Monday, September 23, 2013

Dear World...

It feels like I haven't been here in ages...It's been one of those weeks that just won't end. In fact, the calendar is telling me that it is now a whole new week. I find that doubtful because last week is still going...

I probably shouldn't complain. Alpha has steady work for a while, which is awesome, and the kids are both healthy enough to be evil.
But...

Oh where to begin? Perhaps I'll begin with complaints, and segue elegantly into other issues.

We got the car back from the mechanic this week. The car that we had lent to Thing1. To say it put me in a bad mood would be an understatement. Anything that could have been broken on it was. Door handles, front and back windshields, lights, a multitude of mechanical issues, holes in the gas tank, glove box, etc. The body is beat to shit--there's not one undamaged panel on the whole car.
And the interior. Oh. My. Fucking. God. The interior...I have never in my life cleaned something so filthy, and I have cleaned some truly awful stuff.
Car is now on the road at a painful price, and you can sit in it without cringing and feeling like you need to scrub off your skin. Though if anyone has any great ideas about how to get motor oil (or something similar??) out of upholstery, I'm all ears.
I spent a couple of days being little miss fix it. Did you know that you can rub soap on a leaking gas tank and make it home? Rather unpleasant, but quite a neat trick...

And then there's soccer and chess. Lots of it. Did I mention that my car spent the week breaking, which is what precipitated  our need for the other one?
And my poor little guy has the meanest and most biased soccer coach I have ever met in my life.

There's snow on the mountains. Seriously, wasn't it just winter?!

We currently have no sex life. Apparently it's only fun to force someone who is at least moderately willing upon occasion.

Cue the music for my biggest issue of the week...

In all seriousness, I asked Alpha what he wanted from me.
And in all seriousness, he replied, "The unattainable."
Yea...It's a wonderful feeling.

I feel like that should be written in neon and broadcast across the fucking sky. It looks so small in it's tiny black print and small white page...And the irony of that feeling is not lost on me.


Know what? I gotta go crawl back under the car because the patch Alpha put on the gas tank is leaking. Probably best that Thing1 moved 1,000 miles away...




22 comments:

  1. I'm sorry.... For all of it. Te roller coaster does seem to be screaming out of control sometimes doesn't it. It's kinda like the no sex, makes us appreciate it when it's just plain normal and manageable. Or so I tell myself when I can't hold on. BTW - I've fixed a broken gas tank, and a hole in the oil pan, with chewed bubble gum. It lasted long enough to get back to civilization/out of the mountains.

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    1. Thank you gg.
      I like the bubble gum! Much more likely to have that on hand than soap...I can't imagine that soap would be very useful for the oil pan lol.

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  2. WOW Lil,

    I'm sorry that you are having such a tough time and I wish I had some great advice or wisdom, but I got nothing! Try to focus on the positive, Alpha is working and all of you are healthy! Life is a rollercoaster, you will soon be on the up climb and things will be better. Hang in there!

    Subrina <3

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    1. Subrina,
      Id like to stay on the upswing for longer than a few hours lol. Ridiculous thing is, overall we aren't doing badly.

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  3. Sounds like you're in quite a rough patch right now. I hope that things get better soon. As for the oil, try some mechanic's hand cleaner (like GoJo). That's what I use to get grease and oil stains out of Steve's clothes when he works on cars. I've also had some luck with Dawn dish soap since it's made to cut through grease.

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    1. Dana,
      Thank you! I'll try that.
      Any thoughts on getting gasoline out of the carpeting? I'm shameless, I know.

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  4. I'm sorry everything is sucking so bad right now. I'm sure it will get better eventually, things tend to go in ups and downs, right?

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    1. ksst,
      things do go in ups and downs. If I could even out my own personal ups and downs, things would be considerably better lol.
      thank you.

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  5. lil, I really do hope life takes a turn to the better. hugs.

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  6. I thought I was slick with crawling under my car in a backless sundress to rehang a muffler with an old coat-hanger, but you and gg have completely demoralized me with your gas tank fixes!
    I am unworthy.
    I shall simply sit and take notes...

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    1. Jz,
      LOL.
      I think that you totally get extra credit for the dress though! That changes everything--it's like a whole 'nother arena taking gum, and soap, and coat hangers to a whole new level.

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  7. Oh lil hope things improve soon, there is always a silver lining though somewhere, sometimes it just difficult to see it or even find it!.....thats my theory and im sticking with it.

    x

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    1. tori,
      lol--stick with it!

      I think someone spilled gross stuff on my silver lining...I have to wash my own silver lining?!

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  8. Oh Lil, sorry you are in a rough patch right now and hope things even out for you soon. Love the pic btw

    Big ((Hugs))
    Roz

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    1. Thank you Roz!
      I couldn't resist the picture lol.

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  9. A hole in the gas tank?!? WTF. Was this person trying to smuggle drugs into Mexico?

    Sorry that things are less than perfect...

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    1. Misty,
      I shudder to think of what might have been done with that car. In this case, her abusive bf stabbed the gas tank. Technically, there's more than one hole...

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  10. Aren't these the times that you one day look back on say those were good ol days?

    Ya, that's what mouse says...

    Hugs,
    mouse

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    1. mouse,
      if I can manage to get my head on halfway straight...

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  11. Oh lil, I haven't read your whole journey so I don't know you and your Alpha as well as some others do I'm sure, but I'm so sorry that you're having a hard time!!!

    hugs,
    Bekah

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    1. Bekah,
      Thank you!
      The terrible thing is, life is really NOT that bad right now. I just can't seem to get my head out of the funk...

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