Radiator cracked

I bought a new one yesterday at Auto Zone but it had these plugs that aren't on the old one.

I went back to the Zone to trade it in or get plugs and an employee went and stood with me with a puzzled look spinning the rack where the plugs were supposed to be. After not finding any, I returned the radiator.

Called O'Reilly's Auto Parts and they said they had one.

It too needed plugs.

The difference was, Nic at the O didn't take, "uh well they aren't on the shelf" for an answer.

He sized the plugs, figured out what I needed, and then went in the back and looked for the right part.

He came back and double-checked the threads to be sure.

Even though the plugs weren't labeled correctly, he searched until he found what I needed and was friendly about doing his job and helping me with what I needed.

I was not impressed with the service at the Zone, but O'Reilly's did alright by me.

I'll have to wait to put it in until tomorrow because I have to go to work, but I learned that lesson, I've learned so often before, if you know a place has great service, keep going there. Especially since the price was the exact same, and it was the same radiator as well.

Rain rain go away

No don't! 

Rain now and rain hard. Then, in less than two weeks, stop raining.

I will gladly suffer through being soaked through on the Roadrunners sideline today.

I will happily fight my camera settings and  the rain cover of my camera tonight at Parade of Lights.

I will smile as I take notes on wet paper tomorrow.

If only, please if only, it just doesn't rain when dad brings the bike up.

For the next 10 days, rain, pour, flood, storm!

But then give me pleasant weather to ride the bike in the hills.

Called in sick today

Haven't called in sick at the ER ever before, but I feel pretty crappy today. Stuffed nose hard to breaf little cough.

Figured I should rest for a day since I won't be able to call in sick this weekend.

Cracked radiator

I found out the radiator is cracked on my Jeep.

That's good news because I wasn't sure what was wrong.

Now I can fix it.

Always a bridesmaid...

My friend and former roommate just asked me to be a groomsman for his wedding.

That's pretty cool.

I'm looking forward to riding the motorcycle to Modesto.

Ed flies home

What are you doing here! His mother screamed.

She didn't actually scream, dragons only hiss and spew fire, but to Ed, her fire-spewing hiss was a scream.

He had rehearsed his response on the way home.

"Fire burp, belch, ss, sssssss," he said.

"Of course, you no good for nothing piece of scrap!" She hissed at him.

Fantasy football

Not great but not terrible. I'm 2 and 2 this season. 

I had Tom Brady and that receiver from Tennessee on bye, so I don't feel too bad about losing tonight.

Sometimes you have weeks where you lose.

And my dad is giving me his motorcycle.