Word of the Day

Nonversation - A conversation meant to convey a submerged, often hostile, message, at odds with its surface content.

HTP brought the car in this morning. On our way back to Arizona yesterday, we noted a familiar odor. Anti-freeze. We'd had a bad experience with a leaky radiator one year and were afraid that we were in for another such experience. However, when we stopped to check, no leak was readily apparent. So, we continued on our way home. With the odor still lingering, HTP decided to do a more indepth check on things. Yup. There was indeed a leak. I'm not exactly sure where or what but it was definitely leaking. So off to the repair shop went HTP with the car this morning. I cancelled and rescheduled appointments. We are carless until a fix can be made. At least the car repair place drove HTP home so he wouldn't have to spend the hours upon hours it seems that this repair is taking to repair. They promised to call. They haven't called. HTP called them. Our heater core was leaking and we need a new one....etc. Will we get our car back today? Nope. Tomorrow? Only time will tell and only the repairmen know. Oh well...we need to have the spark plugs changed and some other maintenance before we plan to head off to Wisconsin. I guess we're lucky this happened now rather than half-way through rural Kansas in the middle of nowhere with no cellphone service.

Murphyism of the Day

Young's Law of Inanimate Mobility

All inanimate objects can move just enough to get in your way.