What a day!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really sorry that I haven't been in to touch base with you all in a few days. It has been totally crazy here.
I would say that this has been the day from hell, did I not know that hell will be worse...(glad I'm not going there...hehehehe). The fact that it was 98 today, with a heat index of about 105, sure didn't help matters any.
I dropped Lee off at work a little before 9:00, then headed to the car place where I'd made arrangements for them to look at my front end... well, not mine, but my cars, knowing fully well that we weren't going to have them fix it, but just wanted to know exactly what the problem was. Well, after sitting there for 2 hours, they so NICELY informed me of all the things that were wrong with it, that they would naturally, be more than happy to fix for me, to the tune of about $1,330. It's a wonder I didn't look at the guy and say, "ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!????" But, we did find out that what was wrong with the car, was exactly what we were suspecting. The rotors, calipers, and breakpads need to be fixed...only one, but naturally, they wanted to do both, the left front strut is gone, but naturally, on that too, they wanted to replace both front struts. The rear shocks are gone, but we're not gonna worry too much about that right now. Our main concern is the breaks, which are the only safety feature on the car that is wrong. We knew their prices were high as a cat's back, and never had any intentions of letting them do the repairs, but for $30. we found out exactly what was wrong with it. I went back up to Lee's work to break the bad news to him, to which he replied...FORGET IT....lol
I headed out to Landon's house to pick him up and we were going to go to the store. Before I even got to Landon's, my car began to over heat. No idea where this started coming from, as we've had no problems at all with it doing this. By the time I got there, the needle was almost peaked out as high as it would go. On top of this, of course, we had to deal with my dil...his wife, who has been driving Landon, me and the rest of the family TOTALLY NUTS....especially the past few days. I added some water to the car, and Landon and I finally headed out. We stopped at Mc Donald's to grab a burger, and was only there for about 15 mins. We we got back to the car, and I turned the key, I was greated by a "click, click click"....my battery deader than a door nail!!! Something else that just came out of the blue. We found someone to give us a jump, and thought we'd be fine. We went to the store, and before even going in, turned off the car, and tried starting it again....click, click, click!!!!! I was soooooo furious!!! So, after getting our shopping done, we again had to find someone who could jump us. We knew by then that we were in serious trouble...not being able to turn the car off because it wouldn't start again, and not really being able to leave it running either, as it was over heating too. We decided to run back to my house,...leave the car running, unload my groceries real quick, only putting away what had to go in the freezer or refridgerator. On the way home, Moriah called and said that her and her friend Amanda wanted to go to the fair again tonight, which I said was fine...the only problem was that I didn't know if I'd be home from Landon's in time for them to go. They wanted to leave at about 6. Landon and I had already decided that once we dropped off my groceries, we then go to the auto supply place, get a thermostat for the car, and some new battery terminals, then to his house, where we'd be able to shut off the car, and then thought we'd go swimming for a bit while the car cooled off, and Landon said then that he'd put in the new thermostat, and replace my batter terminals. I had told Moriah that I didn't know if we'd be able to be back in time to get them home by 6....they were wanting to go swimming too, and she ended up a little ticked...and finally decided not to go to Landon's to swim, but just go to the fair with Amanda. It had been less than 5 mins. after Landon and I left the house, that Moriah calls me on my cell, and says they've changed their mind, and want to go swimming, and then go to the fair whenever we got back. This did not set well with me, especially with the fact that we were trying to get to Landon's as soon as possible, so we could get the car shut off. Landon and I went ahead and ran to the auto parts store, and I told Moriah that she had better be ready to go when we got back. So, after picking up the car parts, I had to turn around and go BACK home to get them. Needless to say by the time we got back to Landon's the car was hotter than a firecracker!!!! We just shut it off and went to the pool, while it cooled off.
