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shaunacarrickSeems like FaceBook is being stupid - more so than usual - so will post update-city here for a while.
For those not on FB - My van decided to overheat last week, I was able to get it fixed (to the tune of $1200) and paid for it by playing 'credit card poker'. Awful but possible. This was necessary as my roommate was scheduled to go into the hospital on Monday for a full right knee replacement and I had to get her to the hospital, be able to go to and from and also run errands (groceries, etc) as well as get her home and generally be her 'hands, feet, chauffeur and go-fer' until she heals up some more. She won't be able to drive herself for 30 days, and has appointments for PT and other things well before that, so I need to have wheels. Period.
Six hours after getting the van back, it had issues and actually was boiling over when I was trying to park at my house. On a Friday night.
Sat am I called the dealership where I get it worked on. It's a two-sided place - Honda on one side - open on Saturdays - and everything else on the other, NOT open on Saturdays. The Honda service guy told me to call a specific Tow company in town to get the van to them, and he had a loaner Honda Civic for me. Great. Only problem I could see was that it is a 'full size' (HA!) sedan, meaning really hard for me and my roommate to get in and out of - especially after getting a knee replaced!
So, Mon we got her to the hospital and checked in. While she was under, I was in the waiting area and talked to the service folks I usually deal with. They had nothing bigger to loan me, and were going to try and see if Enterprise had something bigger I could use as a rental until my van was done. Big problem - there is a National Basketball Tournament in town right now - NAIA Division 1 Women's Championship. Big deal for the city, and also a big draw on rentals. SO, no rentals available - at all.
SIGH.
Also, diagnosis on what is wrong with the van - timing cover letting coolant out as fast as they poured it in. 8 hour repair job - and have to get the part (or parts) in first. Another $1200 estimate. The Honda side wanted their loaner back - and passed on the 'is she keeping it clean' query to the gal I was talking with. I had to reassure her I was not off-roading or anything stupid - just to and from the hospital, with a couple of grocery store stops in addition.
EVEN BIGGER SIGH. All we can figure is that my address - south side of town, in the 'poorer' section - makes the Honda folks think I am not 'worthy'. Pfui.
ANYWAY, I had to be able to get roommate home today (Wednesday). Actually got her into the car, drove to the VA to get her post-surgery meds filled (free that way!) and then got her home. Managed to get her all situated, made another store run for a couple of things - like ICE for the 'polar care' machine that pumps cold water around her knee - and then waited for the mail. Expecting a check from my sister to help with the new repair costs.
Did not come today - so hope tomorrow! - and then drove the loaner back. Stopped to fill up and also get two more bags of ice, in a cooler I got from the garage on purpose to keep the ice less melty, and turned it in. The folks I usually deal with were super nice and not judge-y at all. Thanked me for filling it up and got me a courtesy ride home (with the cooler).
SO, home. Roommate is doing AWESOME - able to stand, maneuver to the pottie and then back to her room (it's a whole six steps!, but around a corner) with only minimal assistance. She can put the ice thing on her knee by herself. I will be the one changing out the ice, obviously, but she can do all the rest.
Speaking of rest, I hope I can get some better sleep, now that she is home and I am not having nightmares of strapping her to the roof, like the Beverly Hillbillies, to get her home! :-P
Just have to get that $$ in the bank so I can pay for the repair - and that repair had better hold! Her PT and other appointments at the VA start on Monday and I am the one to take her there and back. In the van will be MUCH easier - we know she can get in and out.
As for me, I am struggling with my own health issues. Nothing horrendous, just chronic this and that which make being the 'helper' a bit more challenging. We are both just working through things. I get to be the 'chief cook and bottle washer' for a while, so that will be entertaining - she is a much better cook than I am!
I can cook, it's just not as 'adventurous' as some, and blander than most, given my particular allergies/sensitivities. She and I are actually used to that and discussed how to manage that already. She'll 'spice up' her plate of whatever when I cook and it'll be all good.
To make things more entertaining, her son moved up here almost two years ago from Colorado Springs. He's sleeping in my living room - we put a bed in there, and it is his area. There's a small curtain hung to give him some light/sound block from my room, but until we get something more substantial built he doesn't have a LOT of privacy. He works full-time as a cable installer, working for a company contracted to Spectrum. Gets good hours mostly, and is really good at his job. Having him here the past couple of winters has been very very very helpful - he can shovel snow and help with outside things that are a struggle for us old, broken women. :-) We would be using his truck for things, but this past month's SUPER COLD has killed it - he's still trying to get it running again. He's mechanically inclined, I'm NOT, so it's on him to fix it. Might be able to this weekend, on his days off (Sun and Mon) since he has done some serious trouble-shooting and things he has narrowed down why it won't start/keep running.
ANYWAY, HUGE update here.
I'm off to lie down for a little bit - I need to rest, too! - before fixing dinner for kitties and us.
