I had another better day. I decided to not have my car repaired at the place I went yesterday because the one part he told me the price of another place had priced $100 less (and I need 2 of them). So that's $200 and the place doesn't have great reviews. It was a good decision; the guy was rude and pretty much slammed the phone down on me and that's not the customer service I'm looking for. I called a tire store in my home town that I trust and got a referral for another garage near home. Tuesday I'll call them and get things arranged. It's hard to schedule because I get home Wednesday afternoon (I hope), have pdoc Thursday and a trip to the city Friday to see the podiatrist and do some shopping with my mom. Then I have therapy in the city Monday and a vet appointment for my cat on Tuesday. So scheduling any repairs is going to mean dropping off the car and leaving it until it is ready. I hope that doesn't mean borrowing my mom's car. I hate that. I'm always afraid I'll have an accident in her car. I wouldn't call myself the best driver and that makes me hyper-aware of every near risk.

I made it into the chicken coop again tonight. This time they needed feed. I felt bad; they were really hungry but they had a good bit of food left last night. Hopefully this lasts a few days.


I also went to town to get some stuff from AAA. We're taking my nieces to Niagara Falls in August. Turns out AAA doesn't hand out as much print stuff now; they give you links or QR codes or something to look up the information online instead. It's definitely good for the environment. I bought gas which is $.60/gallon more here than at home thanks to a sale at home pressuring the stations into lower prices. I still am shocked every time it takes more than it used to take to fill the tank to get half a tank. I don't go below half a tank anymore, I can't stand the idea of putting $80 in at once.


My sister's dog is funny. If you ask if she wants to play ball she goes to where the balls are kept and dances outside. Then she returns it once and the 2nd time she starts rolling with it. Eventually she will wind up just resting her head on the ball and looking tired. She's already taught me she is not going to bring the ball up the (small) hill; I have to walk down to the flat part if she's going to play. She sets all the rules .

I thought I'd broken their new SodaStream but today I realized that I had to pull a piece out and I think it's fine. I pray it's fine. I'll pay to replace it but I just really don't have money to do that.


Anyway, it's good to not be panicking so much. I need to get a shower and get relaxed for bed. I really may wait and shower in the morning. I'm not planning to go anywhere tomorrow so there's no hurry. Honestly it's so humid and my hair so curly I could probably go a couple days before you could tell I hadn't washed it but I try to not test that theory.

Hope everyone is having a good night!