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Thursday, February 01, 2007

TAG, I'm it!

After ducking and dodging for 4 or 5 days, I was finally caught by the bug. Although, I'm not 100% convinced it's the same thing Scooby had. That poor baby still wasn't quite right a week after her first symptoms. It's only been in the past couple of days that she has been back to her usual self. At any rate, Friday night, I came down with the beginnings of a terrible head cold/flu-type of thing that kept me in bed until yesterday.

In other news, my damned car wouldn't start again this morning. What is UP with that? It's been randomly not starting since sometime in early December. Initially, both Bookem and my brother thought it was my battery. That didn't make any sense to me, the total novice, because I seemed to have full power, just my car wouldn't start. But the battery did show a ton of corrosion, so I accepted when my brother offered to buy me a new battery for my birthday (which he gave me around the 1st of the year). Just as I figured, the problem continued.

I think now, as I did then, that it's my starter going out. Both Bookem and my brother showed me the approximate location of the starter (I still couldn't recognize it in a line up), and told me to tap on it gently to loosen it up. It works like a charm. Of course, it's not cute or dainty the way I have to pull the disembodied stick from my bathroom plunger out of my trunk and pop the hood so I can randomly tap on shit. Thankfully, this has only happened while the car is in my own garage thus far (knock on wood).

And of course, the "works like a charm" bit is wearing off. This morning it took me about 30 minutes before I actually got it started. I had already bitten the bullet and called Bookem to see if he could at least drive Pokeboy to school for me. Pokeboy normally takes the bus, but every once in a while foregoes that thrill for a chance to get a ride from me. He's such a mama's boy ;) About 2 minutes after making that call, the car started, much to Pokeboy's relief (Bookem is notoriously late for everything).

But I'm thinking my luck is running out and I'm going to have to get the starter replaced. I have a neighbor across the street who is a mechanic and has done work for us in the past for nominal money so I plan to talk to him and do my best damsel in distress routine :P But even with a good installation price, the part is ~$150.00 plus a core charge! I'm dying here. Just what I did not need.

But I know it could be worse, so I'm trying to just hold myself together and get over it. Spending cash is overrated, right?

In a twist of wonderful fortune, a generous, sweet, loving friend of mine sent me a suprise package from Sephora this week. I'm feeling very pampered. Love her! This is on top of the package I got from Bath & Body Works a couple of weeks ago from another treasured friend. I have really good friends. I must be doing something right.

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 11:12 AM

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