teh suck!

[mamajoan]

First of all, in happy news, today is the birthday of the lovely xochiquetzl. *confetti* Many happy returns!

Alas, that's all the happy I've got today. :P Today has sucked!!!! We slept poorly (that's what I get for telling rainbow_goddess that we sleep a lot better these days), then I broke my nightgown strap and Isaac threw a bunch of stuff on the floor and I momentarily lost my temper (that's what I get for telling devafall that I have lots of patience), then Isaac fell down -- twice. The second time, he got a bloody nose. :( Poor little guy! He was so tired from sleeping badly and waking up early, it made him a bit clumsy. After the trauma of the second fall he zonked out, just in time for us to have to leave. Argh!

Oh, and in between there, the termite guy came to do his thing, and told me that the cops were ticketing cars on the street. I knew it was street-sweeping day but I had been keeping an eye out -- not a good enough eye, apparently, for I got a $25 ticket. Double Argh!!

Then I took my car to the shop and they said that to fix the immediate oil leak would be $1200, and to fix the engine so it won't burn oil any more would be $2000 or more. Triple Argh!!!! I guess I'll be looking for a new car. I'm not dropping three grand into this piece of crap when I could get a decent used car for a bit more than that. Sigh. I knew I was going to need a new (to me) car soon, but now I guess it's more urgent than ever. I've been having to put a quart of oil in every 2-3 weeks, which gets tedious (but is still less expensive than fixing it, apparently). Grump.

OK, I'm ready for today to be over, dammit.

Comments

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

The oil thing is a pain - that was one of the Chez Hairballmobile I's problems and I am so happy now that I don't have to put two quarts in every 15 days, like clockwork.

[frightened.livejournal.com]

Urgh, what a day! :-(

[mishaslair.livejournal.com]

My sympathies on your car woes. I need to start aggressively saving to replace mine, because I think my original estimate that it would last me a year is going to be right on the money.

I hope the rest of your day goes better!

[xochiquetzl]

Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! Yay! and my sincerest condolences on the car. Argh is right!

Poor Isaac. Poor Isaac's nose.

I hope your day gets better.

[wyldreamer.livejournal.com]

urg...that is an insane amount of money for car repair. poor Isaac, lexie always gets extra clumsy when she's tired too.

[retch.livejournal.com]

hug, that sounds like a frustrating day alright! Hood luck with finding a replacement car! And get some rest!!!!

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

My first car leaked oil, too, and a mechanic told me it would be way less expensive to simply keep topping it up than to fix it.

Sorry about the other woes.