Last night when I came home from work I parked on the concrete part of the driveway. When hubby and I came out a little later to go out to eat, there was a puddle under my van. As we had been told a few times by our car repair place that I have an oil leak, that was our first thought. The puddle was about 12" wide and although I DID think it could possibly be fluid from the air conditioner (yeah, at 100 degrees, I am running the air conditioner!) when hubby knelt down and put his finger on the fluid, he was sure it was oil. Plus the engine is running a little rough so could it possibly be my oil had leaked out the past two weeks since I had the oil change? I had been checking at work and nothing had been left on the concrete.
This morning we made plans to drive down to the car repair place and just leave the van until they could get to it, whether today or Monday. Made arrangements to borrow my granddaughter's car should I need it on Monday. So we drive down and I went in and told them what happened and asked if they could just check the oil level. If it was low, or really low, then that would tell me that it really was leaking bad. They had me drive around back where it was checked. The mechanic said that it was a little low, but it wasn't any big deal. When I described that this morning when we went out to the car the puddle had evaporated, they assured me/us that it wasn't oil that had leaked out, but the air conditioner drainage from running the air on my way home from work.
I definitely feel that is an answer to prayer, cause I just didn't know what else to do - but pray. I just asked God to please take care of the problem for that day, cause I had things I wanted to do. And He answered. With being able to use the van, I drove my daughter and two granddaughters around for the day as we pre-celebrated one granddaughter's Monday birthday.
We drove to our knitting group and knitted and chatted for a couple hours. Then we headed out for lunch (Wendy's) and after lunch headed over to get our mani/pedi done. Well, two of us got mani/pedi - the two granddaughters bought just got their nails done. It was nice because business was slow and we were the only ones in there for awhile so was able to get focused attention. After nails I took them all home and came home for a couple hours before we headed out for a birthday dinner for the birthday girl.
Today our birthday granddaughter was very excited to head to San Diego for a weekend with her boyfriend. No, I do not approve of it all, but she is over 21 - in fact, will be 22 this year. And yes, I did voice my opinion to her and told her how I felt about it. I didn't expect her to change her plans. She would be married by now if it was up to the two of them - it's her father who is the royal jerk. And that's a whole nother post that I probably will not create. Elopement could be an option. Not this weekend though.
I started this Saturday morning and this is Sunday afternoon. I reckon I should start working on the boxes I have piled up of papers. I need to close my eyes and start tossing. No one cares about most of the stuff I have piled up over the years. Seriously. Most I don't even know what it is. It is just hard for me to go through things or clean with all parties of this household are home. It's annoying and I'll just leave it at that. But I need to clean everything out if I plan to sell in a couple years. I want to retire at some point, and as long as we live in this house, I cannot. Another long story.
I did the life line screening last week. I am awaiting the results of the 5 big tests I had done. I know I have some arthritis, but am curious about the osteoporosis which the doctor says I have. I do need to take calcium, I reckon, and vitamin D. I just take what pills I have to take. And fight against everything else. Which reminds me, I need to run to the drugstore as my prescription is ready for pickup. Maybe I'll give in and buy dinner... and we can pick it up while we are out. I resisted for lunch. It irritated me, really. I cooked a nice big breakfast. Bacon, eggs, toast, applesauce, tomatoes, etc. 4 hours later it's 'what's for lunch' attitude. I couldn't believe he was hungry already. So guess I need to hush and sign off as I'm just starting to ramble... hope you are having a good day.
Blessings.
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