Bad day.

[blue]

Woke up late didnt reset my alam from starting at 8 on Sat instead of 7. Long day of tying up ends and finishing wiring the house we where on, and didnt make it to the job we where to start today.

I was told I cant keep using the work van to get to and from work any longer, my the suspension under my Jeep came apart last Wed after my bosses funeral. Ild been to beat after work to go rolling around in the snow to fix it and my neighbor with a shop has been out of town so I kept putting fixing the Jeep off.

So I just dicided to fix the suspension but not put the driveline back in and just use the front wheel drive till I get replacement parts. No luck in that, the lower links are stripped out and would be VERY unsafe to reinstall. This is where the one good thing happened today, the stock front links are allmost the same length as the after market rear links and went in fairly easily.

I go to start the Jeep to warm it up for a test drive and not enough battery to start. I started the thing when my coworker dropped me off and it fired right up, I didnt let it run long enough to charge the battery. I do have a battery charger but it is fickle and you have to constantly mess with it to get a charge going.

So between messing with the charger I decide to wash my hands after 2 hours of dealing with the Jeep after a 10 hour work day. Guess what? No water. I grab the flash light and head around the house to the crawl access, it was wide open and its below freezing outside. Thankfully it was still warm enough under there that the water was slush and not totally frozen. I dump the ice water out of the filters and still couldnt get pressure from the tank. I started to worry I burned out the well pump. I tossed a small heater under there checked the fitting in case a full freeze had happened in one of the lines. I come back into the house for a smoke and think to open the bathroom siink so if the water started flowwing Ild know. Well I had water. I go back under the house to check for leaks and sure enough I had a leak at the filters but I didnt know where any thread tape was so I finaly got the Jeep fired and off to my local store I go. My local store had no pipe tape so I headed back home to search for something to use. Found some compound and back under the house I went. Pulled the assembly apart refit and sealed all the fittings and reassembled. Guess what, I still had a leak but on the output from the filters. Tore that apart 4 times trying to get it to reseal.

So after a bad start to the day and after a 10 hour bad day of tying up all the little things that make a job go on and on, after 2 hours of jerry rigging the Jeep back into driving condition, and after getting my plumbing working again (I hope) I was able to sit down and relax a little.

Now its time to go back outside and under the house to check for leaks.

[Lady's Human]

Makes my adventures trying to get the dining room floor done this weekend (long story short, universal mount and universal table for the router weren't universal) seem minor.

Good luck with the leaks.

[jennielynn1970]

Ugh. Sounds wet, and damp and cold and just like an uncomfortable night to be having. Day didn't sound too fun either.

I would have been SOL on fixing either of those issues, lol. I don't know how to fix what's wrong with my house now, lol, which is one reason the upstairs bathroom has no light at the moment(knob and tube wiring... 104yr old house). Dad used to be able to help, but since he's lost most of his eyesight at this point, I'm screwed till I can afford an electrician, or figure out knob and tube wiring.

Hope your day goes better tomorrow/today, and that you have no more leaks and your jeep works. And hope you at least had a relaxing evening and was able to just chill out before going to bed.

[Puckstop31]

Awwwww... Muffin....




Sorry you had a bummer day dude. The plumbing issues is where I would have lost it. I HATE working on plumbing.

Go bust some caps. That always is a stress reliever for me.

[Laura's Babies]

Murphy's Law has come to visit you....

[lizbud]

If I were a mean spirited person, I would probably say something about
Karma & it's eventual effects, but I'm not ,so I won't.

Thank heavens your computer still works, right?

[Karen]

Some days are just best when they are over with, and never to be repeated. Sorry you had one of those. I am glad the pipes weren't completely frozen, though. I hope there are no leaks - or easily fixable ones at the most, and everything with the Jeep gets sorted out soon.

But I bet the dogs were still happy to see you, and a good source for hand warmth ... "Truck not working? Oh, goody, Daddy stays home!"

[Puckstop31]

If I were a mean spirited person, I would probably say something about
Karma & it's eventual effects, but I'm not ,so I won't.

So by saying your NOT saying it, it's OK?

You are teh funnay.

[beeniesmom]

If I were a mean spirited person, I would probably say something about
Karma & it's eventual effects, but I'm not ,so I won't.

Thank heavens your computer still works, right?

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[lizbud]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

LOL

[blue]

Nice backhand there Liz.

[Puckstop31]

Nice backhand there Liz.

Consider the source Dan.

Now, tell her that you will kick her *** out on the playground at recess.

[blue]

Why stoop to their level?

[Puckstop31]

Entertainment? Think of it as burning ants with a magnifying glass.

Watch them FREAK about that comment...

[jennielynn1970]

If I were a mean spirited person, I would probably say something about
Karma & it's eventual effects, but I'm not ,so I won't.

You may not like him, but his friend just died and he's having a bad week. In this instance, if you can't say something nice, then say nothing at all.

From Webster's:
Empathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or to in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself.