*breathe, breathe*
Ok so its not one huge thing but all these little things are starting to make me a certifiable crazy person. Where to start . . .
1. Car issues. If you are confused please go back and read recent posts about my adventures with Chrissy & Mike (fiance's vehicle). We are ok (for now) Shhhh don't say anything too loud, I think she can hear me. . .
2. I'm getting married. . .like soon o_O. Which at the beginning was very smooth and easy. These last few months have tested my patience. I am a VERY laid back person. I usually take others opinions and advice and figure out what I want to do. I'm non- confrontational and if you have a better idea than me, I can accept that. So what I am saying is people aren't used to me having a STRONG opinion. . . much less saying, No. Well its our wedding and we have an idea of how we want things to look and be. Well apparently we are wrong and that's NOT what we want. . . who knew I didn't know what I wanted. Long story short, I pissed off many people by sticking to what I want and not what they want and saying, "no sorry we want ____". My dad is 100% supportive of, "this is our wedding and we can do what we want" (nothing tacky). Just because you like something, doesn't mean it is something I like or picture in my wedding. It doesn't mean its not nice/pretty/a good idea BUT its not ME. I am not preppy (not by any means) so doing anything preppy would not scream NOLA Girl. . . it would seem fake. So I am having a lot of you shouldn't do this, you just CAN'T do that, etc. I had few upturned noses at my color choice for my Bridesmaids. . . its deep purple. . . WTH is wrong with deep purple?! Its not like hot pink or electric blue .. .Anyways in the midst of all my 'decision making' I am pretty sure my nephew was pulled from the wedding and some other important peeps are not participating as much as before (like not coming to events and not having good excuses). The budget got way outta control which I am confused because last I checked we were under so WTH was added????? Its not all my fam either...just saying. Me and my fiance are so NON DRAMATIC so this is really testing our patience.
3. I'm going to Vegas!!!!!!!! For another wedding. . . right before mine. . . which is soooooooooooooo exciting but just means I have that much more to do. Oye Vey.
4. I still haven't sold this STUPID house so I am STILL linked to my ex via this STUPID house. Now I am stressing out because come wedding day new husband is moving in with me come hell or high water and I cannot pin down my ex to explain this to him and why I cannot be tied to him any more!!!!! I was REALLY hoping it would sell before the wedding. But contrary to the media. The housing market still SUCKS! People are making offers. . . but they are offering $10,000 LESS than what I still owe. Sorry I am not taking a loss . . . that is DUMB! So as of today its not sold :( And I know its not just me. I have 4 friends that are selling houses in different areas and none can get a bite. . .so depressing.
5. Job DRAMA! Mine is always drama but its tolerable. . .usually. Its depressing now because a few months back we got rid of 4 people and we had 1/3 of our customers pulled from us because of new laws, etc. So we shrunk and cannot add much new business easily so its scarey. Again contrary to the 'media' the economy is NOT recovering. Business is FAILING, prices are rising and just living costs so much its not even funny. So its constantly in the back of my mind I will show up one day and the doors will be boarded up with a sign that says "out of business". Or that they'll decide I am no longer needed because they need to cut back more. . . I'm so nervous all the time! Then my fiance's job is taking a toll on him. He has a boss that doesn't always take the professional route. I mean he was called an "oversized paperweight" and they keep threatening him . . . and said boss walks in and screams at him in front of everyone . . .insulting his intelligence and just being a bully almost. But he was never really trained on how to do anything so if he's not doing something its because he was not aware that he was supposed to be doing it. Regardless you should NEVER do that. . . its so unprofessional. Plus other people mess up MUCH worse than him but they always target him. . . its almost like they are trying to pin something on him. Its really stressful for him and me because we don't know when the hammer will drop, ya know. Ugh, I hate drama!
So that's my rant. Its nothing huge . . .yet but its enough to stress me the heck out!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
I think I've gone insane. . .
. . . but it gives me good stories to tell
So today we ran our 3rd 1/2 marathon since October 30th 2010. The first one we ran there was 3 of us and our "coach" had a respiratory thing that irritated her asthma and I dropped an entertainment center on my foot like two days before the race so we were not in the best shape. But we finished in a little over 3 hours, whoo hoo go us!
