Fourth of July Weekend
Last night I could *not* seem to get to sleep, and then when I finally did, I had a nightmare about body-snatching aliens chasing us ("us" being a Random Dream Family consisting of a grandfather, two of his adult grandchildren, and a bulldog). The aliens got the bulldog first, and it ate whoever it caught and didn't body-snatch. My perspective, of course, was from that of the grandfather, who knew he was slowing everyone else down because he was in one of those mechanical scooters/wheelchairs, so he sacrificed himself in order to give his grandkids a better chance. I was in his head until just after he threw himself in front of the alien bull dog; then I jumped to the perspective of the granddaughter watching in horror as her grandfather fell beneath the paws (and other... limbs, because by this time there was more than one body-snatching alien chasing us), and then trying to turn off her emotions because to slow down even a little bit would mean death and her grandfather would've sacrificed himself for nothing. I woke up right after that, and it was one of those Afraid To Go Back To Sleep kind of dreams. Not fun at all. It was starting to get light outside, though, so I turned over so I faced the window, my thought's running along the lines of "gonna face the light now, cause light is good and dark is scary" and managed to fall back asleep for at least a little bit. Still left me massively tired today, though.
Anyway, nuff of the dream stuff. Went home to visit parental units today for a cook-out, and to ask Dad to help me look over my car cause Coyote started making a mysterious whumping sound while turning corners last weekend or there abouts (or at least thats when I first noticed it). Since I know he has a sticky caliper on the front passenger-side wheel, I thought that might be responsible for the whumps, but I wanted a second, more experienced opinion. So, dad and I drove it around a bit and then parked it at home so we could take off the front two tires to check out the calipers and the break pads. Both are okay, though the sticky one is slightly more worn down than the other side, but not nearly as bad as it was two years ago when I had to replace the break pad on that wheel even though it was less than a year old. Also checked my fluids and discovered that the radiator cap had broken, which meant that my antifreeze was not flowing properly. Thankfully I still had the old radiator cap (we replaced it last year when my father discovered that I wasn't getting as much antifreeze into my radiator as I should've, and what little was in there would be more "foaming" than "flowing; Dad thought it might mean the radiator cap didn't have a proper seal anymore - which turned out not to be the case, but hey, it was only 6 bucks - and so we got a new one. Which broke a year later; so, now the old one is back on there. Lucky for me I never tossed it out, despite considering it a few times.
Also had a very tasty lunch of turkey burgers and chicken breasts, and Mom gave me leftovers, so yay for something other than turkey-and-cheese sandwiches! Granted, it will probably be chicken salad sandwiches instead of turkey-and-cheese, but whatever, variety is good.
And we watched Independence Day, which is still awesome even 13 years later.
Anyway, nuff of the dream stuff. Went home to visit parental units today for a cook-out, and to ask Dad to help me look over my car cause Coyote started making a mysterious whumping sound while turning corners last weekend or there abouts (or at least thats when I first noticed it). Since I know he has a sticky caliper on the front passenger-side wheel, I thought that might be responsible for the whumps, but I wanted a second, more experienced opinion. So, dad and I drove it around a bit and then parked it at home so we could take off the front two tires to check out the calipers and the break pads. Both are okay, though the sticky one is slightly more worn down than the other side, but not nearly as bad as it was two years ago when I had to replace the break pad on that wheel even though it was less than a year old. Also checked my fluids and discovered that the radiator cap had broken, which meant that my antifreeze was not flowing properly. Thankfully I still had the old radiator cap (we replaced it last year when my father discovered that I wasn't getting as much antifreeze into my radiator as I should've, and what little was in there would be more "foaming" than "flowing; Dad thought it might mean the radiator cap didn't have a proper seal anymore - which turned out not to be the case, but hey, it was only 6 bucks - and so we got a new one. Which broke a year later; so, now the old one is back on there. Lucky for me I never tossed it out, despite considering it a few times.
Also had a very tasty lunch of turkey burgers and chicken breasts, and Mom gave me leftovers, so yay for something other than turkey-and-cheese sandwiches! Granted, it will probably be chicken salad sandwiches instead of turkey-and-cheese, but whatever, variety is good.
And we watched Independence Day, which is still awesome even 13 years later.