Crazy Cat Lady

I’m such an old lady.. I just spent 10 minutes peeking out my blinds at the fire engine and ambulance in front of the apartments across the parking lot… while Oscar laid there, watching out of the corner of his eye. Wow. I’m becoming the Crazy Cat Lady. Speaking of which- I can’t remember where I heard this, but prolonged exposure to cat litter has been linked to Schizophrenia.. Ironic??
Today has been productive overall. I was up by 7 and out by 10…AM! Unusual,yes. Last night my heater in my car officially kicked the bucket.. SO, I called the ole’ Pops this morning and he told me what I needed to get to fix it. I had decided to do it myself. I was determined NOT to get COMPLETELY TAKEN by all the EVIL EVIL mechanics of Lexington who seem to think my head gasket is blown when I just need an oil change. This brings me to an old story that I’d forgotten about till now. In this way GUYS are so lucky. NO JOKE. Ladies: DO NOT GO to the car place in that little Pimlico shopping square- across from the Urgent Treatment Center on Man O’ War. The check engine light had been coming on and the engine had been running louder every now and then. Jenn had taken her car there, so I took mine. By the end of the day I was in tears because they said my head gasket was blown and I’d have to leave it there b/c it could be dangerous if I drive it any more. Of course, the price was some outrageous amount –this was last year, but if my memory serves, I think they said somewhere around 700$. SO, I called Dad who had me take it somewhere else…(while that place recommended I call a tow truck b/c they were “amazed it had made it that far”) In the end another place said something else was wrong, but what ever it was –was like 50$, so I had that done, but that didn’t fix the problem either. It turned out to be the transmission.. which dad got an awesome deal cause some of his pals put a used one in for waay cheap. It runs great now. Despite that curb I slid into while spinning a 180 on ice last Saturday.. weee! .