OMG, it can stop now.

[kcobweb]

So, yesterday my car randomly decided not to start. I called AAA (while waiting, I wrote a whiny post for LJ, and then deleted it). He came and jump-started the car, helped me clean the corrosion off the contact points, I went for a 30 minute drive to recharge it and only *then* got to run my errands (and was too late for some of them because of said 30-minute drive).

This morning, we were having a very leisurely breakfast and reading the paper when we heard a big metallic/tinkly *crash*. We went all over the place, and couldn't figure out what it was..... "Maybe some snow slid off the roof, and um....?" Soon, I looked out a window, and saw a dead bird. Okay, that's what it was - it would be the second one this week that ran into our sun room. It's a big one too (I think it's a grouse, as best I can tell). .....Only it wasn't the sun room. When we went upstairs, I realized that the bathroom window was gone. Fortunately the screen held, so all the glass fell *out*. The roof is littered with glass and feathers. Poor birdy. galagan cut a board and put it in place, and tomorrow I'll call around and see what we're in for.

Just in time for more wintry mix mess too. Our Monday drop-off playgroup was canceled last week for wintry mess, and I will be So Bummed if this week's is too. I mean, Elena likes playing there a lot - but even more so, I have shopping and holiday errands that need to be run, and I'd rather do some of them without her, kthxbai.

So I'm just done. Can everything else stay together (in one piece, working order, etc) for a while now? On the other hand, I have (many) crafty projects, I made a new kind of cookie this morning (Clouds of Cashew and Cardomom, or some such cheezy name) and I'm currently making Chex mix. Mmmm, worcestershire sauce. :)

Completely off-topic, does anyone local have an elephant nose (like, a mask) that I could borrow? I really need one.

Comments

[samtheeagle.livejournal.com]

Oy. It could be worse, I guess: the dead bird could have crashed into your car and killed both, or the car could have died crashing into the sun room, or... (oh, you didn't ask [sorry]). Blech. But yay for the healing properties of Chex mix and cookie things.

[ellinor.livejournal.com]

I'm having fun imagining why you "really need" an elephant nose.

good luck keeping the birdies off your windows!!

:)