7 posts tagged “car”

Well I still do not have my car back from the shop. I guess that is one good thing about being unemployed. I do not have to have my car 'right now'. It is still very odd to look out to my driveway and not see my car.

I have to be even more diligent about remembering to ask my roommate to pick things up at the store, on her way home from work. Living the rural life I am already used to planning errands based on when I will be town, or when my roommate will, simply because it is more efficient. It is not like living in town when you can just pop over to the store when ever you realize you are out of something. Living 25 minutes from the nearest store/post office/doctor, you learn to plan ahead. Being unemployed and living 25 minutes away you plan even more because you take advantage of (at least in my case) someone else driving to and from work to cut down on your trips, but you still sometimes make your own trips. Being with out a car, unemployed, and living 25 minutes from town, well then you really have to remember to ask your friends to pick things up for you, because you can not go get it yourself if you forget.

The original estimate on the time frame for my car to be worked on was 5-7 days, after the parts arrived. So my accident happened on a Sat, the part were ordered and work was started on the next Thursday. Well then one of the body shop workers ended up being out sick so that put them behind a day or two. Then while tearing things down so that they could start the rebuild, they discovered additional damage that required more parts. Those parts had to be ordered and they were slow to arrive so that added another couple of days. The part are finally in and it looks like I might get my car back tomorrow (well of course that is if I can find a way to get there to get it).

I know I am luckier than some, but still 3weeks without my car is a long time.

Yeah I am lucky enough that my car is not going to be totaled. It will take 5-7 days to repair, once they finally have the parts. So hopefully I will get it back by the end of next week. 

Well I have talked to the tow truck guys and they are going to check out the location to see if they can get Maggie's car out of the ditch, but it is not looking promising. Even if he gets the car out of the ditch it is not a for sure thing that he will be able to get it to our house. If he is able to get the car all the way back here to the house, it does not mean that our little cars will be able to travel where his big tow truck could. Maggie has already called her family to let them know that she may not be able to come in tonight for their usual Christmas Eve get together. I have called my family to let them know that I may not be able to get out of here for Christmas.

I have also called the county roads dept. to let them know that they definitely need to get out to this area and get something down for traction out here. They already have us on the list because apparently I am not the first to call. This did not surprise me since Maggie's car is not the only one off the road because of the ice.

I tried to catch Maggie before she headed home yesterday to let her know that she would probably want to stay at her sister's place, but she had left early from work and as usual once she is in the car she does not take her cell phone out of her purse and her radio is too loud to hear the phone.

I was able to let my roommate know about the ice before she left work and she stayed at her mom's place last night. I have already talked to her today to let her know that she may not be able to get home tonight. That is not so bad for her as far as Christmas with her family is concerned, except all her gifts are still here and not even wrapped.

Oh well it is better to be safe than trying to rush around for an over commercialized holiday anyway.

I knew it was getting bad out but I got to find out just how bad. Our friend that has a mobile home on our property, called me to let me know that she was stuck in the ditch on the hill where the pavement ends and the gravel begins. I was able to go and get her and get home, but it was very iffy at several points. There is just enough ice everywhere to eliminate traction, especially since the temp is fluctuating at the freezing point. The ice is damp from the rain and this makes it even slipperier.

I just checked the forecast that I am not so sure if I will be getting out of here for Christmas. The temperature is not supposed to get very much lower tonight, and it is supposed to drop during the day tomorrow so there is little chance that the ice will be going away any time soon. As I have mentioned before we are so far out at the edge of the county that we are one of the last areas the county's trucks get to. I am not even sure we will be able to get Maggie's car out of the ditch tomorrow, I am not sure that the tow truck would be able to get enough traction to get her out.

I have been slowly  trying to catch up with my Vox neighbors. I have let so much time slide by since I did any posting of my own. I have started commenting on other blogs, but I still did not feel ready to create my own post.

I am still a mix of jumbled thoughts, but Thanksgiving gives me something I can use as a focal point.

I have so much to be thankful for that I know I could never think of everything to be able to write it all down. There are many things that I am sure I would totally overlook and not realize just how thankful I should be about them.

I will always be thankful for my family, past and present. I am thankful for my friends, they are such good friends that I often wonder if I can ever be as good a friend to them as they are to me.

I am thankful for the 'Good old Days'. I am thankful for each new day.
I am thankful for the bad times too, because they help me to appreciate the good times.

I have noticed recently that my eyes are getting worse and I am in definite need of a new prescription for my glasses, but despite this I am thankful that I have eye sight at all.

I am still working, I am truly thankful for that. It is still iffy as to how long it will last, but I know that my coworkers/project managers are trying to keep me working. I say a silent thank you for that each and every day.

My parents are each in good health for their ages, this is definitely something to be thankful for.
My sister and I still get along more often than we don't, this is also a plus.

I have pets to snuggle with and to cheer me up when I am feeling down.

I have a wonderful neighborhood here on Vox and I am thankful to Six Apart for making this possible.

I am thankful I have a home, I have electric, I have water, I have heat, I have food in the pantry and in the refrigerator. I have a car that still runs, with only minor repairs so far.

I am thankful that despite problems here and there with my health, none of the problems are so severe that I can not enjoy my life.

I am also very thankful that I live in the USA, and that there are people who work everyday to make sure I do not ever loose the freedoms I get to enjoy.

I decided that the only way that my health would improve would be if I stayed home another day since my fever is still hovering at low grade temps.

I already bundle up well enough for the weather, okay as well as can be done and still be able to work. If I was trekking thru the tundra and did not have to do intricate work with my hands I would definitely be bundled differently.

I always remember my Grandpa telling me to dress in layers so that if I got moved from one location to another on the job where the temperature was considerable different, I could remove or add layers as needed. This is something I have been living by for my 17 years in the trade. Even in the summer I dress in such a way that I will not get too overheated, i.e. I wear shorts under my bibs instead of full length jeans. Some guys go a step further and wear their bibs as their jeans, but I like to be able to remove the bibs when I leave work, can't do that if all I have on is skivvies underneath.

I am going to have to go outside here soon to check my car out and see if it will start. I need to go to the store for more cold meds and dog food, plus I need to get the car running so that it will be easier to start tomorrow morning for work.

Well I guess I best get something of substance in me besides water and meds so that driving will not be a dizzy ride.

Okay I am suspicious of my car this morning. It turned right over and started with no extra help. That worries me, I wonder what it is going to do next to make my life miserable. I just pray it does not happen right away.

OH and the BIG news

I GOT A JOB  I was not sure that I would make it to the Hiring Hall in time because of a traffic issue but I just made it.

Okay gotta dash don't want to be late on my first whole day.