Cranky
Jun/090
Today was a cranky day. I slept in. I didn’t feel like getting moving. I left late. I got to work late. I didn’t really get anything done at work. I left right at 5:00. I got stuck in traffic. I took an alternate route. I got stuck in more traffic. I got home. I cleaned most of the kitchen. I’m tired. I don’t want to get up in the morning. Tomorrow, I need to leave the house 30 minutes before I usually get up. I’m going to suck at golf.
- Push my student loans into forbearance
- Snail mail hard copy of Heather’s forbearance docs
- Re-route student loan auto-payments to annoying credit cards
- Officially accept IRS payment plan
- Get new rear tire for Eurosport
- Take Neon in for tune-up
- Finish cleaning the kitchen
- Cancel appointment with therapist
- Get CB750F running for cousin Chris
- Get CB450SC running for cousin Chris
- Get appointment with dermatologist
- Cancel superfluous auto-payments to credit card
- Unpack the car
Why is it that when you almost get one thing done, many more things come to take its place? More importantly, why does the cat alway feel the need to nest on my backpack?
Jun-zi...nesting
Wash
Jun/090
Yesterday was pretty much a wash. I watch maybe 10 episodes of Scrubs on DVD, played Racer V3 for a while, and slept the rest of the day. The only thing I actually did accomplish was getting cat food. First thing this morning, I took a picture of Heather’s forbearance request (can’t find my scanner), and emailed it to Wells Fargo. They probably won’t accept it over email, so I’ll be dropping hard-copy in the mail as soon as I figure out where the outgoing mail is. I also noticed this morning that the slow leak in the rear tire on the Eurosport is getting to be less slow. The Neon is also only getting 24 of it’s supposed 36mpg. Bah.
- Push Heather’s student loans into forbearance
- Push my student loans into forbearance
- Re-route student loan auto-payments to annoying credit cards
- Officially accept IRS payment plan
- Get cat food
- Get new rear tire for Eurosport
- Take Neon in for tune-up
Awakenings
Jun/090
For one reason or another, I’ve decided that I’m returning to my old habit of stream-of -consciousness blogging. For anyone who actually knows me, this little exercise should be quite akin to my original “log”, back before “blog” was even a word.
Before I dive to far into things, I want to make something fairly clear: I’m not afraid of the Internet, nor the people who exist there-in. I will not be changing names or details other than those which I am contractually obliged not to talk about. I know who I am and I have no fear, gentle reader, of you knowing who I am as well.
Today was a cranky day for Heather. Nothing terribly life change, but one of those days that it’s better for me to spend some time on my own, getting my own projects done. In that right, today was productive. Big items knocked off the checklist were:
- Fix Eurosport temperature sensor
- Replace Eurosport blinker relay
- Attach front blinkers to Eurosport
I should probably mention that the “Eurosport” is a 1983 Honda CX650E, a model not sold in the U.S. Mine came down from Canada a couple of years ago. At any rate, the most important thing to realize is that you can’t get parts for the thing even if you’re trading solid gold. Fortunately, several parts are interchangable with the Civic. Go figure. Anyways, I went into O’Reilly Auto and picked up a 1983 Honda Civic Radiator Switch as well as a generic electronic blinker relay. (This was actually a month long undertaking involving several iterations of ording the part, then getting called out of town, coming back to find that they sent the part back. Fun.)
Another big problem when working on truely foreign bikes: documentation is even harder to come by than parts. The only written word I could find about replacing the temperature switch is that “you do not need to drain the radiator before beginning this procedure”. Having now performed this procedure, without draining my radiator, I would like to profess for all to know: you need to drain the radiator before beginning this procedure. Can you physically remove the sensor with the radiator full? Yes. How much coolant pours out all over the lower radiator and floor? Enough to fill a Clabber Girl Baking Soda tub half way.
Anyway, ripped out and redid a bunch of amateur wiring and that’s done. Same with the blinkers, except that involved adding amateur wiring and zip-tying the actually blinkers to the forks. Don’t ask. I’ll do right by the bike one of these days. I’m thinking steampunk.
At some point, I’ll probably write some of that stuff up on Grind.
That was pretty much the apex of the day. Mom still has cancer. I still have a job to go to on Monday. Heather just got up and seems to be in a much better mood. I should probably go hang out with her. Before that, my list of things to get done before Monday:
- Push Heather’s student loans into forbearance
- Push my student loans into forbearance
- Re-route student loan auto-payments to annoying credit cards
- Officially accept IRS payment plan
- Get cat food