The week of April 5, 2009

Events that happened the week of April 5, 2009:

Sunday: It was Palm Sunday so I went to church. After church, I didn't do anything except my usual stuff.

Monday: I worked. Been having problems getting along with an employee overthere for quite sometime. I still haven't had a chance to talk to my restaurant manager about her. After work, I just went home and relaxed.

Tuesday: Another work day, but something interesting happened. There have been utility crews out installing new phone lines in the area by my work. They dug underground to bury some of the lines and guess what. They hit a gas line causing a gas leak in the area. They had closed down leonard street by where my McDonald's restaurant is up to pine NW. There was a fire truck, a police car blocking off the area and some tape. A guy from the gas company came in and checked all the drains but we were ok. My mom picked me up fortunately.

Back in February, we bought a 1997 cadillac deville. A great car, but on Wednesday, we had to take it into the garage. A few Saturdays ago, a message on the dashboard started to appear that said "Check Coolant Level" We monitored the temperatures and they were normal and figured we would get the coolant soon. Well we waited too late. On Tuesday, while my mom was waiting to pick me up, she saw steam coming out the hood. Normal temperatures for that car are supposed to be between 195-202. The temperature gauge went all the way up to 225 degrees that day. So then on Wednesday, we went and got antifreeze to put in it, but I wasn't sure of how much to put in it. I put in the whole bottle. Well at first I put a little in at the auto store, but it still said Check Coolant Level. I put the rest in and guess what. Still said it. Well we thought that maybe we had to drive around for a bit to have it work. Well that didn't work. The temperature got all the way up to 248 degrees. 250 is boiling point. So then we couldn't get far since the temperature rapidly went up fast. We then took it in to the radiator shop and they had found that the coolant tank had cracked. It possibly cracked because the car may have run out of coolant or the thermostat did stick. So they had to put in a new coolant tank, take apart and clean the radiator and put in a new thermostat. Total cost $235 to have all that done! Fortunately, my grandparents helped pay for the repairs. But now the car seems to be running good. Dropped it off Wednesday and picked it up on Thursday. Then on Thursday night, I went to eat dinner at my grandparents house. We had KFC for dinner. I ate chicken breasts, mashed potatoes w/ gravy and mac and cheese.

Friday was good Friday. Went to church at 2PM, then did nothing the rest of the day. I was off of work both Thursday and Friday.

Saturday which is today, I worked from 10AM-1PM. It was steady business. Then I went to easter vigil mass which was at 4PM. I usually go to Easter Sunday mass. I was gonna go stay the night at my father's house, but he arrived drunk as all get out. He called at around the time he was supposed to pick us up, my brother picked up the phone and he could tell that he sounded like he was drinking. Sure enough he was. So my mom did not let us go with him which was a good thing. He was pissed, but I didn't want to risk getting killed. My father has always been and will always be an alcoholic. We've tried to help him in the past to quit drinking, but it hasn't worked. So I am at home for the easter weekend.

That was pretty much my week. Oh and I've been getting a lot of headaches lately too. Could be because I've been stressed or sitting in front of the PC too much.

That's all for now.

What I did this past week

Week at a Glance:

This is what I did this past week. I worked, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and today. Business is starting to pick up at work. I am getting scheduled more hours which is good I guess. Well I should say only getting 2-3 days off, but still short days, but also a couple long days too. I still am having trouble getting along with a particular employee at work, and I don't think anything will change there.

On Thursday my day off, we went to the store and did some grocery shopping. Then I had to get the garbage ready since it was garbage pick up day the next day. I otherwise didn't do much the past few days except for be on the PC most of the time. I did do some laundry today as well. The weather has been cold and raining some days. It is however supposed to get rather cold and they are saying we could get a lot of snow on Monday which sucks. Every year for spring break, it's usually cold and either raining or snowing.

I got church tomorrow, then I will otherwise be at home doing nothing.

That's about all.

Hoping I don't get Sick

I regret to say that I am being exposed to germs at home. My brother was sick with a cold all week and now my mom is catching it too. So far, I've been lucky not to get sick, but who knows if that will last. I usually do get a major cold in the spring most years, so I'm pretty sure I will get it eventually.