We got back to Landon's house from the pool about 5 or a little after, and got the terminals, and thermostat replace in about 45 mins. The car started right up, and sounded great. We left it running for about 15 mins., and the temp. gauge seemed to be doing fine, and not overheating. I got Landon, and we decided to take it for a spin, and also get something to drink while we were out. Well....guess what....we got our drinks, and headed out on the highway for a quick test drive, and I hadn't gotten more than 3 miles or so down the road, till the car started heating up again!!!! I was sooooooo discusted, and totally at a loss now, as to what the problem was. Naturally, by the time we got back, the car was too hot to mess with, and I was suppose to be leaving in a bit to go pick up Lee. So...gave him a call, and told him about all that had been going on with the car not starting, and over heating, plus the fact, that I wasn't going to be able to be there on time to get him....I sure couldn't take off with the car that hot, or I'd never made it back to Columbia. We did some poking around, and did discover that it at least wasn't the water pump....I certainly wasn't ready to have to buy another $90 part. The guy that lives next door to Landon, works at the O'Rileys that isn't far from our house, and he had waited on us when we stopped in to get the parts. He got home from work not long after we got back from the pool, and finally came over to have a look and see if he could help. We thought at first that the thermostat that we'd put in might have been bad, but after removing it again, found that it was fine. Lee had suggest completely taking out the thermostat, which we finally ended up doing. The guy next door only had one more suggestion, that possibly the radiator needed to be flushed, and told us that they had some stuff at O'Riley's that was good, and not too expensive. So, guess Lee's going to have to try and do that tomorrow too.
When I had called Lee to tell him about the problems we were having, I'd asked him if anyone at work could run him home...but no one was there except Sonja...(Justin is home and doing much better)....I know she would have given him a ride, if it hadn't been for the fact that her car was in the shop, and she was relying on us to run her by there to pick her car up, when I got Lee. WHAT A MESS!!!! So, Lee and Sonja, when across the street to a little restaurant/bar, and had a drink while they were waiting for me to let the car cool off. Just about the time I was leaving to go get Lee, he called, and said that they had gotten Sonja's car...guess someone from the shop ran it to them, and that she was going to take Lee on home, and that i could just go straight to the house. At least that was a little less driving for me to do, since I wasn't sure how long it would be before the car started heating up again.
As if this was enough....Tara-Lee had called me earlier, and said that Kirk was working tonight, and she didn't want to stay at the house by herself, so wanted to know if she could come over. I said sure, and Kirk dropped her off around 4. She hadn't been there very long before she called me, asking if our AC had been working when we were there. When she got to the house, ti was over 80 in here, and the AC was blowing luke warm are!!!! WHAT ELSE...I wondered. I had her turn off the AC, but leave on only the fan, thinking that the compressor had probably frozen up. Thank God, that when I arrived home, after dropping off Amanda and Moriah at the fair, the house was nice and cool. I think it was just crankin' too hard to try and keep up with the heat we had today. It was MISERABLE!!!!
I had to run back to the fiar grounds to get Amanda and Moriah around 10:30. Luckily, the fair grounds are only about 3 miles from our house, so I was able to make it there and back without the car over heating again. Kirk got off a little early, and they hung around for abit, but it was getting late, and Eva was getting tired and a little fussy...so they headed home around 11.
I have to work tomorrow from 8-12, so hopefully, I can get to work and back without the car overheating to badly. Once I get home, then Lee is going to start working on the car, replacing the brakes, and flushing out the radiator. I SURE hope that does the trick. Of course, he's going to be starting on it in the afternoon...during the hottest time of the day, and it's suppose to be as bad tomorrow, as it was today.
So, as you can see....this has just been one CRAZY day. I was NEVER so glad to get home in my life. The guy that lives next to Landon, said that he'd pressure test our radiator the next time we were at Landon's. We may go out there tomorrow night sometime, depending on what time Lee gets the car fixed, if not...we'll probably go out Sunday for sure, so we can find out if the radiator flush did any good.
I am soooo tired, I've been sitting and can't stop yawning the entire time I'm writing this email. , and here it is, 1:30am, and I have to be up at 6:30. I certainly hope that tomorrow goes better than today has. It has just worn me out!!!!!!!
I sure hope that you've all had a better day than I have. Tomorrow has to be better, or I pull my hair out, and then I'll look as bald as Lee...lol
Hope you all had a great evening, and have a wonderful tomorrow. I'm sure I'll check back in with you tomorrow afternoon, when I get off work. Will talk to you soon. I'm not even gonna both to check this email for typo's either...so if you find any, which I'm sure you will....just ignore them...lol
Much love,
Lev
I would say that this has been the day from hell, did I not know that hell will be worse...(glad I'm not going there...hehehehe). The fact that it was 98 today, with a heat index of about 105, sure didn't help matters any.
