonderful to hear the encouraging news about your DH.
P-C, I haven’t seen any of the above, so I couldn’t tell you.
4 days? 53 girls? Um yay shower! When do you get to move on to vodka cocktails?
...As soon as I get the energy to get off the couch? There is nothing in the fridge and ND is working tonight, so I’ll have to manage it at some point.
Hec, that is a shitty day (FPC invoked).
My car has fleas. Or maybe flies. No, really.
I think we've run the gamut of FPC now!
Seriously, car functioning woes are stressy.
Oh Hec, I'm sorry about the shitty, and hope for less so.
ita, that's wonderful about the two WAH days! I'd have trouble increasing communication, too. I think I'd find an antique mimeo and do a weekly newsletter. Because I'm an ass. But I don't recommend you do that. I have no practical advice.
I picked the Patterdale first, then the American Pit. I would just like to say that I don't think any dog should have to endure the breed name "Black Mouth Cur". "Black Mouth Happy Dog" or "Black Mouth Loyal Hound", or even "Black Mouth Dog" would do. Why you gotta go calling inoffensive puppies curs, huh?
Also, I think more dogs should be called Catahoulas, 'cause--hey, pretty! And I bet a lot of them can say it!
I went back in time and picked the pit:
It took you -1316801213 seconds, and 1 attempt to find the Pit.
But then I do spend a lot of time at the dog park.
Aw shit, Hec. What a sucky day. I am having a sucky day at work, where I still am, but nothing to that extent. Yet.
Hec, that totally sucks. What vintage is your Honda hybrid? My IMA is going as well (though two dealers have told me it's not, fuckos) and I think my starter is going. I have a 2004 Civic.
