oh, mama raised me well

but i don't wanna go to heaven
without raising hell
"a feral possum who knows the ways of right and wrong and chooses wrong just to spite its creator"

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February 5th, 2024

obliviousally: (the kind of tired sleep won't fix)
obliviousally: (the kind of tired sleep won't fix)

stuff and car woes

obliviousally: (the kind of tired sleep won't fix)
god it's ONLY been two weeks since my last actual post? fucking hell

on friday i started the car and there was white smoke and squealing - telltale signs of a belt going. figured. okay. serpentine belt, who knows when it was last replaced, that's not the end of the world. asked friend andrew if he'd help out sometime this coming week b/c it was gonna be nice out and he offered to come over sunday

friday night is D&D, which is always enjoyable. tony came along this time and we had some fun interactions with our characters

saturday i worked, but it was pretty quiet/slow overall

sunday rolls around and i'd WANTED to sleep in b/c i passed on going to breakfast bowl, but my body decided it'd be cool and fun and neat to wake up at 8:41AM z_x so i cleaned a little and put some laundry in and played destiny for a bit until andrew showed up and we looked at the car and

:*:* IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR *:*:


so i had to drop $130 (down from $170 b/c andrew has a corp acct with his business) that i didn't have on a new alternator (+ another $30 on the serpentine belt) and we spent the afternoon swapping it out. the most difficult/frustrating part was getting the old alt OUT b/c of where it's located and the space being so tight there. we had to do a lot of unscrewing parts of the grill/radiator area (wanted to pull the radiator fan out but there was a little clippy we couldn't unclip down at the bottom) to give us just enough space to extract it. putting the new one in wasn't as bad, just a lot of slim space to get the wrench down into and put those long bolts back in

but she started right back up happily, so that's one thing solved. just gotta make sure she gets driven more often b/c that was a big part of it going

also, the battery light isn't on anymore! amazing! i spent SO much time learning how to use a multimeter, checking every fuse in the car, fighting with the battery, considering how to dismantle the dash in case it was something the aftermarket radio was fucking up x_x

now, it's monday and i'm at work and all i want is, like, a week off to just reset

i have to call the debt guy today and see if the fact my taxes got offset, can i just count that for january's payment b/c i haven't paid him since, i think, very end of november and now that i had to spend all this money on the car, i sure as fuck don't have $500 set aside for that now

i'm also going to try to file all my back state taxes b/c i never really bothered since it was always under $100, but all that change will go directly towards my debt with the offset so i'm hoping that can shave some of what i owe off

my landlord is also coming out tonight to renew our lease and our rent is going up, like, $70 x_x which, with the laundry tacked on (he charges us $35 to use the washer/dryer), rent's gonna be $800 _(:ι」∠)_

so, basically, everything is still garbage and i want to decompose in the woods!!!!