I dropped Lee off at work a little before 9:00, then headed to the car place where I'd made arrangements for them to look at my front end... well, not mine, but my cars, knowing fully well that we weren't going to have them fix it, but just wanted to know exactly what the problem was. Well, after sitting there for 2 hours, they so NICELY informed me of all the things that were wrong with it, that they would naturally, be more than happy to fix for me, to the tune of about $1,330. It's a wonder I didn't look at the guy and say, "ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!????" But, we did find out that what was wrong with the car, was exactly what we were suspecting. The rotors, calipers, and breakpads need to be fixed...only one, but naturally, they wanted to do both, the left front strut is gone, but naturally, on that too, they wanted to replace both front struts. The rear shocks are gone, but we're not gonna worry too much about that right now. Our main concern is the breaks, which are the only safety feature on the car that is wrong. We knew their prices were high as a cat's back, and never had any intentions of letting them do the repairs, but for $30. we found out exactly what was wrong with it. I went back up to Lee's work to break the bad news to him, to which he replied...FORGET IT....lol
I headed out to Landon's house to pick him up and we were going to go to the store. Before I even got to Landon's, my car began to over heat. No idea where this started coming from, as we've had no problems at all with it doing this. By the time I got there, the needle was almost peaked out as high as it would go. On top of this, of course, we had to deal with my dil...his wife, who has been driving Landon, me and the rest of the family TOTALLY NUTS....especially the past few days. I added some water to the car, and Landon and I finally headed out. We stopped at Mc Donald's to grab a burger, and was only there for about 15 mins. We we got back to the car, and I turned the key, I was greated by a "click, click click"....my battery deader than a door nail!!! Something else that just came out of the blue. We found someone to give us a jump, and thought we'd be fine. We went to the store, and before even going in, turned off the car, and tried starting it again....click, click, click!!!!! I was soooooo furious!!! So, after getting our shopping done, we again had to find someone who could jump us. We knew by then that we were in serious trouble...not being able to turn the car off because it wouldn't start again, and not really being able to leave it running either, as it was over heating too. We decided to run back to my house,...leave the car running, unload my groceries real quick, only putting away what had to go in the freezer or refridgerator. On the way home, Moriah called and said that her and her friend Amanda wanted to go to the fair again tonight, which I said was fine...the only problem was that I didn't know if I'd be home from Landon's in time for them to go. They wanted to leave at about 6. Landon and I had already decided that once we dropped off my groceries, we then go to the auto supply place, get a thermostat for the car, and some new battery terminals, then to his house, where we'd be able to shut off the car, and then thought we'd go swimming for a bit while the car cooled off, and Landon said then that he'd put in the new thermostat, and replace my batter terminals. I had told Moriah that I didn't know if we'd be able to be back in time to get them home by 6....they were wanting to go swimming too, and she ended up a little ticked...and finally decided not to go to Landon's to swim, but just go to the fair with Amanda. It had been less than 5 mins. after Landon and I left the house, that Moriah calls me on my cell, and says they've changed their mind, and want to go swimming, and then go to the fair whenever we got back. This did not set well with me, especially with the fact that we were trying to get to Landon's as soon as possible, so we could get the car shut off. Landon and I went ahead and ran to the auto parts store, and I told Moriah that she had better be ready to go when we got back. So, after picking up the car parts, I had to turn around and go BACK home to get them. Needless to say by the time we got back to Landon's the car was hotter than a firecracker!!!! We just shut it off and went to the pool, while it cooled off.