The 2nd one was in February of this year. Our coach turned up preggers which is so exciting but she couldn't run the race sooooooooo it was just two of us. We trained...not as much as last time. And I was just getting over some sort of sick funkyness and she had a hurt knee but we finished in just under 3 hours, whoohoo!!!
The 3rd one was just the two of us. Our coach JUST had said baby and still wasn't allowed to train. . .and we didn't train at ALL. This is why I say I am crazy. I think we thought if we signed up that would get us in the gym. . . ha yea no! I think we may have gone to the gym 4 times between the two of us and we didn't get together for any long distance Saturday/Sunday training. Then last week she comes down with a respitory infection and my knee gives out, just walking and bam I'm on the ground. Her Dr said she could do the 1/2 marathon but doubted she would be able to run, maybe just speed walk. My knee seemed ok but would get weak at random. So we said "we paid for this B***H we are doing it!" We fully expected to die along the way.
Here is how the day began. The half started at 7:00 AM on the Northshore which is a good 30-40 minutes away from her house. And we had to be there for 6:30 because they closed the gates at 6:45 to start the race. This meant I had to be at her house for 5:30...which meant leaving my house at 5:00. I woke up at 4:50. . . need I say more o_O. I rolled up to her house at 5:45 and we left at 6:00. As we are driving across the 26 mile bridge we realize we may not make it and just start giggling. Mind you we BOTH drank beer during the LSU game the day before, I didn't go to bed until 11 or so and she went out with other friends till 11:45PM, oh AND we didn't train. So we were a hot mess.
We pulled up to the gates at 6:55 fully expecting to be turned away, nope (whoohoo). The lady at the gate said "watching or running?" We said running, she said go go go go they are about to start. Crap! We got as far as we could and parked. As we walked into the open field (about 1/2 mile from the car) we see the start line and hear the national anthem, ok cool we made it! The national anthem ends and we hear "*Pow* and the runners are off". Doh! So we start running to the start line (we have to go through it to activate our timing chips) and we see a herd of people running towards us . . . uh oh. So we dart off the track, through the crowd and as we are getting to the start line we hear "and all the runners are on their way". No wait for us!!!!! We literally started DEAD last a good 5 minutes after the group went through. It was not NEARLY as big as the other halfs we've done. The 1st two were 4,000 or more runners. . . this one was about 1,000. So we kept running at least until our picture was taken and then she grabbed my arm, we had to walk she couldn't breathe.
Mind you we were speed walking which she was ok with. And we quickly passed many others that were walking much slower. At mile marker 2 many of the other runners were showing visible signs of fatigue. Some were limping, some were having a hard time breathing and some just looked worn out. Not good, you have 11.1 more miles to go people. We had a good pace, we tried running a few times but she couldn't and honestly I really didn't want to test my knee so I was fine with speed walking. It was a gorgeous course and a very pretty day. We chatted through most of it and just enjoyed the day. Like a REALLY long walk in the park. Around mile 11 we were getting bored, I know how bad is that. I mean we felt a ache here and there but everything was tolerable. We kept saying I hope they still have some Abita when we get there (Abita beer was one of the sponsors). And we were starving even after power bars at mile 8 so we were discussing what food options they may have.
We ran through the finish line 3 hours and 26 minutes after we started. . . not bad for not running almost all of it. They still had beer, whoohoo! But no food. . .boooooo! Our finishers medals were. . . wait for it. . . BOTTLE OPENERS, sweet! So we settled on a ledge with our beers & water and stretched and relaxed for a bit. They were doing the awards which we really weren't paying attention to until they announced the 70-75 yr old age group winners. Wait what??? There were at least 3 because they had a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. And all of their times were around 1.5 hours....holy crap! Well don't we suck for a couple of 30 yr olds. . . hey at least we finished right....and we weren't last, oh yea!
So aside from a little soreness when walking and some trouble with a blister or two we did fine. Especially for doing zero to prepare for it.
