Didn't do much for most of Sat but had plans to go to a party with a friend of mine. The plan was for me to drive to her house, then she'd drive the rest of the way to our friend (who now lives ~1h away). So I dress and am actually ready in good time. Guess what? Car won't start. Stupid click-click-click-click sound AGAIN. So I call my friend and she comes to get and away we went. Had fun, went out to a cool Turkish place for dinner. Good wine before dinner, turkish tea during and great biscotti after. We got back a bit later than we planned. Unplanned scenic route on the way back ;)
So I got up today and went out at 8am to see if my car would start or if it was truly dead. Same clicks-not even the radio came on. So I waited until Pep Boys was open, then called AAA. Luckily I didn't need to be towed, it started after about 5 attempts. Drive to PepBoys, 3hrs later - battery's dead. I was kind of glad in a way. I wanted them to find something they could fix. The battery I bought last year was from a shop that's no longer open. Good news is that this new battery comes with a 24 mth free replacement warranty. They checked all my fluids/tires/etc. and everything else is as it should be. So hopefully I'm good for winter now. At least this happened Sun when I had time to kill/wait around rather than on a workday morning. That would've sucked big time.
Talked to the family today. My Mom and younger sibs are already at my sis. 4 more days till I leave. Spending 10d at my sis. Can't wait. So we'll all be together for the holidays. English Christmas:) Wrapped presents today. Took a lot of doing but was finally able to get one of my sis' presents secure in one of my suitcases. I didn't think it'd fit but it's what she "really, really, really, wants for Christmas" - her words :) So I had to try. Not much else can fit in the suticase but at least I got it in there and secure enough not to be easily damaged. She may read this but its ok since we talked about it so its not really a suprise. Hope I don't have to open anything at the airport. It's a state-of-the-art(imho)jewelry box courtesy of QVC. She's very big on jewelry so I know she'll get good use of the 20-plus compartments. Still have a couple things left to buy and wrap. Plus need to do a few last minute errands.
Can't wait for my holiday. May even take 1/2 day off on Thurs.
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