One thing at a time, please

[littleheaven]

This year seems to have thrown "challenges" into groups for me. They say the universe never sends you anything that you can't handle. In January I lost three pets and two grandparents - four out of the five on four consecutive days. That sucked.

This morning, on the way to work, steam started billowing from the front of my car. MY CAR. The last functioning piece of transport we have left. I checked the coolant reservoir - dry. Luckily the thing didn't overheat - there was still coolant in the radiator. So this afternoon I made the second emergency dash this week to the mechanic, and he hurriedly replaced my cracked bypass hose. Hopefully that has rectified the problem. All will be revealed when I check the water tomorrow before and after I drive to work!

Waaaaah. I want a new car!

Oh well, tomorrow (Friday the 13th - woooooooo), all the managers are away from work. I feel some gratuitous 80's music coming on, and possibly a communal pizza. Mmmmmm, pizza :0)

Comments

[cerisaye.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, you do seem to be having a trying time. We went through a similar spell last year, so all in all I was glad to see the back of 2002. As they say, these things are sent to try us...and it can be a sore trial indeed! :)

[littleheaven70.livejournal.com]

Yeah,

It's weird how you go through "patches", isn't it? Speaking of patches - we've patched up my little car. I'm due a decent windfall in the next couple of weeks - part of my Grandmother's estate, so I'm off to buy a nearly-new (hopefully) car. A nice automatic (no more wobbly clutch leg on days when the motorway is crawling) - maybe a Rav4 or something a bit sporty, but still practical.

A lot of people have had really crappy 2003's so far. It's been a year of very low lows for me, but also some of my higest highs (mainly revolving around my rediscovered love of writing and meeting everyone from the Angel/Buffy fandom), so I can't say I wish the year was over. Just the poo parts of it :0)