Well first of all I'm still wondering about the fate of this blog. I found out on Sunday that according to the book of Job I'm not being punished but being tested out of love. I'll take that. Guess that means I can continue ranting right?.
Since my last post I have been on short term disability due to my injury and have come upon one challenge after another. One of my biggest challenges is not having funds to cover my expenses or surprise expenses so instead of asking for your help and set up a donation account, I've been finding ways to save money while fixing my day to day problems. For example my car was overheating and instead of filling it up with antifreeze I filled it up with water. 1 it won't waste antifreeze if there is a leak and 2 antifreeze is pricey for me right now. I know my engine could have problems down the road if I kept the water in there that's why it's just a temporary fix until I have a little more cash flow or the first day of freezing temperature s which ever come first. I also was low on oil and that can contribute to engine cooling problems I filled it with used engine out of my van when I did my oil change. Now I know there might be some die hard mechanics out there who might chastise me and tell me that I should never do that and/or should always use a good synthetic blend and for those people I have 3 questions : How long have you owned your car that you babyd with synthetic oil changes? How much did you estimate you spent on all of your oil changes and did you get more than Kelly blue book or fair market value for your investment when you sold or trated it in. Chances are that when I sell my car I will get fair market value on my car if the engine is running. It doesn't matter what kind of oil I use. I'll have to reserve another post on that subject. And besides oil is expensive now. Used oil isn't the right fix but a temporary fix in my situation is better than spending my cash cushion. My last fix was a plug to my blower motor resistor which if not fixed means no ac heat or defrosters. My power cord to the plug burned up and melted the plastic and the entire plug needed to be replaced. I started to think about how I would find one and ran into several pricing problems. First if I went to the salvage yard there would be the gas to get there, an entrance fee and then even though it's cheaper than a new one I would feel like they are overpriced. So I figured I would end up around 15 bucks which could help our cash cushion right now so I decided to see if I could German engineer it with duct tap and splicing wires and I was able to pull it off. So I feel like I won in 3 different ways. 1 the salvage yard doesn't get my hard earned money. 2 I fixed the problem and should last until there is a new owner. 3 it cost me absolutely nothing. Win win win. Always question if it's worth it. If I had unlimited cash flow trust me it would be fixed right (actually that might be a lie. I just can't stand people getting an easy buck from me) well that's it for tonight and I don't feel like editing so I'm leaving my blog raw tonight.
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