Side Note - While we are marathoning it my finace had my vehicle. . . ya know since his is broke and awaiting a timing belt. . . he texted me. He got a flat tire. . .there was a MASSIVE screw, not nail, in my back tire. Luckily it was fixable (we got that tire patch stuff at Wal-mart) and she is good now. But the tire looked a little worn. . . I JUST replaced the two front tires not more than a month ago and now this...I need a drink!
So today we ran our 3rd 1/2 marathon since October 30th 2010. The first one we ran there was 3 of us and our "coach" had a respiratory thing that irritated her asthma and I dropped an entertainment center on my foot like two days before the race so we were not in the best shape. But we finished in a little over 3 hours, whoo hoo go us!
The 2nd one was in February of this year. Our coach turned up preggers which is so exciting but she couldn't run the race sooooooooo it was just two of us. We trained...not as much as last time. And I was just getting over some sort of sick funkyness and she had a hurt knee but we finished in just under 3 hours, whoohoo!!!
The 3rd one was just the two of us. Our coach JUST had said baby and still wasn't allowed to train. . .and we didn't train at ALL. This is why I say I am crazy. I think we thought if we signed up that would get us in the gym. . . ha yea no! I think we may have gone to the gym 4 times between the two of us and we didn't get together for any long distance Saturday/Sunday training. Then last week she comes down with a respitory infection and my knee gives out, just walking and bam I'm on the ground. Her Dr said she could do the 1/2 marathon but doubted she would be able to run, maybe just speed walk. My knee seemed ok but would get weak at random. So we said "we paid for this B***H we are doing it!" We fully expected to die along the way.
Here is how the day began. The half started at 7:00 AM on the Northshore which is a good 30-40 minutes away from her house. And we had to be there for 6:30 because they closed the gates at 6:45 to start the race. This meant I had to be at her house for 5:30...which meant leaving my house at 5:00. I woke up at 4:50. . . need I say more o_O. I rolled up to her house at 5:45 and we left at 6:00. As we are driving across the 26 mile bridge we realize we may not make it and just start giggling. Mind you we BOTH drank beer during the LSU game the day before, I didn't go to bed until 11 or so and she went out with other friends till 11:45PM, oh AND we didn't train. So we were a hot mess.
We pulled up to the gates at 6:55 fully expecting to be turned away, nope (whoohoo). The lady at the gate said "watching or running?" We said running, she said go go go go they are about to start. Crap! We got as far as we could and parked. As we walked into the open field (about 1/2 mile from the car) we see the start line and hear the national anthem, ok cool we made it! The national anthem ends and we hear "*Pow* and the runners are off". Doh! So we start running to the start line (we have to go through it to activate our timing chips) and we see a herd of people running towards us . . . uh oh. So we dart off the track, through the crowd and as we are getting to the start line we hear "and all the runners are on their way". No wait for us!!!!! We literally started DEAD last a good 5 minutes after the group went through. It was not NEARLY as big as the other halfs we've done. The 1st two were 4,000 or more runners. . . this one was about 1,000. So we kept running at least until our picture was taken and then she grabbed my arm, we had to walk she couldn't breathe.
Mind you we were speed walking which she was ok with. And we quickly passed many others that were walking much slower. At mile marker 2 many of the other runners were showing visible signs of fatigue. Some were limping, some were having a hard time breathing and some just looked worn out. Not good, you have 11.1 more miles to go people. We had a good pace, we tried running a few times but she couldn't and honestly I really didn't want to test my knee so I was fine with speed walking. It was a gorgeous course and a very pretty day. We chatted through most of it and just enjoyed the day. Like a REALLY long walk in the park. Around mile 11 we were getting bored, I know how bad is that. I mean we felt a ache here and there but everything was tolerable. We kept saying I hope they still have some Abita when we get there (Abita beer was one of the sponsors). And we were starving even after power bars at mile 8 so we were discussing what food options they may have.
