We done gone and done it now
August 9th, 2010 by Jen
Those of you who know me and mine in real life picture this: Jen and Hubby, working together, calmly and with no disagreements to fix the following on my van:
1. Headlight that was failing to light
2. Broken windshield wiper fluid pump
3. Annoying piece of molding that keeps coming loose
Now, I’m going to ask that you not laugh out loud, but this REALLY happened tonight.
Really.
Icing on the cake? When we went to the auto parts store, Firstborn watched the youngers so we could go expeditiously and in peace.
Those more mechanically inclined might think us silly for celebrating this limited success. WHATEVER. I’m hooked. I loved every minute of it. Next up? Replacing my glitchy headlight switch and maybe figuring out how to clear the code we triggered poking about the fuse box.
Of COURSE there are more important things to worry about in my life right now. In no particular order save a concentric outward circle of proximity to me at this moment: Firstborn is bailing on the old homestead in favor of something called “off campus housing.” Pshh. Fourthborn is throwing a FIT a DAY because big school hasn’t started yet and she must remain in preschool until Aug 25th. My beautiful mother is caring non-stop for Stepdad as he is beginning to be diagnosed and treated for various life threatening ailments (kidneys no longer failing, but cancer might’ve spread? Maybe kinda sorta–we’ll see when the tests come back!). But there is only so much I can do about these things. I can’t keep Firstborn home forever, I can’t start school when it suits Fourthborn. And if my stepfather’s body came with the kind of instructions that I have found over the internet for various maintenance efforts for the van…and more importantly HE WOULD’VE ALLOWED said maintenance to take place…maybe something could’ve been done ahead of the game. (Water, bridge, see it flowing under?)
So, in the light of such things, it makes me greatly pleased to FIX SOMETHING I actually CAN FIX. Even if it’s simple as changing a light bulb.
Giddy with Today’s results, tomorrow I might attempt to fix something else I’ve been avoiding like the plague. DINNER.
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