Hi My Friend,

It is 8:23 & I just got home from the car shop.  I took it a few weeks ago to have a new battery installed & the oil changed and drove straight home.  I used the key fob & pushed for the trunk to open & nothing and then pushed again to lock the doors & nothing except the pleasure of the alarm going off.

On the way home I had to drive 10 m.p.h. on the interstate with my hazard lights flashing and headlights flashing off every time I hit or went over a little bump in the road due to the transmission would not change gears and it was on 7rpm which could blow the transmission or motor.  I pulled over & shut it off and noticed transmission oil leaking from the passengar side.

Finally, I made it home also my electrical system was showing low anti-freeze and no tail lights.  I am safely home & all the parts have to be ordered~It will be 2 weeks until all parts will be in and I made an appointment.

The owner said it was going to take about 5 hrs. and did I want to drop it off and come back to pick the car up?  I laughed and told him only if I could teach my cat how to drive by then.

Then I found out I have 3 closet lights out and 2 sockets that do not work.  I won’t even begin to say what needs to be taken care of outside. Only a lot!!!

I took my Dalai Lama’s book of Wisdom to read while I waited and it was so interesting & as I was reading several things made me feel you were there enjoying the read with me.

The only thing I found out was Indians believe if you are burnt after death you remain in purgatory which I need to research more on that subject due to I want to be cremated.  I have always detested basements and anything locked up in and put in the ground.  I would rather be put in a pine box (absolutely “NO” autopsy.  I do not want to be taken apart like a side of beef.  I want to go like Robert Redford was buried in the movie “Out of Africa”.

I believe the flea issue has been taken care of with the exception of an overload on Stashe’s system.  I will know in a day or two.  Not much of a choice, It broke my heart every time I saw them scratching.

I’ll figure out where to start next in the morning.  I am exhausted~

I purchased a movie called “White Nights” which has Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, and Helen Mirren which I think is so elegant.  The dance scenes are incredible.  I also watched an old interview with Mikhail which was so interesting.

I hope you had a pleasant day with your walk. How was the weather?  It was 65 here today.  Weather is forecasting a warm wet winter.  I also don’t like humidity.

After reading this now I know why I am single…Too independent, picky, and too many people don’t understand me.

I hope you have a nice evening and wake up tomorrow happy with a smile~

Your Friend Shookie~