Both of them are irritating.
On my way from work to a little awards ceremony at Meelie's school, my car stopped running. Luckily, it started up again and I was able to make it there, and then back home. It then again ran fine when I went to pick her up after she got out of "Good News Club." When we went back out to the car, it wouldn't start. It tried, but nothing doing.
I promptly did what any mature, independent woman would do and called my husband. He headed on over to the school to help out. When he got there, I climbed back into the car, and showed him (I thought) what it did when I started the car. The piece of crap car started right up. Sigh.
As we were talking with some of the other teachers who were standing around, it stopped again. I was vindicated. But the car still wouldn't start. He got under the hood and re-seated (I think that's the term) some of the connections, mumbled alot and had me try and start her again. It worked.
Right now, he's outside checking things out to see if he can figure out what is going on. He is the one you want to go to when you want things fixed. This is primarily the reason I married him. Ahem.
During all of this time, the gnats were out in full force. At one point I had to tie Meelie down to the bumper because they were attempting to carry her off.
When we got home, the gnat situation was worse (there is a pond, and I use that term loosely, in back of our house, as well as the fact that we are surrounded by marshlands), and of course, Meelie chose this time to dawdle, and approximately 4,682 gnats invaded the inside of my car in about 5 seconds flat. Peeps, they were in my hair, on my clothes, in my mouth (gag), and she's just standing there with the door open, chatting away. In my calm, rational voice I shouted "GET YOUR BACKPACK AND CLOSE THE CAR DOOR!"
Right now? I've finished picking the gnats out of my teeth, and am trying to mellow out, while drinking a glass of wine, or six.
Snow is looking very good right now, as long as the location has some really good public transportation.
Update: I've added some photos in the extended entry. Click on the piccy to biggen them.
The pictures are as follows: The piece of crap car, redneck party light, Olympic Roller Blading and Chalk Drawing, Master M and Ralph.
Comments
oh no! Not the snow Moogie!!! 4,000 gnats with TEETH can be frightening though can't they? Their cousins live at my house.
Posted by: Suzanne at March 16, 2006 7:08 PM
Gnats in your teeth? It's all the protein you'll need for the next week!
I've always wanted one of those cute bug zapper thingies -- might get one to put out on our back deck so we can swim at night in our pool. Wanna swim with us? No skinny dipping though.
Hope you get your vehicle straightened out. The last time I had my van in the shop because the heater wasn't working right, they had the sucker for almost two months because . . . they had to order the parts from Japan. Boy, was I disgusted. And, guess what? The heater still doesn't work right. So, I'm not messing with it any more.
Posted by: motherkitty at March 17, 2006 12:27 AM
I hate the gnats. Arrggghhh. Damn, I'm scratchin' just thinkin' about them.
Oh - and good luck with the car. THAT stuff makes me crazy!
Posted by: Tammi at March 17, 2006 9:06 AM
Now Moogie, it could be worse, you could have snow lol or worse it could be summer and your in Western Scotland home of the terror that is the Highland Midge, that makes gnats look tame!
*bops car one for ya*
Posted by: Gopher at March 17, 2006 2:56 PM
