October 24, 2006

• Yesterday was MONDAY

  Boy, did I have the monday blues.
  Started out bad and ended bad with some nice thrown in so I wouldn’t completely give up.
  I woke up early because I had to cancel my appointment with the cardiologist for my annual checkup. I had to cancel because I had to go bail two stupid dogs out of the pound where they landed after stealing cat food from neighbors. They didn’t bother the cats, just the food. I got cited for letting them run at large. I did. No excuses.
  Came home and prepared for my trip to Columbus for my annual checkup with my gastric bypass doctor.
  My husband was on the phone trying to round up a transmission for my son’s car. He found one, but in order for it to be shipped they needed a deposit. today. So I said I would drop it off in New Phila on my way.
  Before i left, I had my husband check the level on my antifreeze because a friend had told me it was a little low. Hubby had to add just a little.
  So, I’m driving to pick up rog and ali because they were out of school for the day and agreed to ride with me. I get about five miles from home and my car starts to overheat! It has never overheated before. So I call Mike and he comes over and checks it out. We drove a couple miles and it didn’t overheat again and the fans were working so he said it was probably just a glitch from topping off the antifreeze. He came back home and I went on my merry way.
  I got about two miles down the road and the light came on again. I called my Mom this time. Just to moan about my poor luck with cars lately. (More on that later.) She suggested I have it towed. I did and they arrived in ten minutes. (This is amazing since we’re talking Carroll County here. Middle of nowhere. ) I then called and cancelled this appointment for the second time.
  So Mom Came over and picked me up at the garage and agreed to take me to New Phila and to Mineral City. We went to Mineral first, so I could take the car my son borrowed from a relative to another garage to get it fixed. Then we went to Phila to make that down payment and go to Walmart to pick up a couple necessities. Took the kids home and Mom brought me home. One of the bad dogs was off the tie out again. But I had anticipated this and bought a new one at Wally World. Foiled her nefarious plan to escape again. (laughs evilly)
  I stayed home, but the bad day continued on, because when Mike got home, he had gotten a citation for not wearing his seatbelt after being stopped for not using a turn signal. He pointed out to the officer that there was no traffic anywhere and wasn’t cited for the turn signal. The cop was sitting in a parking lot when it happened.
  So in one day, I visited three different garages for three different cars and Mike and I both got citations.

  Now for some background history. You may want to stop reading now, if I haven’t bored you to death with my whining so far.
  A few weeks ago the transmission in my car went out. I took it to get it checked out. They wanted $2,000 to replace it. After investigating somewhat we decided to go ahead. The next day, my son calls and says there is something wrong with his car. He brings it home, and tells my husband he can’t get it to go into reverse gear. Husband checks it out. Yep, needs a new transmission.
  My husband’s car began leaking more oil about that time, too.
  So, we have been looking for a truck for my husband and another car for Rog. We’ve seen a couple we liked but haven’t settled on anything yet. The loan we applied for took extra time to be okayed because there is a lien on the property from 1978. Now, we have had two previous loans and never had a problem. My husband and his ex-wife paid off the loan in question after it was taken over from another bank. He doesn’t have any records of the name of the second bank, because he had a fire in March of 1989 and his house burnt to the ground. During the divorce his parents bought his ex’s share so Mike could keep the property. He rebuit and we were married in Oct. of ’89. After we were married his parents went to the courthouse and signed over their share to Mike. He supposedly had a clear deed at this time. Like i said, We have had two loans since and never ran into a problem. But there is indeed a lien on record at the courthouse. We have never received a bill.
  The bank went ahead and granted us a loan but if we ever intend to sell, we need to clear it up. Not that we do, but…
  Back to the cars. Rog had borrowed a car from a relative to get back and forth from school. He was to return it at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. He called at 1:45 and said it wouldn’t go over 20 m.p.h. A friend of his that is mechanically inclined, somewhat, said it seemed like the …transmission! I had an attack of Tourrette’s (didn’t even know I had it)
  All I could say was “S..t! D..n! F..k!” about twenty times. I called my brother to go check it out and he said he thinks it is the catalytic converter which is what the guy at the garage thinks, too.
  Well, with all this stress, I discovered that I needed the gastric bypass five years ago because when i am stressed, I graze. Anything and everything edible in sight. I ate all night Sunday. Yesterday I was able to get it under some control but it was hard. Realizing this is an epiphany. I have struggled with my weight all my life. Stress has been an almost constant companion.
  I cancelled my dentist appointment this morning. Need a tooth filled, but it’s not causing me a problem and I re-scheduled for Nov. 2. I am just vegging (hiding) out this morning before I go to work this afternoon. Mike is quietly contemplating a stroke. But he wants to hold it off until the loan insurance goes into effect on Thursday. ; )

  • 10:46 am
  • 2 Comments