i didn't mean to get so behind!

to catch up on the past week/weekend:

won season 3 of Riptide on ebay!
[still missing season 1]

car continued to overheat- saturday N went to get new tires for his car. so in just driving him there to pick the car up [maybe 5 miles] the temp gauge starts climbing again. so we drove straight to the car place. they determined the problem to be the thermostat [even though last month it was the timing belt and water pump but had not check the thermostat???WTF] so $75 later the car was done saturday. we popped the hood when we got home and noticed they'd completely overfilled the coolant reservoir. WTF?? so yesterday i used my trusting straw and siphoned it back down to the MAX line. drove in today and so far so good. car problems suck ass. i'm nervous when i drive all the time, i'm nervous i won't make it in to work one day. i'm nervous something will break and cause and accident. so that is why i don't sleep well and wake up with dread.

this saturday we're going up to ab & ujs. uj and N are going to do the tune-up for me before he goes back north. save a little money there-as long as the car makes it. oii vey

gpa is still in rehab. if he can get out in a couple weeks there is a place for him to stay very close to my mom's house. they can only hold it for a couple weeks so fingers crossed they can figure out how to get him on the recovery road. i know he's trying hard to get better but when you don't really know what's wrong it's hard.

we tried to get our monthly non-grocery shopping done on sunday. perfect time right? everyone is in church then onto their easter brunches. lo and behold, both wal-mart and target were closed! is that a regional thing or were they closed all over? seemed silly since they're open every other religious holiday but not easter? strange. maybe i'm behind the times though.