Memorial Weekend

I have had an interesting few days and it's not over yet. On Tuesday the Serpentine belt broke in my car. That began a chain reaction of events. I talked to a mechanic about getting it fixed. I took Thursday off to accomplish this. One of the men I work with heard about my belt issue and told me that he would come and fix it for me for free. Free always sounds like a good thing. In reality it rarely is. He arrived at my house at 12:30 saying it would only take him about 20 minutes to fix it - he's done it lots of times he says. When he looked at my engine and said, "It would have to be a Chrysler" I suspected I was in trouble. He then noticed that my pulley was not turning and told me that he'd have to take that off and replace it before he could fix the belt. Okay. He then proceeded to take apart things. I was more than a little disconcerted. Then he said he just had one more bolt to loosen but it was stuck. I got him some WD40 which didn't seem to help. Then we found a pry bar for him to use. He pushed and pushed and then SNAP. He broke the bolt. It seems that he'd been torquing on it the wrong direction. Things had become complicated. I asked him if I should just call a tow truck and have it taken to the shop and he insisted that he could fix it. He made a call and found out the the bolt he'd broken needed to be purchased at a Pontiac dealer. While he was calling around I went into the house and called my mechanic and left a message hoping he'd call me back. After the "helpful" co-worker left to go back to work my mechanic called me back and I explained to him what had happened. He told me that he was concerned that if he didn't tap and drill exactly he would crack my block. The mechanic then did something you rarely see anymore. He drove to my house to look at it personally. He even brought another mechanic with him for a second opinion. They explained things to me and I asked if they'd be able to help me. They could. They drove my car to the shop (it was only a mile away) and within 2 hours it was fixed and back at my home. The FREE fix I'd gotten cost me an extra $170. At least my car is fixed now and I know I have mechanic's I can count on.

Friday I did one medium reading. Saturday I did three readings. Sunday I did one. I'm always amazed at how different each one is. I love this aspect of my life.

Monday I head to Harmony, MN. Time for an Amish Day away. Nothing is more soothing to me than basket shopping at Amish farms. Perhaps I was Amish in a previous life.