At least I like my car
Sep. 19th, 2025 12:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
josilverdragonIt figures that I would catch a cold right before accompanying my mother to her MRI appointment. Anyway, the worst day was yesterday and I was able to wear a mask today in somewhat comfort. Tomorrow will be interesting on whether or not I will be going in to work or working from home. Ugh.
I believe I mentioned a while back that I needed to get new tires and wheels, as well as get my A/C fixed and get a new stereo. Well. Got my new tires and wheels, to the tune of $2600. And my A/C? Yeah, I thought MAAAYBE $1000. Yeah, no, $3500. Needed a new temperature actuator as well as what is called a rear evaporator. And that means taking the car apart to fix things. Which, whatever. It needed it. And I haven't had to put much into to it before, driver side headlamp not withstanding. And I need A/C. And, I didn't want to look for a newer car, much less be bogged down with a car payment. I will have a higher credit card bill, but I'd much rather pay for $6100 versus more for a newer vehicle.
As for the stereo, the display frequently distort as well as the aux plug in shorts out. However, to fix it, or rather, replace it, would be another $1000 to $1400. So I decided to put that off. I can still burn CD-Rs so I can make a playlist and then burn it to CD and blast it. My Bose speakers (OEM part) still work great. Though it was tempting just to charge the amount and be done with it. However, I also thought I needed to replace the driver side temperature actuator as when I picked up the car last Friday, the driver side vents were blowing warm air while the passenger was nice and cool. By the time I got it back to the dealership to see why it was blowing warm when it was the only one blowing cool before, it was not doing it so I'll have to wait on that one. I mean, I could have had them replace it. But as we're heading into the fall, and winter, I'll leave it and if it's still an issue, I'll take it back in and fix it then. Hopefully I'll have paid down the balance a bit by then.
I could have started looking for another vehicle, but I needed tires and I actually like my car. So I figured I'd address the issues and fix those and then when the engine dies, I'll decide whether to rebuild the engine (to the tune of $10k maybe) or buy new. I bought myself time.
Less than 20 days until I go see Sleep Token in Portland! I am getting anxious and to be honest, glad I had my cold now as opposed to when I needed/wanted to travel. I still need to get a room for Friday night as I'm staying in town to see Invent Animate and Silent Planet, which I'll probably do this week. But I get to also meet Jojo and Zan! Two people I met during my Voltron Legendary Defender phase and am still friends with now. They ended up liking Sleep Token enough to see them last tour and said we needed to do one together next tour and here we are!
Ummm, what else. I'll feel like I'm worthless at work. Just merely because I don't have a lot to do right now. The company is actively migrating accounts off the platform that I am a subject matter expert on and so I don't see anywhere near the same about of tickets or people reaching out for assistance. Which is fine, but also UGH. Plus the new platform they are expanding on in the EU/Internationally isn't very big yet, but who knows. Ultimately, I comfort myself with the knowledge that I may yet again be grandfathered into another area of the line of business I've worked in for 17 years. Or if I am let go middle of next year, what will be will be.
In other news, I'm still working on the several personal projects. As well as getting full swing back in to working on the archive. It's ridiculous lol. I keep switching between projects lol or getting diverted from one and working on another when I want to work on something else. Such is my life. This is why I feel like I may have ADHD but who knows.
I believe I mentioned a while back that I needed to get new tires and wheels, as well as get my A/C fixed and get a new stereo. Well. Got my new tires and wheels, to the tune of $2600. And my A/C? Yeah, I thought MAAAYBE $1000. Yeah, no, $3500. Needed a new temperature actuator as well as what is called a rear evaporator. And that means taking the car apart to fix things. Which, whatever. It needed it. And I haven't had to put much into to it before, driver side headlamp not withstanding. And I need A/C. And, I didn't want to look for a newer car, much less be bogged down with a car payment. I will have a higher credit card bill, but I'd much rather pay for $6100 versus more for a newer vehicle.
As for the stereo, the display frequently distort as well as the aux plug in shorts out. However, to fix it, or rather, replace it, would be another $1000 to $1400. So I decided to put that off. I can still burn CD-Rs so I can make a playlist and then burn it to CD and blast it. My Bose speakers (OEM part) still work great. Though it was tempting just to charge the amount and be done with it. However, I also thought I needed to replace the driver side temperature actuator as when I picked up the car last Friday, the driver side vents were blowing warm air while the passenger was nice and cool. By the time I got it back to the dealership to see why it was blowing warm when it was the only one blowing cool before, it was not doing it so I'll have to wait on that one. I mean, I could have had them replace it. But as we're heading into the fall, and winter, I'll leave it and if it's still an issue, I'll take it back in and fix it then. Hopefully I'll have paid down the balance a bit by then.
I could have started looking for another vehicle, but I needed tires and I actually like my car. So I figured I'd address the issues and fix those and then when the engine dies, I'll decide whether to rebuild the engine (to the tune of $10k maybe) or buy new. I bought myself time.
Less than 20 days until I go see Sleep Token in Portland! I am getting anxious and to be honest, glad I had my cold now as opposed to when I needed/wanted to travel. I still need to get a room for Friday night as I'm staying in town to see Invent Animate and Silent Planet, which I'll probably do this week. But I get to also meet Jojo and Zan! Two people I met during my Voltron Legendary Defender phase and am still friends with now. They ended up liking Sleep Token enough to see them last tour and said we needed to do one together next tour and here we are!
Ummm, what else. I'll feel like I'm worthless at work. Just merely because I don't have a lot to do right now. The company is actively migrating accounts off the platform that I am a subject matter expert on and so I don't see anywhere near the same about of tickets or people reaching out for assistance. Which is fine, but also UGH. Plus the new platform they are expanding on in the EU/Internationally isn't very big yet, but who knows. Ultimately, I comfort myself with the knowledge that I may yet again be grandfathered into another area of the line of business I've worked in for 17 years. Or if I am let go middle of next year, what will be will be.
In other news, I'm still working on the several personal projects. As well as getting full swing back in to working on the archive. It's ridiculous lol. I keep switching between projects lol or getting diverted from one and working on another when I want to work on something else. Such is my life. This is why I feel like I may have ADHD but who knows.
