Weekend


Because it bears mentioning.

Lots of rain Thu. That afternoon, I stopped to fill up the gas tank. Did so. Added octane booster. Got in . Turned the key. Nothing. Had electrics in the car. Gauges worked. Everything inside was fine. Turn the key? Nothing. Called my auto service.

"Can I have your contact number in case we get disconnected?" I gave it to her. "Let me pull up your information..." <click>

I waited for her to call back. She never did. The car started, though, so I assumed some water had gotten onto a wire that it shouldn't have and shorted across, but was now fine.

Fri morning, on my way to work. "On my way" actually means "walking to the car," since the car did not start, again. Took three or four attempts. Got to school. Narrowed the problem down to bad battery, bad cable, bad starter, bad ignition switch.

Fri afternoon. Car wouldn't start... took several attempts. Got home. Had Halloween build. Had to get people home. Car wouldn't start. Took several tries. Evil Apprentice followed me as I got people home. Got people home. Dropped my car off at the car place while I still had Evil Apprentice to get me home. Came back home. Spent time with the Evil Apprentice. Watched new (and really bad) movie. Volunteered my understanding to my principal should I need to be moved to a new cluster, or new school. Went to sleep.

Sat morning. Car place called at 7:45 to inform me that it was a bad battery and that they could get that replaced, and the serpentine belt, and an oil change in less than an hour! Awesome! I called them back at 8:30. They said come get the car. I said, "Awesome!" They called me back three minutes later asking me to give them more time, because the starter really was bad. So, Cindy picked me up and I went to get the rental car I had reserved last night.

Sat afternoon. My car is fixed, I get it home. I still have the rental, though, because they closed at Noon on Sat. So, car: new battery, new serpentine belt, new oil, new starter.

John came into town. It is always good to see John. Went out to the college, met his taggers. One of them lives in WR, but commutes down to Dublin twice a week or so to assist their marching band program. Met two of his students. One of them knows Mrs. Kennedy, with whom I taught for several years. So, told him to say hello.

It is now Sun. Nothing on the tube. Just chatting online. Which is usually far more rewarding than television!

I hope you had a great weekend! My mom;s birthday is tomorrow. I need to order some flowers.

Posted: Sun - August 27, 2006 at 01:07 PM      

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