We ran through the finish line 3 hours and 26 minutes after we started. . . not bad for not running almost all of it. They still had beer, whoohoo! But no food. . .boooooo! Our finishers medals were. . . wait for it. . . BOTTLE OPENERS, sweet! So we settled on a ledge with our beers & water and stretched and relaxed for a bit. They were doing the awards which we really weren't paying attention to until they announced the 70-75 yr old age group winners. Wait what??? There were at least 3 because they had a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. And all of their times were around 1.5 hours....holy crap! Well don't we suck for a couple of 30 yr olds. . . hey at least we finished right....and we weren't last, oh yea!
So aside from a little soreness when walking and some trouble with a blister or two we did fine. Especially for doing zero to prepare for it.
Side Note - While we are marathoning it my finace had my vehicle. . . ya know since his is broke and awaiting a timing belt. . . he texted me. He got a flat tire. . .there was a MASSIVE screw, not nail, in my back tire. Luckily it was fixable (we got that tire patch stuff at Wal-mart) and she is good now. But the tire looked a little worn. . . I JUST replaced the two front tires not more than a month ago and now this...I need a drink!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
I hate lemonade!
Really...I mean REALLY!?!?!
So I really think some higher power wants to see how much it will take to 'break' me :P. I was driving home today talking to my fiance. He was headed to the store to get some necessities. I was telling him about something and he says "what the hell?!?" I said what's wrong. He said his car just died. I'm sorry...what?! He said "I was sitting at the red light waiting for it to change and when I went to go nothing happened. . .then I realized the car was off. I tried to restart is and it wont go." OK he just replaced the battery and starter about 4 months ago. The noise I heard in the background was the engine was trying but just couldn't turn over to start. So there he is stalled on a fairly busy street at 5:00PM and I'm still 45 minutes away because I had to pick up my race packet for Sunday. He decided to call AAA and get it towed. I got to him about an hour later and still no tow truck. When he finally showed up, the tow driver said "that sounds like a fuel injection issue". Oh, that's just freaking fabulous!!!!!!!!!!
So we tow the car to my house because we have NO IDEA where to bring it. No places were open at this point to call and see if they even worked on his type of vehicle. More than likely they do but we didn't want to take a chance. So we get to my house and my beighbor sees us outside with his hood popped. He said "hey you having car problems". Hi neighbor...yea :(. He said let me take a look. He's a mechanic, yay! He said he thinks its the timing belt (CRAP!). He said he can see the cam shaft and its not spinning which usually means timing belt. The only good thing is that if it did break he wasn't doing 90 to nothing on I10 he was just idling at the light. That might have saved his engine. So now we will be bringing him to some mechanic soon to see if it is the belt and how much. I know for my little car its about $400 to change the belt...in his SUV I'm sure its much higher. . .*sigh* We can fix my car...affordably (under $200) and now his car may have SERIOUS engine issues. Why why why why!?!?!?!
So I really think some higher power wants to see how much it will take to 'break' me :P. I was driving home today talking to my fiance. He was headed to the store to get some necessities. I was telling him about something and he says "what the hell?!?" I said what's wrong. He said his car just died. I'm sorry...what?! He said "I was sitting at the red light waiting for it to change and when I went to go nothing happened. . .then I realized the car was off. I tried to restart is and it wont go." OK he just replaced the battery and starter about 4 months ago. The noise I heard in the background was the engine was trying but just couldn't turn over to start. So there he is stalled on a fairly busy street at 5:00PM and I'm still 45 minutes away because I had to pick up my race packet for Sunday. He decided to call AAA and get it towed. I got to him about an hour later and still no tow truck. When he finally showed up, the tow driver said "that sounds like a fuel injection issue". Oh, that's just freaking fabulous!!!!!!!!!!
So we tow the car to my house because we have NO IDEA where to bring it. No places were open at this point to call and see if they even worked on his type of vehicle. More than likely they do but we didn't want to take a chance. So we get to my house and my beighbor sees us outside with his hood popped. He said "hey you having car problems". Hi neighbor...yea :(. He said let me take a look. He's a mechanic, yay! He said he thinks its the timing belt (CRAP!). He said he can see the cam shaft and its not spinning which usually means timing belt. The only good thing is that if it did break he wasn't doing 90 to nothing on I10 he was just idling at the light. That might have saved his engine. So now we will be bringing him to some mechanic soon to see if it is the belt and how much. I know for my little car its about $400 to change the belt...in his SUV I'm sure its much higher. . .*sigh* We can fix my car...affordably (under $200) and now his car may have SERIOUS engine issues. Why why why why!?!?!?!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Chrissy and I have made up
She's my friend again!!!