We got back to Landon's house from the pool about 5 or a little after, and got the terminals, and thermostat replace in about 45 mins. The car started right up, and sounded great. We left it running for about 15 mins., and the temp. gauge seemed to be doing fine, and not overheating. I got Landon, and we decided to take it for a spin, and also get something to drink while we were out. Well....guess what....we got our drinks, and headed out on the highway for a quick test drive, and I hadn't gotten more than 3 miles or so down the road, till the car started heating up again!!!! I was sooooooo discusted, and totally at a loss now, as to what the problem was. Naturally, by the time we got back, the car was too hot to mess with, and I was suppose to be leaving in a bit to go pick up Lee. So...gave him a call, and told him about all that had been going on with the car not starting, and over heating, plus the fact, that I wasn't going to be able to be there on time to get him....I sure couldn't take off with the car that hot, or I'd never made it back to Columbia. We did some poking around, and did discover that it at least wasn't the water pump....I certainly wasn't ready to have to buy another $90 part. The guy that lives next door to Landon, works at the O'Rileys that isn't far from our house, and he had waited on us when we stopped in to get the parts. He got home from work not long after we got back from the pool, and finally came over to have a look and see if he could help. We thought at first that the thermostat that we'd put in might have been bad, but after removing it again, found that it was fine. Lee had suggest completely taking out the thermostat, which we finally ended up doing. The guy next door only had one more suggestion, that possibly the radiator needed to be flushed, and told us that they had some stuff at O'Riley's that was good, and not too expensive. So, guess Lee's going to have to try and do that tomorrow too.
When I had called Lee to tell him about the problems we were having, I'd asked him if anyone at work could run him home...but no one was there except Sonja...(Justin is home and doing much better)....I know she would have given him a ride, if it hadn't been for the fact that her car was in the shop, and she was relying on us to run her by there to pick her car up, when I got Lee. WHAT A MESS!!!! So, Lee and Sonja, when across the street to a little restaurant/bar, and had a drink while they were waiting for me to let the car cool off. Just about the time I was leaving to go get Lee, he called, and said that they had gotten Sonja's car...guess someone from the shop ran it to them, and that she was going to take Lee on home, and that i could just go straight to the house. At least that was a little less driving for me to do, since I wasn't sure how long it would be before the car started heating up again.
As if this was enough....Tara-Lee had called me earlier, and said that Kirk was working tonight, and she didn't want to stay at the house by herself, so wanted to know if she could come over. I said sure, and Kirk dropped her off around 4. She hadn't been there very long before she called me, asking if our AC had been working when we were there. When she got to the house, ti was over 80 in here, and the AC was blowing luke warm are!!!! WHAT ELSE...I wondered. I had her turn off the AC, but leave on only the fan, thinking that the compressor had probably frozen up. Thank God, that when I arrived home, after dropping off Amanda and Moriah at the fair, the house was nice and cool. I think it was just crankin' too hard to try and keep up with the heat we had today. It was MISERABLE!!!!
I had to run back to the fiar grounds to get Amanda and Moriah around 10:30. Luckily, the fair grounds are only about 3 miles from our house, so I was able to make it there and back without the car over heating again. Kirk got off a little early, and they hung around for abit, but it was getting late, and Eva was getting tired and a little fussy...so they headed home around 11.
I have to work tomorrow from 8-12, so hopefully, I can get to work and back without the car overheating to badly. Once I get home, then Lee is going to start working on the car, replacing the brakes, and flushing out the radiator. I SURE hope that does the trick. Of course, he's going to be starting on it in the afternoon...during the hottest time of the day, and it's suppose to be as bad tomorrow, as it was today.
So, as you can see....this has just been one CRAZY day. I was NEVER so glad to get home in my life. The guy that lives next to Landon, said that he'd pressure test our radiator the next time we were at Landon's. We may go out there tomorrow night sometime, depending on what time Lee gets the car fixed, if not...we'll probably go out Sunday for sure, so we can find out if the radiator flush did any good.
I am soooo tired, I've been sitting and can't stop yawning the entire time I'm writing this email. , and here it is, 1:30am, and I have to be up at 6:30. I certainly hope that tomorrow goes better than today has. It has just worn me out!!!!!!!
I sure hope that you've all had a better day than I have. Tomorrow has to be better, or I pull my hair out, and then I'll look as bald as Lee...lol
Hope you all had a great evening, and have a wonderful tomorrow. I'm sure I'll check back in with you tomorrow afternoon, when I get off work. Will talk to you soon. I'm not even gonna both to check this email for typo's either...so if you find any, which I'm sure you will....just ignore them...lol
Much love,
Lev
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