Well I've been quiet b/c I've been BUSY * and * b/c I've used waaaay over my data plan already this month and I'm getting notices that I'm 75% into the additional bit they added for $10. DH, for reasons best known to himself,
doesn't want to switch up to "unlimited talk, text, and data." * sigh *
But I'll say this -- dh is right on one thing -- nothing is ever just SIMPLE.
We went through this rigmarole after dropping off dmom's car at the clean-up shop. DH wanted to go to dmom's and pick up our truck, which I had left there when I got hers.
I argued no, it would be much easier to just get dmom's truck from ds, who has commandeered it and has three vehicles now at his house and only one driver. He lives much closer to us and this truck, unlike ours, has AC.
This was time consuming, b/c ds had to clean out dmom's truck... but this was no problem to dh, in reality -- ds came to get me and I took him home.
As we went, we discussed that the brakes on this truck felt shaky, and the oil was waaaay overdue for a change.
I called dmom, got her "okay" to change oil and rotate tires. Told her I'd take it through the wash too. Thank goodness I was using her debit card...
This is where the fun began.
* Went through the drive-through "touch-free" car wash, which was totally worthless
* Oil change, new air filter, new oil filter, changed signal light (which I later learned has a shortage and won't work, with or without new bulb)
* Rotate tires
* Ma'am -- your rotor on this back passenger side is broken. It really needs to be replaced, and new brake pads put on, b/c it has worn the pad completely in two.
* Call dmom... go ahead... do that... Dmom told me to then "take this truck home and park it!"
* Start to back up... hmmmm... hard to back up... men start nodding their heads at each other...
* Ma'am -- that's what we thought, the caliper is bad, that's what caused the rotor to break...
* Go ahead... do that... (no additional labor charge this time, which I appreciated!)
* Went back to the car wash, did the hand scrub brush/power wand... it is far from perfect, but it's better...
... ... and dmom is in the hole about $275, I guess. All because she asked me to take her car to the clean-up shop, which will be about another $100 tomorrow. AND, as she bemoaned last weekend, she is spending "a king's ransom" to stay in this assisted living facility...
I bet she will be slow to ask my services in the future...
Home, starving, ate three pieces of pizza and a granola bar -- b/c supper won't be till after the nursing home tonight --
Looked up dh's report on line from x-ray yesterday, and apparently he has "no pleural effusions. No pneumothorax." Everything else normal. So I don't know if he's going back to the doctor or not. Dmom said the pneumonia from 2-3 weeks ago would leave him weak for a while, and he does seem to be feeling better the past few days, after hitting bottom last weekend... so... ? I guess we'll just wait and see what he says tomorrow.
What a day.
Planner Addicts... that sounds like just what I need!
Did
Harriet say something about ROUND FOUR???
NOOOOOO... that CANNOT BE!!! I never even got every room done in round two. Heck... some rooms missed out on round ONE!
How can this be???
WTG,
NANCY!!!
And I am so glad things went well for y'all yesterday,
Harmony!
Blessed, I do hope the nutritionist is able to help dd. Do you know, when dmom went to the acupuncturist that time, he had all sorts of supplements and misc items his patients swore by. I thought, personally, that he was just trying to make more money -- but he was an acupuncturist, NOT a nutritionist. I think things will be a little more "logical" for your dd -- but I'd hate to have to do IVs, too.