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... can still go south on the turn of a dime. Financially, it has suddenly proven impossible for David to move out and either of us to have any grocery money for the latter half of the month, thanks to an unexpected bit of car repair Hamster needed. I finally got my Washington state drivers licence*, only to come out and have my battery be utterly and completely dead. Luckily, there was a Goodyear car repair place in the same mini mall area, so they were able to fix it. Turns out apparently one of the terminal cables had an end on it that wouldn't tighten, so some bright person at one of the last two places to look at my car put a bolt between the battery terminal and the cable end, thinking the metal would conduct it just fine. I could kick myself for not noticing that.. it's not like I haven't had my car hood open since then. Instead I've been shorting out my car for Lord knows how long. On the up side, since paying nearly $200 to have a battery put in (another kicking myself situation), the Check Engine light has stopped coming on. I can, for what it's worth, replace the battery. It just wasn't acting as though the battery was going dead. Chalk up another mark in my expensive automotive repair education.
So, David's moving out has been put off by a month. We'll try to aim for August 1st instead. Neither of us want it to go any longer than that, as we would then have to get the kids used to a new schedule at the same time school is going again, rather than giving them a chance to get to something of a comfort level with the custody arrangements before moving to a new grade and going back to school. I'm keeping a good thought and hoping that this will be an end to the waiting.
*Oh, and to add injury to insult, my picture for the driver's license literally looks like I'm 40 lbs heavier than I am AND that I've suffered brain damage. I am not exaggerating. I do not even know how that happened. When I move in October, I'm so going to be the first person down at the drivers license office to get it retaken. Ye Gods.
So, David's moving out has been put off by a month. We'll try to aim for August 1st instead. Neither of us want it to go any longer than that, as we would then have to get the kids used to a new schedule at the same time school is going again, rather than giving them a chance to get to something of a comfort level with the custody arrangements before moving to a new grade and going back to school. I'm keeping a good thought and hoping that this will be an end to the waiting.
*Oh, and to add injury to insult, my picture for the driver's license literally looks like I'm 40 lbs heavier than I am AND that I've suffered brain damage. I am not exaggerating. I do not even know how that happened. When I move in October, I'm so going to be the first person down at the drivers license office to get it retaken. Ye Gods.
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Date: 2005-06-20 07:30 am (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Spike