Wednesday

This week has been hectic, with mom not feeling well, getting back from vacation and having my excel spreadsheets messed up at work from the people "covering" for me, Lia refusing to sit in her high chair and refusing to eat much, weather getting colder, holiday shopping, and car issues.  Ulgh!  I know it could be worse, so I'm thankful that's all I have to deal with this week, but geez!!

So this morning I go into the 15 degree weather and start my car, which currently has one headlight, which offers little to no visibility,   back out of the driveway, and the low tire pressure light comes on 3 miles from my house.  I stop at the first gas station and see that the tire is not flat, but possibly a little low due to the cold weather. This is good because this station has no air.  What kind of a gas station has no air???  I make a mental note to fill it, check the pressure on my dashboard, and notice that gas has gone up 8 cents overnight.  I need to get gas, so I use my Gas buddy app on my phone to tell me where the cheapest gas is and see that it's better closer to work, so I go on. 

About 1/2 mile from the first gas station, my car forgets all about having low, right tire pressure because it's more interested in LOW FUEL and beeps to let me know.  I drive to the gas station near work and find that gas has also gone up 8 cents there ::sigh::, so I get gas and while I'm there open my auto manual to see what the tire pressure should be.  I'm guessing around 31, but figure I better make sure.  I go to the Glossary and look for Tire pressure. I turn to the page and it says something like this, "ensure your tire pressure is accurate by using the guidelines in 5-22" (that's the page and section number of the manual). I go to 5-22 and it says "Tire pressure is important to ensure safe driving the pressure should be filled according to the table listed at 3-13".........................I go to 3-13 and it says, "Make sure and fill your tire to the appropriate pressure which can be found on an obscure sticker somewhere located on your car, that we're not gonna tell you, or reference the table listed at 6-5"................you get the picture.  I was this close to pulling out my imaginary oozie and doing a Rambo at the gas station. 

Ok, so onto some better news.  I LOVE my new dryer. Instead of it taking 90 minutes to dry 2 towels and a shirt, it only takes about 40 minutes to dry 4 bath sheets, 20 shirts, a couple of bedspreads, a load of socks, my white tank top with coffee on it, three french hens, two turtle doves and partridge, and it beeps and calls to me when it's done.  When I go to retrieve my clothes, I open the shiny door and it lights up and angelic music plays and it says, "can I help you find anything?  did I fluff your towels adequately?".  It's bright inside the barrel and I like to stick my head in and look around which is easy since it's higher than the old dryer.  It's so nice and white, and warm. 

And look, I washed Lia's laundry and no socks were left behind.  They're happy, I'm happy. I've never had a new appliance before, EVER ! ! !
Happiness = a new dryer