The Husbandly One is taking tomorrow off so that we can take the van in to be poked and prodded and see what exactly has happened. One of the problems with modern vehicles is even if you pop open the hood, you can't really see anything, because everything is sealed up in its own little compartment.
I popped it open this morning, and all I saw was an odd cap that didn't seem to belong to anything lying on top of an air hose. And when I looked under the car, I saw a rod-like thing hanging down and resting in the wheel well from somewhere up in the engine. This, by the way, isn't why I said the van threw a rod. I based that on the fact that when I started the van, and revved the motor a little to keep it running, it sounded like everything suddenly fell out, and then I heard this rhythmic banging sound... not good. Not good at all.
When THO got home, he popped the hood and took a look, and that's when we discovered the serpentine belt had also come very, very loose. As in, you couldn't even tell where it belonged.
Nope, not happy campers, not we!
Also, I can't get hold of the Nurse of Doom to get the results of the Impertinent One's blood work from Monday. Her antigen titer had dropped from 75 to 65 last week, and they want it down into at least the forties before she's allowed to go back to school, and even then, it will only be for half days. Oh well, we go back for a followup on Monday. Besides, I know the Nurse of Doom will only give the sheets a cursory lookover then say, "Everything looks fine, she can go back to school on Monday." This time, however, I won't be stupid enough to ask over and over, "Will you please look at page 3, and read the EBV VCA IGM line to me?" Because she won't know what the hell I'm talking about. Seriously.
She's a great X-Ray tech, gets clear, clean, non-blurry shots of even the most difficult patients, but good at reading test results? Not so much. So now you know why they keep her.
I won't even go into the drama that is moving my mom, and dealing with greedy oldest niece. Oy, what a month so far! And I think I might take the Sirius/Remus art down and tuck it away for a while. Just because. *sigh*
February, I am so far not impressed with you at all!
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