Where to begin?

Well fuck me if this blog isnt turning into the worlds largest pile of bitching crap from the worlds biggest douche. Oh well. What else can you do when your life that had so recently turned to total shit, takes a turn..... and a turn for the worse at that?

You sook into teh interwebs, thats what you do. Its like the law or something. I cant be held responsible!

So the itty bitty drip drip drip of water from my car that I discovered the weekend before last? Well I spent last week filling and refilling the radiator. Its such a tiny leek. So hard to locate. Is coming from an area where a number of bits join onto the radiator (despite my non technical speak here I am actually fairly car savvy - not just for a girl either, but just plain savvy) so I wanted to locate the exact source and not waste time and money replacing the whole thing. My car is German. Those germans attach stupid things in stupid places to make everything 10 times harder than necessary. That bunch have never heard of "keeping it simple". Anyway, this weekend just past, I had the thing up on ramps, torch and toolbox out, and scoured the thing for the source of the leak. Thought I had it figured out. It looked as though it was the sensor plug. Cool thinks I. Easy. Rang the dealership, they dont have one in stock, will order it in and have it in mon/tues. No drama says me. An hours work next weekend and $60. Otherwise dealer will do it for me for $380. Um, no thanks mate, this is a peice of piss (if you count the drip - that could be taken literally).

So on comes Wed night. Im driving down the M4, in a hurry as usual, stressed over a major court case going on at work, on the phone with my mum sorting a major drama with family back home overseas. Car stalled. Hmmm. Wouldnt start again. Hmmm. Ok, we are at my exit, lets coast downhill and clutch start it. Not working. Hmmm. Traffic banked up at lights. Must stop, dammit. Nothing behind me yet, good, turn hazard lights on just in case, and leave enough room for people behind to go past me on the shoulder (I'm turning left, so am in left hand turn lane, so this is no hassle to drive a bit further left on the shoulder and rejoin the lane in front of me. Im considerate like that, and plan ahead for disasters, as I so often seem to have them befall me).

Some retarded wankstick pulled up RIGHT ON MY ASS behind me, ignoring my hazards. RETARD. So all the traffic fills in behind him. At this point steam (under pressure so looks like thick smoke) starts billowing out from under my bonnet. I didtch my mum off the phone, look at the temp guage and realise when its so far off the scale that I have been so stressed i FORGOT TO PUT WATER IN MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS. Christ. Pop the bonnet as I call the NRMA. Who will have a car to me in an hour or so. great. Meanwhile idiots behind me are honking and screaming abuse. Finally someone with a brain starts passing on the shoulder to the left (duh) and traffic moves. I get yelled at over and over, with a particularly nice stream of vitriol from the wankstain who stopped right on my ass. Whatever. Meanwhile stress is mounting and Im getting tears starting to well in my eyes. Mum got dad to jump in the car and come rescue me, but he still had to get there.

Meanwhile I cant get the bonnet open as I cant get our my door. B-Double trucks are wizzing past my door and I cant open it to get out. Just as I'm starting to feel like I will cry, I see a figure walking up the hill on the left. And another behind that. Low and behold, 2 lebbo's have passed me, seen the steam, used their brains, and parked their car around the corner and walked back the 500m or so to help me. They open my passenger door and ask if I'm ok. Offer to push me off the exit ramp onto the main road that has multiple lanes so people can pass easily. And they do so. Between the three of us we push the car the 500m up to the barely used side road where their car is parked, and I am totally out of harms way. They open the bonnet, and nearly die from the rank air and heat. I thank them profusely, they ask if i need anything like to use their phone, can they call a friend of theirs to come help me, do I need a ride, or a taxi that they offer to pay for if I dont feel safe accepting a lift..... the works. Could not have been more graceful or gentlemanly or offer a single thing more. They really were knights in shining armour. I thanked them, told them NRMA and dad were coming, nd they sat with me for a while to see I wasnt too shaken up and that help really did arrive.

Dad arrived and I sent him to pick up Bugalugs who was waiting at after school care. The lovely ladies there stayed with him and didnt even charge me for being so late to collect him because of the drama and how upset I sounded on the phone when calling to tell them I wouldnt be on time. They have never sen me rattled, and Ive never once been late (after centre closing anyway) so they knew it was a big deal and a once off. Im so grateful they were so kind and helpful. God I love lebs!

Long story short, I have a massive split in the radiator. The original leak wasnt the part I thought, but directly above it, where a weld has failed. And Ive cracked the head. After pouring water in like nobodies business, adding oil etc and limping it home, with more than a breadcrumb trail behind me ( I dont live far off that side road) we noticed water vapour pouring out the exhaust. All yesterday was spent covered in oil and grase pulling half the car apart (ok so maybe less than half, whatever) and the end result is thousands of dollars and a pile of drama to get it fixed. Inadequate Boyfriend has found a second hand motor that we can do an exchange on, and a part of the leb army will do the swap for me in his workshop.

With rego only a couple of weeks away, it would have had to go see him anyway for a pink slip, but this isnt exactly the "job" he was expecting. I was also thinking I could DRIVE it to him, not tow it there (thanks to another member of the leb army).

So once again, when theres something wrong in my neighbourhood, who am I gunna call? THE LEB ARMY!

All this is NOT what I need right now. I DONT need more drama and stress. And this is BOTH. A whole day at home yesterday identifying the problems and finding the solutions was NOT in my schedule. I didnt even get a day off work, as I can dial in remotely and access my desk! So not fair! Although I did get a couple of loads of washing done, so it wasnt ALL a loss.

I have so much else to write too, but am too drained right now, and well, work is calling me (thanks for the lift to work today too - courtesy AGAIN of the Leb Army).

And I dont care if people read it. It has a calming effect on me just to write it. And I need all the calm I can get right now.