SO, we keep on keeping on.
For those not on FB - My van decided to overheat last week, I was able to get it fixed (to the tune of $1200) and paid for it by playing 'credit card poker'. Awful but possible. This was necessary as my roommate was scheduled to go into the hospital on Monday for a full right knee replacement and I had to get her to the hospital, be able to go to and from and also run errands (groceries, etc) as well as get her home and generally be her 'hands, feet, chauffeur and go-fer' until she heals up some more. She won't be able to drive herself for 30 days, and has appointments for PT and other things well before that, so I need to have wheels. Period.
Six hours after getting the van back, it had issues and actually was boiling over when I was trying to park at my house. On a Friday night.
Sat am I called the dealership where I get it worked on. It's a two-sided place - Honda on one side - open on Saturdays - and everything else on the other, NOT open on Saturdays. The Honda service guy told me to call a specific Tow company in town to get the van to them, and he had a loaner Honda Civic for me. Great. Only problem I could see was that it is a 'full size' (HA!) sedan, meaning really hard for me and my roommate to get in and out of - especially after getting a knee replaced!
So, Mon we got her to the hospital and checked in. While she was under, I was in the waiting area and talked to the service folks I usually deal with. They had nothing bigger to loan me, and were going to try and see if Enterprise had something bigger I could use as a rental until my van was done. Big problem - there is a National Basketball Tournament in town right now - NAIA Division 1 Women's Championship. Big deal for the city, and also a big draw on rentals. SO, no rentals available - at all.
SIGH.
Also, diagnosis on what is wrong with the van - timing cover letting coolant out as fast as they poured it in. 8 hour repair job - and have to get the part (or parts) in first. Another $1200 estimate. The Honda side wanted their loaner back - and passed on the 'is she keeping it clean' query to the gal I was talking with. I had to reassure her I was not off-roading or anything stupid - just to and from the hospital, with a couple of grocery store stops in addition.
EVEN BIGGER SIGH. All we can figure is that my address - south side of town, in the 'poorer' section - makes the Honda folks think I am not 'worthy'. Pfui.
ANYWAY, I had to be able to get roommate home today (Wednesday). Actually got her into the car, drove to the VA to get her post-surgery meds filled (free that way!) and then got her home. Managed to get her all situated, made another store run for a couple of things - like ICE for the 'polar care' machine that pumps cold water around her knee - and then waited for the mail. Expecting a check from my sister to help with the new repair costs.
Did not come today - so hope tomorrow! - and then drove the loaner back. Stopped to fill up and also get two more bags of ice, in a cooler I got from the garage on purpose to keep the ice less melty, and turned it in. The folks I usually deal with were super nice and not judge-y at all. Thanked me for filling it up and got me a courtesy ride home (with the cooler).
SO, home. Roommate is doing AWESOME - able to stand, maneuver to the pottie and then back to her room (it's a whole six steps!, but around a corner) with only minimal assistance. She can put the ice thing on her knee by herself. I will be the one changing out the ice, obviously, but she can do all the rest.
Speaking of rest, I hope I can get some better sleep, now that she is home and I am not having nightmares of strapping her to the roof, like the Beverly Hillbillies, to get her home! :-P
Just have to get that $$ in the bank so I can pay for the repair - and that repair had better hold! Her PT and other appointments at the VA start on Monday and I am the one to take her there and back. In the van will be MUCH easier - we know she can get in and out.
As for me, I am struggling with my own health issues. Nothing horrendous, just chronic this and that which make being the 'helper' a bit more challenging. We are both just working through things. I get to be the 'chief cook and bottle washer' for a while, so that will be entertaining - she is a much better cook than I am!
I can cook, it's just not as 'adventurous' as some, and blander than most, given my particular allergies/sensitivities. She and I are actually used to that and discussed how to manage that already. She'll 'spice up' her plate of whatever when I cook and it'll be all good.
To make things more entertaining, her son moved up here almost two years ago from Colorado Springs. He's sleeping in my living room - we put a bed in there, and it is his area. There's a small curtain hung to give him some light/sound block from my room, but until we get something more substantial built he doesn't have a LOT of privacy. He works full-time as a cable installer, working for a company contracted to Spectrum. Gets good hours mostly, and is really good at his job. Having him here the past couple of winters has been very very very helpful - he can shovel snow and help with outside things that are a struggle for us old, broken women. :-) We would be using his truck for things, but this past month's SUPER COLD has killed it - he's still trying to get it running again. He's mechanically inclined, I'm NOT, so it's on him to fix it. Might be able to this weekend, on his days off (Sun and Mon) since he has done some serious trouble-shooting and things he has narrowed down why it won't start/keep running.
ANYWAY, HUGE update here.
I'm off to lie down for a little bit - I need to rest, too! - before fixing dinner for kitties and us.
SO, we keep on keeping on.
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