Michelle and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Today started out with great intentions. Odin and I went to the open gym at his gymnastics center. He found a couple of same aged kiddos to play with. I talked with their mom and grandmother and found out the at they meet every Friday at the open gym or if it's sunny at a local park loose plans were made for next week.
Odin and I had plans were to go to the Y after and I would go to a class that was a big part of our routine in Minnesota (and I have not yet been to here). BUT Johno called and was having troubles with the Jeep, it wouldn't start.  (He was not at work he was taking a work test at a local community college). So we left the  gymnastics gym and headed out to rescue him. We tried to jump the Jeep, no luck. We ended up taking him to work- just missing the class at the Y.

Odin and I came home, ate lunch, and planned to go back to the Jeep with tools and remove the battery. Then we would bring it home and put it on the charger. Now mind you I have this irrational fear of blowing up, so I do things like this very deliberately and methodically. Thankfully when we made it back to the Jeep it was not raining. I set to work loosening the nuts that hold the battery in place. Then I started to loosen the nuts to disconnect the terminals. The nuts were covered in corrosion and it was like putting a socket over cauliflower. Finally I got them loose enough to disconnect. But they wouldn't budge. Not to worry I brought a flat blade for just this occasion. I was talking to Johno at this point (thank you bluetooth) to make sure that the screwdriver was safe in a prying action. (And yes I know the battery was DEAD and the risk was nill, but like I said it is an IRRATIONAL fear.) Pry away he said. As I am working the screwdriver I told him it did not feel right (I have done this before with much more success and much less help) and then I notice that the battery terminal is coming up and separating from the battery. Now it was personal, I was mad at that battery and it was going to come out of the Jeep. I hung up the phone and got back to work, finally I worked it free without completely opening up the battery. But I still had to do the negative terminal. Finally got that one too and called Johno to say we were buying a new battery because the old one was now damaged.

The new plan was to take our time getting back to Johno's office, pick him up, and buy a new battery for the Jeep. My immediate thought was coffee cart. We were near one of my favorites. I was feeling generous so I got an iced latte for Johno too, and it spilled all over me.

Once we picked up Johno we got a new battery (luckily this all happened across a parking lot form a Costco) and the Jeep started right up. Now it was dinner time.We decided to go to a Mexican restaurant partly because John's day was a bit haywire too and he wanted a drink. The place was within walking distance. It was a pretty fitting end to the day. My fish tacos turned out to be more like sushi tacos. The first one was fine but the second one had raw fish in side. Our server was very gracious and offered to make me something else, but I was done. He did bring a dessert for all of us to share... Odin stopped eating his dinner to eat ice cream instead.

We are home now and so far the evening looks like it might not be so bad, but I am just going to lay low, maybe watch a movie. I just hope it isn't lousy! And if you have made it this far, good job... This was partly my way of getting it out and over with so I could move on to better things.



On a side note, at Costco Odin noticed a giant swing set and asked how much it cost ($999). He has taken interest in prices since he has stated making a little dandelion money. He told me he would not be able to buy that because we didn't have that many dandelions.