Grumble...
Mar. 26th, 2003 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayThe last day or so have scraped... patgreene was driving our van yesterday and it quit. Near home, fortunately. A blown head gasket, together with machining, a new radiator, and water pump will cost me $2K. Which I don't have... and another $2K in property taxes is due in 3 weeks.
Speaking ofpatgreene, she had trouble breathing yesterday... I skipped work (missing a Mars drilling meeting) and took her to the clinic -- a mild case of pneumonia. With only one car, I've been taking time off from work to take care of her and run errands -- and she can't drop me off at work herself because visitors aren't allowed on base under Threatcon Charlie.
And I've self-inflicted some stress, arguing about war-related topics with three or four people... someone that described my position as "nauseating", someone else that de-friended me, and Pat.
And then the new/old iMac that I bought through eBay arrived Monday... I set it up, and it ran fine for a few hours, and I loaded OS X. Then yesterday afternoon the color alignment went out... multiple images, color streaking, blurry... and this morning it was black. Effectively kaput. Another $500 wasted... now I have to go petition the seller for a refund.
patgreene was driving our van yesterday and it quit. Near home, fortunately. A blown head gasket, together with machining, a new radiator, and water pump will cost me $2K. Which I don't have... and another $2K in property taxes is due in 3 weeks. Speaking of
patgreene, she had trouble breathing yesterday... I skipped work (missing a Mars drilling meeting) and took her to the clinic -- a mild case of pneumonia. With only one car, I've been taking time off from work to take care of her and run errands -- and she can't drop me off at work herself because visitors aren't allowed on base under Threatcon Charlie. And I've self-inflicted some stress, arguing about war-related topics with three or four people... someone that described my position as "nauseating", someone else that de-friended me, and Pat.
And then the new/old iMac that I bought through eBay arrived Monday... I set it up, and it ran fine for a few hours, and I loaded OS X. Then yesterday afternoon the color alignment went out... multiple images, color streaking, blurry... and this morning it was black. Effectively kaput. Another $500 wasted... now I have to go petition the seller for a refund.
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Date: 2003-03-26 06:00 pm (UTC)Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face.
(Or imbibe alcohol. It's working for me. :P)
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Date: 2003-03-26 06:57 pm (UTC)Ya know, sometimes things really sux.
I hope things get better soon.
I'm sending you hugs.
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Date: 2003-03-26 10:40 pm (UTC)I'm particularly sad to hear that your relationships are being damaged by disputation over Iraq. I know that the issues are important, but it helps no one for your friends and family to forget how important you are to one another in the heat of disagreement. I hope you can be nicer than one another despite all the other stresses as well :-/
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Date: 2003-03-26 10:59 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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