Long time no post
Sep. 5th, 2024 10:18 amI'm mostly on various discords and endlessly scrolling through Tumblr right now.
Anyway, move has gone well, we're settled in, Mom's broken ankle has healed and she's back in her apartment and we've returned her cat to her.
We're down TWO cars at the moment as the Niro broke down when I was driving home from helping Mom move, with the most unhelpful note whatsoever, "Check hybrid system," which means, according to Dr. Google, that it could be pretty much anything. I ended up sheltering from the 105° heat while waiting for the tow truck in a dive bar populated exclusively by middle-aged women, from whom I learned that apparently the secret to life is vitamin B12 and speed. Okay then! The one who said that then told a series of filthy jokes, none of which I remember, alas.
We tried taking the Niro to a local mechanic who reported they were very sorry but they couldn't even get a diagnostic out of it, so it had to be towed back to our place and then yesterday towed to a dealership. It has two recalls on it to get fixed, so it would have to go there anyway. But we were impressed enough with the mechanics' attitude and honesty (plus the recommendation from friends) to get our OTHER car, which had been sitting in the driveway with an oil leak and busted A/C, towed to them to hopefully get fixed up so we can get rid of the rental car we've been driving. We hadn't been prioritizing the other car because our plan, now that we're both working from home, was to drop down to one car and get the second one fixed up and handed over to a friend who has been patiently waiting on the car for months now. So it took us stupidly long to go "Wait, if we get it fixed we don't have to have the rental." sigh.
The new house is near a high school, which is having band practice in the mornings. We're close enough to hear the drums but not much else so I keep thinking that some machine somewhere is boiling--it kinda sounds like a hot water heater--before realizing no, it's the drum corps.
There's probably other things happening that I'm not thinking of right now.
Anyway, move has gone well, we're settled in, Mom's broken ankle has healed and she's back in her apartment and we've returned her cat to her.
We're down TWO cars at the moment as the Niro broke down when I was driving home from helping Mom move, with the most unhelpful note whatsoever, "Check hybrid system," which means, according to Dr. Google, that it could be pretty much anything. I ended up sheltering from the 105° heat while waiting for the tow truck in a dive bar populated exclusively by middle-aged women, from whom I learned that apparently the secret to life is vitamin B12 and speed. Okay then! The one who said that then told a series of filthy jokes, none of which I remember, alas.
We tried taking the Niro to a local mechanic who reported they were very sorry but they couldn't even get a diagnostic out of it, so it had to be towed back to our place and then yesterday towed to a dealership. It has two recalls on it to get fixed, so it would have to go there anyway. But we were impressed enough with the mechanics' attitude and honesty (plus the recommendation from friends) to get our OTHER car, which had been sitting in the driveway with an oil leak and busted A/C, towed to them to hopefully get fixed up so we can get rid of the rental car we've been driving. We hadn't been prioritizing the other car because our plan, now that we're both working from home, was to drop down to one car and get the second one fixed up and handed over to a friend who has been patiently waiting on the car for months now. So it took us stupidly long to go "Wait, if we get it fixed we don't have to have the rental." sigh.
The new house is near a high school, which is having band practice in the mornings. We're close enough to hear the drums but not much else so I keep thinking that some machine somewhere is boiling--it kinda sounds like a hot water heater--before realizing no, it's the drum corps.
There's probably other things happening that I'm not thinking of right now.