Ok so my friend tore her down to the engine block . . . he CANNOT figure out where that damn noise is coming from. He is baffled. But he said I should still be able to drive her, just slowly (no worries she is safe). So Sunday and Monday she was fine it just took a while to get up to 70mph. Today I was driving in to work and she started bucking down I-10. Like I'd get to 65 mph and she would jerk back and forth until I eased up on the accelerator and when she got back down to 60-ish she was fine (still saying WEEEEEEEEEEEE!). I texted my friend and he called me LAUGHING. I was like I don't really know how this is funny, sir. He said you say she's bucking right. I said yep. He said he called a specialist in my brand of car and he said "just wait till she starts bucking. I'm telling you its the cat converter". I'm sorry what. . . wasn't that ruled out by 3 OTHER mechanics. He said yes but this guy SWEARS that's what it is. He said when I get there he'll do a test and see.
He disconnected the cat converter. . .no more WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and she got up to 80mph in seconds. So it IS the cat. . . but NO ONE has them in stock here. It has to be ordered and takes a week to come in. The problem is now she sounds like a race car. . . no really it sounds like I put a flow-master on her. So my friend says do you want the WEEEEEEEEEEEEE and going about 60 or the vrooooom *rumble rumble rumble* and going 80 mph. Oh gee let me think! So now I have a race car...well at least until the part comes in.
Ok so my friend tore her down to the engine block . . . he CANNOT figure out where that damn noise is coming from. He is baffled. But he said I should still be able to drive her, just slowly (no worries she is safe). So Sunday and Monday she was fine it just took a while to get up to 70mph. Today I was driving in to work and she started bucking down I-10. Like I'd get to 65 mph and she would jerk back and forth until I eased up on the accelerator and when she got back down to 60-ish she was fine (still saying WEEEEEEEEEEEE!). I texted my friend and he called me LAUGHING. I was like I don't really know how this is funny, sir. He said you say she's bucking right. I said yep. He said he called a specialist in my brand of car and he said "just wait till she starts bucking. I'm telling you its the cat converter". I'm sorry what. . . wasn't that ruled out by 3 OTHER mechanics. He said yes but this guy SWEARS that's what it is. He said when I get there he'll do a test and see.
He disconnected the cat converter. . .no more WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and she got up to 80mph in seconds. So it IS the cat. . . but NO ONE has them in stock here. It has to be ordered and takes a week to come in. The problem is now she sounds like a race car. . . no really it sounds like I put a flow-master on her. So my friend says do you want the WEEEEEEEEEEEEE and going about 60 or the vrooooom *rumble rumble rumble* and going 80 mph. Oh gee let me think! So now I have a race car...well at least until the part comes in.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Oh this B***H here. . .
. . . wants to start a fight!
I know this has been a chronicle of my recent car problems but I have to share because I just can't even believe this. Ok so my friend (even though they said she is not fixable) is determined to figure out what is going on. So he wants to run a bunch of tests on her this weekend and asked if I could leave her and just get picked up after work. Sure no problem.
Well my fiance doesn't get off until 5:00 and he has a 45 min drive to get me so I needed to amuse myself for a while. I went to Wal-mart while waiting for him. Got back to the office before he did so I sat in the car with the A/C off and the windows down but I left her running waiting for him to arrive. Nothing was out of the ordinary all gauges were in the correct spots. While I am talking to my mom about what dealerships I should look at for new cars, the wind blows, just a slight gust comes through the window. It blows the napkin I had on the dash covering the check engine light (I hate looking at it...I know its there but I don't like it so I cover it, hehehe). So as the tissue blows away I of course look at it and the check engine light blinks off. . .odd she is still idling rough and saying "weeeeee". . . Well my fiance gets there like a second later so I blow it off. He helped me get her behind the gated area and as I drove past him he patted the hood and said "guess where we're going tonight" as in we are going to look at new vehicles. I get her all situated and turned her off.
