Shit has hit the fan alll over

No... we didn't go on that vacation.

We DID spent about $300 to go to the beach two weekends ago BUT that was BEFORE i knew my car would cost so much to get fixed....BEFORE we knew ANYTHING was wrong with Dan's car.... AND when we thought we were getting our stimulus check in may.
Found out a couple days ago it's mid July. Never woulda went to the beach and even spent the $300 if I woulda known that money wasn't coming this month... and that we'd have so many car problems...

But yeah, we never went to Puerto Rico or the DR this winter cause we didn't have the money...

Lyns... thank you for being so sweet.

I know I shouldn't drink... It's been nine weeks since I drank OR smoked cigs (well i had two cigs when stoned but i bummed em) anyways... i just feel so much physical pain...cramps, numb hands and feet (it realllly hurts!) AND emotional pain....from arguing with my husband, all the money probs., being worried about my health, just general anxiety....
I feel TERRIBLE.... a glass of wine AND a cig. sound nice right now....
I know I shouldn't do either but I"m thinking about both... i can walk to get both...
i just...need this pain to go away....
And I'd only have a couple glasses of wine to take the edge off....

I don't know....

 

Well, it took me a while to figure that out. lol.

 

lesson learned..
mechanics are NEVER cheap. and rarely is a trip to the mechanic going to result in a quick and somewhat inexpensive fix...

oh an tell your hubby if he actually replaces the brake pads periodically his roters will outlast the car,much much cheaper in the long run...

 

Haha....
He was telling me just about a week ago when I had to get brake stuff for my car "I've had my car for 9 years and only had to replace the brakes once" ---meaning the brake pads I believe... I shall relay the message.... haha

Oh man... I'm sorry for being so whiney and upset today. I've had good happy days pretty much every day except today...today just seemed like the day from hell... it still does but things will get better... I know that....

I do know that we are gonna have to build up a savings account...which is something we've been wanting to do for a while but it seems like every time we're gonna have money to put in the savings account things like this happen...

Bleh...

 

Money fights suck. I rmeember one of the first fights Andy and I got into and he said 'I actually had a savings and credit cards with no balance before you moved in'. It hurt really bad and is the only time we have fought like that. But, I needed to hear it..I mean we were making 6 figures together and ALWAYS broke. Learning to live within our means has been such a freaking challenge. At the time of that fight I was ready to move back to San Diego, but I am thankful for it now.
Everything falls into place eventually and you getting a car you can drive now is def a plaus. Maybe that's the reason all of this happened-so you wouldn't feel 'stuck'. Everything happens for a reason.
I wish you were near here. We could try this sobriety under stress thing together because our office manager is a bitch and is pissing me off and I wanna take my last valium, but know it's not smart. I have been tappering down though so I know I don't 'need it'...but it's hard when it's there. I wish I were a better and stronger person.
I gotta go to work and teach a teenager how to not spike her hair.

 

Dont apolgize to him.

 

Pffft. Right.

 

Yeah money fights do suck Lyns.

I'm gonna get a part time job even though I don't feel well a lot... just because I know it would help us out so much right now...
honestly i wanted one.... i just wanted to A- have my car back and B- be feeling better first...

Well I got my car now til 3 pm.... so if I can find a morning job.... and I'm not feeling that much better... i mean I AM in some ways but the numbness is worse....

but yeah i heard money issues causes more divorces then anything else...

anyways it sucks to fight about money...
like today...
we were mad at each other but we really werent....
we were both just stressed cause the situation
who would guess that TWO cars would need 800 dollars of work at the same time, ya know? neither of our faults but we were both stressed and ending up taking it out on each other....

 

pfft right what? ive got a 1994 blazer with 168,000 miles on it with the original rotors on it..
if you change your pads before they start grinding metal to metal all ya gotta do is a light truing of the rotor which can be done 100 times before they wear out..

 

So that's how they work on cars in the backwoods?

Pad slapping might work for driveway jobs but its not recommended by me. Rotors have wear patterns, glazing, and lips on the edge from pad wear. Anytime you replace the pads you should machine the rotors to prevent brake fade, chattering, and squealing.. Plus there is warpage from heat.

When you start machining rotors they become thinner, so less able to dissipate heat and therefore warp easier. There is also a minimum spec for safety. Your truck probably has no material left on the rotors and you'll wear them clean down to the cooling fins. That may be what you want to do with your own truck. But I am not gonna let a minivan go like that, and find out that some soccer mom and her kids died on the way to practice.

Rotors should last about 3-4 brake jobs at most.

 

Hey Lucky is that a built to spill reference in your sig?

 

you are officially!!!
my favorite person in the world
for recognizing my fav song

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-fZHQZTqRk



Luv!

 

Word up homey

 

yes i am well aware of the fact that a rotor eventually wears out. im also aware that there is NO SET TIMELINE of a rotor wearing out. with good pads, and sensible driving habits coupled with timely maintanence rotors as well as pads will last far longer than a normal driver would have them last and you know it..
i dont half ass my shit.. i take care of it..

and no my rotors still have a couple turns left in them before they are wore out,,by then the blazer will be worn out as well..

at least to wore out for me to bother with keepin her up anymore..

just cause you deal with dim wits on a daily basis dont assume i am one of them...

 

Lol, I wanna buy you a beer.

 

sorry i dont drink..

 

^Good for you.

I don't either... just today...

and i already have a damn headache from two glasses of wine

and prolly the cigs. too... since i dont smoke n all...

bleh.

 

Oh. Well, I'll roll a fat east coast blunt.

 

ill do that anytime..

 

Trueeeee.