Thanks for opening the thread today, blessedw2.
My week started out great but then was thrown into disarray.
Sunday I went to see oldest DSis at her nursing home an hour away. DMom and younger DSis met me there and we had a wonderful visit.
Monday was a good day at work.
Then Tuesday ... sigh. I was supposed to run errands in TheBigCity on Tuesday. Did a bunch of chores before I left the house so I didn't get out to the car until mid-afternoon. My new car, which I haven't even had 2 months yet, WOULD NOT START.
Grrrr.
I had to have it towed to the dealership. First I asked the tow truck driver to verify that the car wouldn't start, because I didn't want to be accused of imagining it or doing it wrong. He didn't have any luck. Since the tow truck didn't arrive until 5 and the service dept. closes at 5:30, the mechanbic couldn't look at it until Wednesday morning. Service tech also was not able to start the car. Ran several tests. They were finally able to start it with the old-school trick of carburetor spray in the throttle -- but still don't know what caused the problem.
They kept it all day Wednesday and asked if I wanted to leave it overnight so they could try again Thursday morning. I replied that I needed a vehicle to get to work Thursday and since they didn't have a loaner available, they sent a shuttle to fetch me.
The service manager apologized that they couldn't find the reason and said to let them know if I had any further trouble. Well, duh -- yes, you better believe I'll let them know if it doesn't start again!
Of course, it's a brand new car and even the tow was covered by the warranty. However, that doesn't compensate me for the inconvenience of being stranded without my car for 2 days, tethered to the phone waiting for the mechanic to call.
I had such a nice long drive on Sunday that I was starting to feel better about the purchase, but that feeling disappeared Tuesday. Y'all know how anxious I get about car troubles, and that's magnified now that DMom is starting to need help more often.
Oh well. Hopefully back on track now.
Yesterday was another really good day at work.
I need to go run errands this afternoon. Trying to clean up the kitchen this morning.
I'll do laundry tonight.
I debated whether or not to go somewhere for lunch today, but decided to fix something here at home because I know my food will be healthier. I've managed to avoid eating out all week. I even cooked all our meals at home last weekend, which was unusual, but I'm just tired of the fried food and lack of vegetables at our local restaurants. I really don't count iceberg lettuce as a healthy green!