Buy a new car and the old one decides to shit the bed. Not until after we put seven hundred dollars worth of parts on it though, brakes, brake pads, calipers, rotors, parking break cable, and then an oil change, cabin filters, oil filters, and oil stabilizer. Just to find the oil empty, and a puddle under the car, and a frame just laden down by brand new engine oil. So I don’t know if the oil plug worked itself out, or if a gasket has blown, or if there is an oil pan puncture. I need a lift. My jack is great for changing a tire, but I don’t trust it enough to climb underneath a three tonne SUV out in the snow to look for myself. Also — I’m no mechanic, im6pretty much useless unless it’s swapping bulbs, or topping up fluids. To “fix” anything is beyond me. I can do an oil change (though I did not do the latest one on this vehicle on January 4th, 2025). Plus my youngest child is now sicker than before with a wet cough, and runny nose. That means tears & crying at night, and likely a fever to follow on at some point soon. Poor schmoo.
I did some grocery shopping this morning after drop off for the older child. Bought some additional provisions incase this tariff thing kicks off as something ugly. My new indoor safe propane heater is due to arrive this week, so I picked up propane canisters for that, and a whole bunch of extra batteries, and leaned in pretty heavily on pasta noodles, and minute rice.
Who knows maybe Trump is doing the tariff this as a distraction from emptying out the FBI, and handing the keys to the treasury office over to Musk over the weekend. Make a billion dollar bungle to abscond with trillions!?! Makes sense to me. They voted for it, willingly. But what do I know, who knows what you can trust when reading the news these days. Fun times.
Kicked off sunday evening by doing the kids laundry. Set the Romba off to tackle the dog hair while we were out having dinner at the inlaws last evening. And cleaned the kitchen this morning, so I think the bulk of my Domestic Duties Monday is completed. Got our weekly shop done, as mention above, so I don’t see too much else needing to get done around here, besides keeping the youngest in bed & resting up for school tomorrow.
Started to watch Severance yesterday, and I completed the first two episodes. Thus far I like it, don’t think my wife is sold on it yet though. Seems like an odd commentary on corporate America, or some type of social experiment. I dig it, even if it does cone across as bleak. The 50’s styling of the severed basement floor is kinda neat. I’ll give it a few more episodes. From what I understand there are only two seasons so far, so not a massive commitment if I go for the whole lot. I got three episodes into Chernobyl too, which I liked, but was a slow burn. I might go back to that at some point provided I still have access, and it doesn’t disappear off the streaming sites I use/pay for.
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