My morning was like a Springstein song...

[Chunker of Death]

By golly John, sounds like the nasty ol' gremlin that visited me on Sat must be working his way south. The water pump on the family car(92 Olds Royale) started screaming like a banshee while my wife was out XMAS shopping Friday night. Hey no prob. Believe it or not it's only a $22 part. So what if nobody can do the job. I had the next four days off so I can afford to blow away one day and throw the pump in myself. Hmmmmm, it sure looks like the motor mount needs to come out as it's covering up access to the water pump. Can this be? "Hello, Parts Manager? Yes, I was wondering if.........it does?.....your kidding me?.....the hardest 3800 engine to work on, huh? " I should have known. Those four bolts holding the motor mount ot the frame were REALLY in there! Six hours later and the job is still not completed. So Sat night it was off to the relatives in my beater mobile("But Honey, I thought you said it would be fixed by the end of the day???). Fast forward to Sunday morning. The house is a bit cold. The cute pie of my life, aka Dah Grand Daughter, has flipped the switch on the Monitor heater to the OFF position(8 hours earlier). Easy fix. Moving right along to the car repair. Six more hours to complete the job. But more heater fun to come. Did I mention how cold it was? VERY A 35,000 BTU space heater pointed straight at me barely kept me arse warm. Did I mention what happens when you get too close to a 35,000 BTU space heater? But job done and still had two days to unwind. Weird how similar our situations were, huh?