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Sep. 14th, 2008 10:42 amNow that my hands and wrists don't hurt too much to type, here's the Saturday update!
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akreaveter for spending all of yesterday with me and helping out with the car by taking care of Kuma, handing me tools, and being the foot on the brake while I bled the system and eyes on the instrument cluster as I poked at things under the hood. Thanks!
Ak and I were up 'till about 1 or 2 playing Spore. He stayed over at my place and I got up and started on the car around nine, Ak joining me at ten. I started with final making of room in the garage, then drove the Neon around the Posivan to get the nose in. I took the front passenger wheel off and removed the splash gaurd to look at the alternator and wiring bundles. Though assabrinageek said, they'd clearly been worked on and taped up, they seemed ok. I had Ak start the car and watch for the battery light as I poked at various wire bundles trying to duplicate the problem from Monday.
( This is a bunch of stuff about working on my car, for the most part. I figured I'd cut it for people who really don't care about the nitty gritty. )
So I went in the house and took a nice long, hot, wonderful shower. It was about nine when that was done, so Tim and I got in the Neon and drove (uneventfully!) over to my parents house where I just sort of hung out and talked to my parents and brothers 'till about 11:30. There was a trip in there out to Piggly Wiggly with my dad to buy some burritos and stuff (also uneventful! Woo-hoo!) which made for a nice test. My wrists hurt so much that I asked my brothers to open the little sauce packets for me 'cause it just hurt me trying to do it. They're still stiff and sore today, but are better than I was expecting.
Today I'm going to give the car that bath it's due. I don't know what else yet. I guess it depends on how I'm feeling. I'm not feeling wiped out like last night, but I am sore.
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You know, there is something to be said for that feeling of personal investiture in your own vehicle. It's kind of a nice feeling to look at a car and say, 'Yeah, I did this and that and this other thing and it's running thanks to me.'. That's satisfying. At the same time, as much as I like my new Neon, I really do miss having a car I don't have to do work on. A car that I just go outside and turn the key and drive and not have to worry that something is going to break on it somewhere. But that's life, I suppose.
Huge thanks to
akreaveter for spending all of yesterday with me and helping out with the car by taking care of Kuma, handing me tools, and being the foot on the brake while I bled the system and eyes on the instrument cluster as I poked at things under the hood. Thanks!Ak and I were up 'till about 1 or 2 playing Spore. He stayed over at my place and I got up and started on the car around nine, Ak joining me at ten. I started with final making of room in the garage, then drove the Neon around the Posivan to get the nose in. I took the front passenger wheel off and removed the splash gaurd to look at the alternator and wiring bundles. Though as
sabrinageek said, they'd clearly been worked on and taped up, they seemed ok. I had Ak start the car and watch for the battery light as I poked at various wire bundles trying to duplicate the problem from Monday.( This is a bunch of stuff about working on my car, for the most part. I figured I'd cut it for people who really don't care about the nitty gritty. )
So I went in the house and took a nice long, hot, wonderful shower. It was about nine when that was done, so Tim and I got in the Neon and drove (uneventfully!) over to my parents house where I just sort of hung out and talked to my parents and brothers 'till about 11:30. There was a trip in there out to Piggly Wiggly with my dad to buy some burritos and stuff (also uneventful! Woo-hoo!) which made for a nice test. My wrists hurt so much that I asked my brothers to open the little sauce packets for me 'cause it just hurt me trying to do it. They're still stiff and sore today, but are better than I was expecting.
Today I'm going to give the car that bath it's due. I don't know what else yet. I guess it depends on how I'm feeling. I'm not feeling wiped out like last night, but I am sore.
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You know, there is something to be said for that feeling of personal investiture in your own vehicle. It's kind of a nice feeling to look at a car and say, 'Yeah, I did this and that and this other thing and it's running thanks to me.'. That's satisfying. At the same time, as much as I like my new Neon, I really do miss having a car I don't have to do work on. A car that I just go outside and turn the key and drive and not have to worry that something is going to break on it somewhere. But that's life, I suppose.
