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Sep. 10th, 2008 09:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI got the Aveo off of my insurance on Tuesday. I asked whether it had been removed yet since it had been totalled out. It actually hadn't, and the person asked me if I wanted it removed. I said that, since I no longer owned the car, that that would be nice. Fortunately, they made it retroactive to the day after the accident. The reduction in price was so much that, of my two remaining payments in the six month policy, it took one of them out entirely and discounted the other. Of course, when I added the Neon in today, it went back up, but not by nearly as much since I only have liability and such.
I was planning on registering it tonight. But, because I am an idiot, I left the title at work (where I had it so I could get the VIN for adding it to my insurance) and couldn't do that. And of course, the DMV is open late only one day a week, and not at all on weekends, so I may have to wait until next week. I found a listing of other businesses that work with the DMV to provid title and registration services, so I'm going to call tomorrow and see if the one that's open 'till 7 on Thursdays has a big fee. If not, I may get it done there.
I've been remiss in talking to people about not going to Minnesota this weekend. I'm sorry about that. I've intended to call or something, but I don't really like talking on the phone to begin with, and talking on the phone when I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint people who were expecting me to go is kind of intimidating, and I kept thinking I was going to do it later and putting it off, and I never quite got to talking to people. I'm sorry about that.
One reason is that I need at least a day to work on the car and I don't see any other way that I'm going to get the time. The Neon's running, but it still needs some TLC and it's starting to get cold out there. I need to do the brakes, take the seats out and vacuum, and clean my tools out of the trunk. I may take the wheel-well guard off while I've got the tire off so I can check on the electrical connections to the alternator (it looks like they really buried that thing on this model!) to try to track down the battery light issue. I'm planning to go to the Pick N' Pull and find an oil pan (the Neon has a pinhole leak) and a dashboard cover since this one has a hole. (Gonna look for a radio for Andrea's Kia while I'm there.) I'd like to install the new oil pan, and take the headlight glass out and clean it thoroughly since it's kind of clouded. I want to go to a quarter wash and give it a bath. That's all going to take the better part of a day, I'm sure, assuming I even get it all done, and that the Pick N Pull has a compatible Neon. Most of it is not major, but some of it definitely is stuff that should be done before the winter when I might have to do it in half a foot of snow. Took a gas tank out of my truck with half a foot of snow on the ground in the middle of February when it was so cold that I couldn't feel the tools in my hands. NOT FUN. (And boy do I owe Juan for that, and how!) And from the condition of the drum brake we did on one side, I don't trust the one on the other side to hold up through the winter.
(On a side note, I learned from Sabrina that there are a number of things that aren't as intimidating as I thought they were. I'm feeling a little more confident thanks to her, and I found instructions online for converting a Neon to four wheel disc; I may think about doing that in the Spring.)
I really hope it doesn't rain; I can't get the car into the garage with Posi's van in the way. Maybe I can get my brother to help me move it. Or Posi, if you're going to be at coffee, maybe you could help?
Beyond that... I haven't had much time to myself in a long time. The idea of a weekend spent largely by myself in the house working on my own projects is appealing. Really appealing. Not that I don't want to be around the people who are going to Minnesota, and who are there. I don't see them nearly as much as I'd like as it is. But the idea of another weekend on the road, in a car for hours and hours, is just not fitting my brain right now. I'm sorry. I really do want to see you all and spend time with you, and I really hope I can do that. I just don't think it should be this weekend.
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My dear one just gave me one of her hot, fresh, home-made ginger snap cookies. It is so good! And she explained that, one of the reasons she made cookies, as well as to take some with to the picnic, is so that she could have some kind of baked goods that she could leave with me to show me she loves me. I'm so very lucky that it makes me sniffly sometimes... Thank you my dear one.
I was planning on registering it tonight. But, because I am an idiot, I left the title at work (where I had it so I could get the VIN for adding it to my insurance) and couldn't do that. And of course, the DMV is open late only one day a week, and not at all on weekends, so I may have to wait until next week. I found a listing of other businesses that work with the DMV to provid title and registration services, so I'm going to call tomorrow and see if the one that's open 'till 7 on Thursdays has a big fee. If not, I may get it done there.
I've been remiss in talking to people about not going to Minnesota this weekend. I'm sorry about that. I've intended to call or something, but I don't really like talking on the phone to begin with, and talking on the phone when I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint people who were expecting me to go is kind of intimidating, and I kept thinking I was going to do it later and putting it off, and I never quite got to talking to people. I'm sorry about that.
One reason is that I need at least a day to work on the car and I don't see any other way that I'm going to get the time. The Neon's running, but it still needs some TLC and it's starting to get cold out there. I need to do the brakes, take the seats out and vacuum, and clean my tools out of the trunk. I may take the wheel-well guard off while I've got the tire off so I can check on the electrical connections to the alternator (it looks like they really buried that thing on this model!) to try to track down the battery light issue. I'm planning to go to the Pick N' Pull and find an oil pan (the Neon has a pinhole leak) and a dashboard cover since this one has a hole. (Gonna look for a radio for Andrea's Kia while I'm there.) I'd like to install the new oil pan, and take the headlight glass out and clean it thoroughly since it's kind of clouded. I want to go to a quarter wash and give it a bath. That's all going to take the better part of a day, I'm sure, assuming I even get it all done, and that the Pick N Pull has a compatible Neon. Most of it is not major, but some of it definitely is stuff that should be done before the winter when I might have to do it in half a foot of snow. Took a gas tank out of my truck with half a foot of snow on the ground in the middle of February when it was so cold that I couldn't feel the tools in my hands. NOT FUN. (And boy do I owe Juan for that, and how!) And from the condition of the drum brake we did on one side, I don't trust the one on the other side to hold up through the winter.
(On a side note, I learned from Sabrina that there are a number of things that aren't as intimidating as I thought they were. I'm feeling a little more confident thanks to her, and I found instructions online for converting a Neon to four wheel disc; I may think about doing that in the Spring.)
I really hope it doesn't rain; I can't get the car into the garage with Posi's van in the way. Maybe I can get my brother to help me move it. Or Posi, if you're going to be at coffee, maybe you could help?
Beyond that... I haven't had much time to myself in a long time. The idea of a weekend spent largely by myself in the house working on my own projects is appealing. Really appealing. Not that I don't want to be around the people who are going to Minnesota, and who are there. I don't see them nearly as much as I'd like as it is. But the idea of another weekend on the road, in a car for hours and hours, is just not fitting my brain right now. I'm sorry. I really do want to see you all and spend time with you, and I really hope I can do that. I just don't think it should be this weekend.
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My dear one just gave me one of her hot, fresh, home-made ginger snap cookies. It is so good! And she explained that, one of the reasons she made cookies, as well as to take some with to the picnic, is so that she could have some kind of baked goods that she could leave with me to show me she loves me. I'm so very lucky that it makes me sniffly sometimes... Thank you my dear one.
