Whatever stomach bug I had Thursday just about did me in. I woke up yesterday feeling drained, and determined to spend the day taking it easy after taking Wolf to the depot.
I had to run an errand for him before he left. Then I shopped for groceries. Then I called my son and ended up making 4 trips between the Peterbilt facility 3 miles away and our house.
Then I got in my old pickup truck and headed out to get a refrigerator in Chattanooga and take it to my son & daughter near Knoxville. Their refrigerator died, spoiling all their food and at a time when they didn’t have the funds to get another one.
The truck died on me at the Love’s at Charleston, TN. I got it started with a jump box (which is only good for one jump for the truck) and got to the kids’ house, where I forgot and turned the truck off. My son gave me an extension cord to charge the jump box. My ex was there and took me to a store and the bank while the box charged, then jumped the truck for me from his car and I headed home.
I got 12 miles away and got a call that I’d left stuff in his car. I turned back 4 miles and pulled in a gas station to wait for him. The truck died again. When he got there, we hooked it up to his battery (keeping the jump box free in case I needed it later on the way home) and it took 20 minutes to get it to start. The alternator is ONE WEEK OLD.
I have at least another grand to go to make up my car fund. Boy do I need it.
I made it home, keeping a little slower pace than I’m used to. By the time I got home I’d been in the truck 8 hours, and our heat index yesterday was 100F. I was dehydrated and had only crappy food to eat for the whole day, just something to put in my mouth to stay off hunger. My head was aching and my kidneys were hurting and I was in bed by 11PM.
I’m taking today off.
