So, I had my coffee, let the dog out, posted here, got dressed for work, and thought "today is a good day!"
And then Life showed up....
My truck has been at the mechanic's for the last 4 days having the clutch replaced...still not done, but that's ok. So, my fiance has been shuttling me back and forth to work and meetings. That is, until today...
Lemme just tell you, I'm amazed at the amount of smoke that can eminate from beneath a dashboard when a single wire grounds out!
So, now we have a truck without a clutch and a car that is in the process of having the dashboard ripped out to rewire the harness!
Since I won't be making it to work today, I changed my clothes...and lemme just tell ya, WOW!!
I put on an old pair of jeans that used to barely stay up cuz I was that sucked up - jeans that used to make me think "Damn, I look good!" Well, now I can barely get them buttoned, and ya know what? DAMN I LOOK GOOD!!!
LOL I gained 70 pounds my first year clean and I did NOT look good looked like a hog but the marie calender pies were helping me stay clean LOL
your lucky I saw a guys truck on fire on the side of the highway today now thats a bad day.
I put probably well over $2,000 into my truck in the last 1-1/2 trying to get a fuel system problem figured out, still not sure we got it just waiting for it to happen again but this time had the dealership put the fuel pumping system in and I have a life time warranty on it all so if it breaks about it gonna get fixed for free.
I was thinking about obsession last night how they say our addiction is about compulsion and obsession to use, well for me anyhow I have to own that I am the one who obsesses wanting to use and I am the one who obsessed compulsively until I did use, which is what I wanted anyhow I just didnt like facing the consequences, then it got worse I didnt care about consequences, then it got even worse and the consequences started taking my life, then I got serious!!
When I came into the Rooms a little over a year ago, I weighed about 85 pounds. I'm only 5foot2 and a half, and have never weighed over a hundred pounds soaking wet my entire life - well, except for when I was carrying each of my 2 children. A little over a year later, and I'm just about 130lbs...so its a big change for me.
I may be a little round now, but it feels good to be healthy for a change!
elizabeth wrote: Life shows up, and today is STILL a great day!
This just made my evening...I was on my pity-pot over a broken truck axle and now a couple of hundred dollars later you have me laughing about it! Love it when life shows up, and as long as our sobriety is intact we get to keep on keeping on!
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From dying and surviving to living and thriving. LeeU
So...I STILL don't have my truck back! Not only was the clutch toast, but the throw-out bearing was completely wasted as well.
Of course, I'm NOT complaining.
When all things are taken into consideration, when I think about the fact that this truck was bought off the showroom floor in '89 by my brother in law, and this is honestly the FIRST major repair other than replacing the carbourator 3 times...when I think about how grateful I am to even HAVE a vehicle that's been so damned dependable for all these years....well, how could I complain?
At first I started thinking about complaining when my mechanic told me it was gonna cost me $300 to fix...but before I let myself get into that 'mode', I took a step back and realized if I had to put it in the shop it would have cost me closer to $1000. Yeah, I probably would have had it back by now, but I don't have a grand to just be tossing around! So I remain in my attitude of grattitude!
Fiance's car....had we not done the work ourselves (Honda dashboard...NEVER AGAIN I SAY!!), and had we not been able to locate a used harness, again would have cost upwards of $1000 to have repaired. It took us a day and a half to tear out the dashboard, track down a part that IF the dealer hadn't discontinued it would have been about $700, and put it all back together...a day and a half and $200 to fix his car.
Me complain? No way!
And now that I have this huge slice of Double Chocolate Truffle Cake sitting here in front of me, my grattitude is growing by leaps and bounds!
I try to remember that there's ALWAYS a silver lining in every cloud...and if that doesn't work, I beat myself over the head with my Basic Text while reciting the Serenity Prayer!
