Car Is In The Shop

The night before last, I noticed that it was over heating. In the four years that I have owned the car, that needle has never gone beyond the halfway mark. I guess the car was acting different, because I was actively looking at the dashboard to see if any lights were on. When I noticed that the needle was 3/4Th of the way up (not in red zone yet) promptly turned on the heater and the temperature returned to normal.

I actually left early Saturday night because it was over heating. Unfortunately Marie called me up Sunday and ask me to work her shift. I said yes, forgetting about the car. At first, for the first six deliveries, it did not over heat. But after that, . . .I ran the heater and the needle stayed where it was suppose to. But, by the time I had done 13 deliveries, the heater wasn't doing it anymore. The needle was starting to go up (never to the red zone), so I told them couldn't work anymore.To bad that meant Jerry was delivering by himself the rest of the night. Everyone else had called in sick.

Went home and took out two bags of trash. Still filled up with crap thou. Got up this morning and took some of the crap out of the car and rinsed off the car. Also cleaned the battery cables. Got there at the car shop as it opened. Asked the guy for estimate, he said $100 to $150. If it's the thermostat. Which it probably is.Walked home.

Saw a house on the next street over that was foreclosed. Looked it up on the web, when I got back to the house. IT'S GOING FOR UNDER 42,000! The estimated payments are $192! I could afford that!

But, apparently BF can't. I talked to her last week. She owns $1300 for taxes. She has $1300. But, she going to make payments to the IRS, in order to keep the $1300, in case she needs it for car repairs. This means, $1300 is all she has saved even although she has worked two jobs for over a year, has a roommate and makes $47,000. She has no down payment. I'm really perplexed. What is she doing with all the money? Okay $1000 for student loans (USC), $400 for rent, hmm, $150 for utilities, $350 for car, $160 for car insurance, lets say $400 a month for food, $200 for gas. . .$ 2660 a month. That leaves $1340 a month in savings. Even if she spends $300 a month on clothes and entertainment, easy to do, that still leaves $1000 a month to save! What the hell? Where is the money going?

I'm frustrated. I want her to get a house, so she can take her cats back. It's mostly Maddy (her cat) who is doing the spraying. If I could just get rid of him, my house would be so much cleaner .Food cost would go down. . .So would fur hair. But, apparently this is not going to happen for a long time, if ever. I'm stuck with him.

If I wasn't a messy, the cat would already be dead.As it is, I'm developing fantasies about Chasing him out of the house so he can live in the back yard and stare longingly at his mom through the living room window.