We were talking about where we were going tonight and I realize Chrissy is still making a noise. There is a rumbling coming from under the hood. I double checked to make sure she was off and the heat sensor wasn't triggered and it wasn't. Keys were out of the ignition. My fiance is like get out something is wrong. As I am walking away I hear a noise, like water. I kneel on the ground and see liquid POURING out. OK now I am freaking out. I yell for him to come back over here and he says its just the condensation from the A/C dripping, but I knew it wasn't . . . I could smell coolant. I put my hand on the hood and the hood is scorching and its VIBRATING. Ok what do we do...do we walk away and HOPE she calms down or do we investigate. I am curious by nature so we pop the hood. The container holding the radiator fluid is BOILING and shaking violently. Its not the radiator itself, its the 'coolant' container. It looked like someone put it on a stove and was boiling it. It was jerking around so much I thought it was going to shake itself loose. So we closed the hood and walked away and hoped she didn't explode or something because that would be my luck! I called my mechanic friend to warn him and all he could do was laugh because, well I was being silly. He said thanks for the warning he will see what caused it to finally overheat.
She never exploded as of now but I am REALLY leaning towards the "my car is possessed by a mischievous spirit" rather than "well crap she finally died". I was sitting in her for 20 min and the heat sensor never went above normal. My fiance tells her we are going look for new cars and the coolant LITERALLY boils out of its container. Coincidence. . . I think not! :)
I know this has been a chronicle of my recent car problems but I have to share because I just can't even believe this. Ok so my friend (even though they said she is not fixable) is determined to figure out what is going on. So he wants to run a bunch of tests on her this weekend and asked if I could leave her and just get picked up after work. Sure no problem.
Well my fiance doesn't get off until 5:00 and he has a 45 min drive to get me so I needed to amuse myself for a while. I went to Wal-mart while waiting for him. Got back to the office before he did so I sat in the car with the A/C off and the windows down but I left her running waiting for him to arrive. Nothing was out of the ordinary all gauges were in the correct spots. While I am talking to my mom about what dealerships I should look at for new cars, the wind blows, just a slight gust comes through the window. It blows the napkin I had on the dash covering the check engine light (I hate looking at it...I know its there but I don't like it so I cover it, hehehe). So as the tissue blows away I of course look at it and the check engine light blinks off. . .odd she is still idling rough and saying "weeeeee". . . Well my fiance gets there like a second later so I blow it off. He helped me get her behind the gated area and as I drove past him he patted the hood and said "guess where we're going tonight" as in we are going to look at new vehicles. I get her all situated and turned her off.
We were talking about where we were going tonight and I realize Chrissy is still making a noise. There is a rumbling coming from under the hood. I double checked to make sure she was off and the heat sensor wasn't triggered and it wasn't. Keys were out of the ignition. My fiance is like get out something is wrong. As I am walking away I hear a noise, like water. I kneel on the ground and see liquid POURING out. OK now I am freaking out. I yell for him to come back over here and he says its just the condensation from the A/C dripping, but I knew it wasn't . . . I could smell coolant. I put my hand on the hood and the hood is scorching and its VIBRATING. Ok what do we do...do we walk away and HOPE she calms down or do we investigate. I am curious by nature so we pop the hood. The container holding the radiator fluid is BOILING and shaking violently. Its not the radiator itself, its the 'coolant' container. It looked like someone put it on a stove and was boiling it. It was jerking around so much I thought it was going to shake itself loose. So we closed the hood and walked away and hoped she didn't explode or something because that would be my luck! I called my mechanic friend to warn him and all he could do was laugh because, well I was being silly. He said thanks for the warning he will see what caused it to finally overheat.
She never exploded as of now but I am REALLY leaning towards the "my car is possessed by a mischievous spirit" rather than "well crap she finally died". I was sitting in her for 20 min and the heat sensor never went above normal. My fiance tells her we are going look for new cars and the coolant LITERALLY boils out of its container. Coincidence. . . I think not! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)