Homeward Bound
but without the puppies.
Today I drive home, but there is a stipulation. I can only drive home if Tuffy fixes what they did wrong to my car.
Yesterday was a pretty good day. Relaxing, really. I didn't have ANY work to do in an animal room all day, but I had enough outside-of-animal-room work to keep me occupied.
After work, Curt took me to pick up my new desk with his truck. He's a pretty great guy, that Curt, even if he did leave our department. I'm a little sad for him because he dreams of being a farmer, but becoming a successful farmer these days is too ridiculously difficult, costly, and complicated.
After dropping off the desk, curt, jen, and i rode in curt's truck over to subway, where we had dinner, and then back to work, where my car was hanging out. Jen and I decided to go to Wal*Mart because I had to pick up snacks and gum and such for my trip home. When we got there, Jen noticed that smoke was coming out of my car. Without lifting it up, I really couldn't see the problem, but the leaking liquid felt like oil so I took it to Uncle Ed's Oil Shoppe. The guys there were GREAT, if not very comforting. They showed me that my CV Joint was actually SLIPPING OUT OF MY TRANSMISSION! Thus, transmission fluid was leaking swiftly out of my car. They tighted up the CV Joint a bit and refilled my transmission fluid, but they were telling me that I might want to just get a ride home. After we checked to see if things were still leaking after they tightened em up (it wasn't, or at least not much), they told me I could probably get home and should get Tuffy to send a tow truck to take me back to their place. The drive home was filled with ominous images of my car exploding and whatnot.
But I got home safely, set up Jen's desk as well as my own (they are both SWEET!) and got most of my packing done. Now I just have to shower, call Tuffy when they open, and finish the packitude. Hmm... maybe I'll take a picture of my new room setup, too :)
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