Sure is Monday...

I have this ongoing battle with the check engine light in my car. It comes on, I find out why and decide whether to repair it or ignore it. Lately my car has been sort of shaking/vibrating when I drive above 40MPH, and the check engine light came on, so I decided that the combination of the two warranted a visit to Ye Olde Garage. (Not Don's Garage, my preferred mechanic). I was mentally prepared to spend around $300 because I thought it was the oxygen sensors which run around $90 each, and there are 2. Yup, just got a call from the shop. $600 for the sensors and assorted other things that are wrong. Ughhhhhh. Additionally, the shaking is because I need 2 new tires, so after I spend $600 my car still won't be fixed.

I trust this garage, they're friends of my boss that we do insurance for, so I don't think I'm being scammed. I'm just annoyed because now I have to spend $600 and I don't even get new sunglasses or a vacation or anything to show for it. Except, I suppose, a car that won't break down on the freeway or something. Bah. I'm selling my car and moving to Boston where I won't need one anyway.

Additionally, my friend is moving to Portland and I told her I would drive up there with her and then fly back. Today is exactly 2 weeks from the day I would fly back, and the ticket is tick-tick-ticking up in price as we speak, but my boss isn't here to ask for time off and though I'm nearly 100% sure he won't care, I can't book the ticket without asking, just in case. Oh, Monday, go back from whence you came...

In less gripey news, this weekend I got a tumbler for my jewelry making. Think rock tumbler, but with little bits of steel inside that pummel the jewelry and make it shiny. I used it to make this necklace. I borrowed the design from someone I found online because I am really not creative enough to come up with my own designs. I'm going to give it to Amy because she likes bugs.



I also made fresh pasta, because once I bought a pasta machine and it's only seen action once, maybe twice, a few years back. Pasta is very easy to make. It takes just 3 ingredients- flour, eggs, salt. Easy. The result is...basically just like store bought pasta! It's fun though and I think next time I will make whole wheat or something with herbs or maybe that black squid ink pasta, just to be gross...

And that's the news. Good day.