Well today was exciting.

Today I was planning to go visit my grandparents, who live about an hour and a half away. But my car has been screwing up six ways from Sunday, so first the Mother Ship and I went to Advance Auto Parts to get a new battery. First the nice tattooed man tested the old battery for us and announced that it was operating at 1/5 its normal power.

Oh.

So that's why my car doesn't want to start.

K. Roger that.

So I put a $94 battery in the thing. Actually I got Tattooed Man to put it in. Which he did for free, bless his heart. This battery is on top of paying $89 to fix the window. When they disconnected the wires to the mirrors by accident. So now I gotta go get that fixed as well. And get a new timing belt, because it's a '97 and we still have the original one in there. And I gotta get a new water pump. *gasp* *choke* *sucking noise* Hear that? That's my bank account.

So Leah, why do you have to get a new water pump outta the blue like this?

So glad you asked.

Well, Little Silver Baby has been overheating quite a bit lately. Mostly when I sit in traffic. So I turn the car off till we start moving, or pull over and turn it off if I can, or turn the heat on high and pray. It's great. Today I sat through two traffic lights on the way home from my grandparents' house and the needle was 3/4 of the way up the little gauge thingie so I called my dad and cried and pulled in a Chick-fil-a to let it cool off. Thank the Lord for a safe place to sit and wait. After about 30 minutes I went and started it while on the phone with Padre and prayed the whole way home. It's a wonder I didn't wreck from watching the temperature gauge.
Padre said it needs a new water pump, hence the new addition to my car bills. I hate being an adult. Gag me. Bills stink.

So today was almighty exciting. Ha. Spare me the thrill.

Can I have a boring life please? A dull life sounds so good right now.




Leah