Busy weekend -- but what did we do?

i know we were busy on saturday running errands but oddly it doesn't feel like we got much done. laundry is scheduled for tonite.

sunday we were busy and i remember it completely. as you know, my aunt and uncle are down from the great white north for a couple months. we brought over my car for new brake installation. N hadn't ever done it before so he was really stoked to learn. as with all car work, things did not go exactly as planned.

1st- my uncle let me know i'd bought an extra set of brake pads (hey i wasn't taking any chances). that was ok since i could return it later.
2nd-- old brakes come off fine but what to we see?? why a big crack in my drivers side CV Boot. with reassurances from my uncle that it will be "ok" until this saturday when i'll be able to take it in somewhere, i digested this exciting news.
3rd-- the best for last: the brakes i ordered online from kragen were not the same as the brakes that were taken off my car. as my head slowly started spinning i took a deep breath and my uncle and i went to kragen to sort it out. the angels must have been feeling super sorry for me. (as most people who work on cars know, a trip to the parts store to get something ASAP rarely goes as planned) as we approach the counter there are 2 guys and a girl. of course i began hoping we'll get a guy to help us-- based on all my past auto parts store experience it's nothing personal, but most girls can barley work the cash register. she was AMAZING!!! she checked her computer and it came up with the same brakes i bought, but my uncle had brought in the brake off my car so we made sure we got it right this time. she saw the difference too and thought about it for a minute and actually FOUND the correct ones on the second try! i almost took her to dinner for making it so easy. not to outdo herself with the quick find, she even took my wrong pads (and extra set) back right there and the credit should be on my card this week!

for dinner we had a delicious salmon (real pacific nw non-farmed) that my uncle bbq'd up. real salmon is so good! i miss it so much being down here.

next week we'll bring my car to a shop for it's new boot. unfortunately it's not a fix N and my uncle can do. N will change the brakes on his car. he's learning from my experience and going to take one off and bring it in the first time he goes to buy the brakes. smart man.