Cool

Looks like my muffler has to be replaced.

I learned today that banks have very stringent rules...and that tellers frequently find ways to bypass them.

On the plus side, I did fix the climate control circuit on my car. Here are some fun pictures of the process.

Up(to)date

Well, someone in my house accidentally nabbed my keys. At least that's resolved.

Lenovo apologized for the delay. Doesn't really help with the situation at hand, however.

Going to stay home today and try to catch up on some study material. No exercise for me :(

The landlord responded today asking which room I wanted pictures of.

Yup.

Because attaching 2 images to a single email is still beyond the capabilities of personal computers.

edit: LO AND BEHOLD SHE FOUND OUT SHE COULD ATTACH TWO PHOTOS, BUT THAT ONLY ONE PHOTO COULD BE OF A ROOM.

double edit: I now have the room deposit paid and taken care of.

I also found a place nearby that can probably patch up my muffler leak easily. While I have the basic tools to do it, I don't really have a way to lift the car up, and I definitely don't want to start disassembling my muffler just to do a quick weld. It will be ~$20 well spent.

The car's A/C problem, though, is another problem entirely...the buttons are becoming less responsive by the day.

However, thus far I've fixed the rear O2 sensor (which caused its own exhaust leak + threw a Check Engine Light code), the windshield washer fluid sensor, and my turn signal switch, all for about $70 (would have only cost $15 if I had bothered waiting another day). I think I can handle a few sticky buttons.

On a side note, many thanks to Matthew, who helped unfreeze my e-brake several years back. If only he were in town.... we could rotate my tires >.>

Ants

Little problems are starting to creep up, and they are annoying me to no end.

One, which is entirely my fault, is that I may have lost my keys today. If this is the case, not only is it a first, but an annoying first. Between a coat and a jacket (yes, we had another snowstorm today), 2 books and a hat, its possible my keys fell out of my pocket while on the bus. This brings me great sorrow, as I've been trying to stay on top of things I can control, and that's evidently not the case.

Another snowstorm hit today. After clearing two driveways and waiting an hour for a bus (on which bus I would likely later lose my keys), I realized we might have another 2 days of snowstorm left. I also have the TTC lost and found to look forward to, but first I need to also check all the snowbanks for needles. err. keys.

The landlord I have been talking to about renting has been ridiculously slow at sending pictures of the apartment. Its been four days thus far. The house is in a great location, rent is affordable, and the landlord seems like a real person as opposed to one of an endless number of scams. BUT if a landlord is this slow trying to get a tenant, imagine how slow she will react when there is an actual problem. 

Its been a year since my laptop died while in transit. Traveling to and fro on the island, as well as between the island and canada, took its toll on my fiesty little machine. During a final flight, a single bump knocked out the monitor, and soon the rest of the computer followed. In preparation for my upcoming trip, I purchased a Lenovo laptop from the company. I called up the company, asked where a particular model would be shipping from and the actual ship date (to make sure it would be here before my own trip began) and purchased it based on that information.

Of course, the salesperson's information was complete garbage, as its now four days past the first estimate, and current estimates put it at another 6 days until they actually ship. This will put the laptop's earliest arrival date at ~2 days after I originally planned to leave. Thank you, asshat. Oh, and lying about the laptop being in your warehouse (as opposed to it actually being manufactured + shipped over from China after I purchased it) is a real classy move. 

I'm looking at the drive down from Toronto to Miami. My mother wants to accompany me on the trip. A full 24 hours of backseat driving. I don't look forward to it. Not to mention, it negates any benefit of having a Nexus card, as I can no longer use the Nexus lane.

Aaaaand finally, I'm worried my muffler might have a hole in it. This would be easier to check if, once again, we actually had some weather warmer than 5 degrees C. Not that it matters, as I'm currently lacking the keys to the car.

So yeah. I can't drive without a key, my car has problems regardless, even if it works I have to deal with a passenger, I currently don't have a confirmed place to stay, and I have no method of studying once I get there. And there's nothing I can fix by myself.


EDIT: in retrospect, none of these are really little problems. (except maybe the drive down with my mom >.>)