Hoopty & More..... Brrrrrrrrr.......

It is -2 degrees and the wind chill factor (how it feels outside) is 60 billion degrees below zero. I know the wind chill today because my hoopty broke down. I went from power steering to no power steering. I have learned that I don't have the upper body strength to steer my vehicle without power steering. Yay for power steering! It is very sad to lose it.

Apparently my poor hoopty had thickening oil due to the frigid temps. The car was warmed up, but the oil was thick and it caused the clamp to blow off the hose that channels the magic steering strengthening stuff to the engine. So I was screwed. Yes, this happened to me last year at this time -- thus making today's episode much easier to diagnose! I feel even better having found and read last year's post. It was 5 below zero last time this happened!!!! The hoopty, she does not like the cold.

I called up Hubby who was sleeping after working overnight. I was working 45 minutes from home and it was 11am. "Can you come save me?" He did he put a new tighter clamp on the other side of blown hose all the while cursing poor design). Lesson learned. DO NOT skip your morning coffee and plan it to follow your first work appointment. IF you skip that coffee something will prevent you from ever getting it and you will be robbed of the joy of that very first warm sip. You will be robbed of the soothing joy that is morning coffee. There is no reason to deny this joy. Next time I will be late for my appointment vs. missing my coffee.

So now I sit, thawing out without coffee. I have that slight "I didn't have my coffee" headache and I'm kind of grumpy (despite the fact that Wonderful Hubby fixed my car). How dare I be grumpy. But I am....... Hubby still has not gotten the promised call regarding the job. Back to staring at the phone.....

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My best friend with the ugly divorce had another ugly incident. There was a scuffle at the last drop off and the soon to be ex husband restrained her when she tried to run to the door of the police station (where they now do custody exchanges since he is such a lunatic). He restrained her, she tried to use her phone to call for help, he eventually released her but kept her phone. She left with the kids and came back later to report the theft of the phone to the police. She is again violated because he now has all the text messages she has sent and she had to buy another phone (because loser man didn't give up the phone when the police visited him).

No privacy for her, more control for him. It does not seem fair. She has learned her lesson though -- yesterday's drop off was done with a police stand by. Apparently you can have the police do a "Civil Standby" at a custody exchange if your husband is a lunatic. Good to know. Glad my hubby isn't a lunatic. I'm also glad she is seeing the threat to her safety more clearly and is having a civil stand by. The police office just stands there during the exchange and usually the police presence is enough to keep lunatics in line. Hopefully the court will hold him accountable for violating the personal protection order. She will have happier days when this is over......

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My internet is still out at home. Oh the humanity!!!! It works for the Geek Squad at their shop but not at home. The wireless internet works for hubby's laptop, but not when I plug in a wireless internet adapter to my PC. The cruelty is unbearable!!! I WANT MY INTERNET BACK! Wah.

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I am happy Obama won this weekend. I am also shocked to see the Huffington post has at least one writer who agrees with me on Obama vs. Clinton. It is shaping up to be an interesting election year. Too bad so much money (a BILLION ALREADY) is being wasted in the process.

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More to come...... please keep up the prayers for peace and hubby's employment!

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