Remember the book The Long Winter? Where the winter just kept on piling up, and they thought it was never going to end? And right when they thought it was getting better, it didn't?
Yeah.
That was the drive home on Sunday. Let me tell you, it wasn't a whole lot of fun.
Our fuel pump seemed to be going out. The truck quit on us twice in New Orleans. We had a mechanic look at it, and he determined that it must be the fuel pump. It didn't seem *that bad, right?
So we trekked toward home. A six hour trip, that last fifteen (!!!) hours. Drive fifteen miles, cool off the pump for twenty. It was also wicked hot, and very humid, which didn't help matters much. Fortunately, as the ambient temperature dropped, it took less time for the pump to cool off. Although all things considered, I definitely did not appreciate the truck quitting on us before we reached the top of the Lake Charles Bridge. By the time we hit the top, we were doing about two miles an hour, and then we coasted all the way down....
We have a new appreciation for the heat in Texas. Who knew that after experiencing 90+ degree temps with a heat index of ten or more degrees and greater than 60% humidity would make you LOVE the fact that it's "only" 93 degrees with a heat index of five, and 10% humidity? Yeah. That's what *I said. Craziness, I tell you.
The truck went to the shop immediately upon our return to home base, where it still is. A part of the a/c went out, and we're still waiting on the part for that. It was offered they could put the truck back together so I could use it for the interim, but the idea of paying more so I could have my car back for a whole day? No thanks, I'll tough it out.
We've been having an A-Team original series marathon here today, and finding interesting meals to put together in light of the fact that we didn't make it to the grocery before dropping off the truck. Personally, I think it builds character to eat oatmeal for lunch, and popcorn at random times of the day.
Oddly, sitting around doing nothing is just plain exhausting. I think we'll all go to bed early tonight!
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