Monday naptime
- my suburban is dead, or at least possibly on its last legs (wheels)
- last week the radiator overheated, and we figured it was just an oversight of needing fluids
- well, two days later, it completely drained out when i was running my errands
- drove it home like the wind (with no antifreeze/water) and whipped through neighborhoods, avoiding stoplights
- adrenaline rush
- it's backed in the driveway for the duration
- gary's going to look at it when he has time---thinks it's more complicated than first expected, and he's worked on our vehicles a lot---street smarts
- not sure if it's a fixable situation, though
- over 240,000 miles and needs tires
- but the way i figure it, almost 6 years ago, we got this truck as a barter with friends who needed shop work from gary
- win/win for us and them as well
- surely there's another miracle vehicle out there---a car with good gas mileage would be sweet
- i'm open!
- and in other news, sweet indian boyfriend didn't get offered the cruise line job
- oldest son said he shouldn't get depressed too quickly---this son has a friend who's sent in over 60 applications to get work in the past year or so
- not sure the details, but at least it seems like this friend is very diligent about looking
- his wife is a pharmacist, though, so maybe he's got a bit of a backup---which is good
- second son is 24 today
- taco soup simmering and about to make a chocolate picnic cake
- must go rest now
- with playing car/truck tag, life is a bit more complicated
- to add to the drama, oldest daughter's truck went out last night and gary and i had to go save her---chained her truck to his truck and towed it
- second adrenaline rush for the week
- if you've never pulled a vehicle this way, i don't recommend it---drove me nuts being in the lead truck
- hard to time the braking in order to avoid running into one another, which of course, happened
- BAM!
- fortunately all our trucks are a bit worn, so a dent here and there on the bumpers just adds to the character
- but we all survived and it was all do-able
- it's all in your perspective, i reckon
- will really go rest now
- take care
