Zod returns to the Phantom Zone
April 30, 2007 10:56pm
So here was today’s plan:
- Wake up early.
- Gut and install new wiper blades.
- Renew car’s registration.
- Renew brake tag.
- Drive to Planet Houston, pick up servers, close office.
- Drive back to NOLA.
Sounds easy, right? Well, here’s how it went:
- Woke up early.
- Installed new wiper blades.
- On I-35N, car freaked out. Kinda downshifted by itself.
- 3 blocks from Tax Assessor’s Office, car puts itself into neutral.
- Drive (in 3rd gear only) to automotive shop. Turned away. Don’t do transmissions.
- Acquire coffee. Drive (in 3rd gear again) to transmission shop.
- Get estimate. $2000 to fix transmissional woes.
- Drive to Firestation (Andre’s office)
- Get new registration sticker (in Andre’s truck)
- Drive to CarMax (still in 3rd gear), sell car for $250.
- Picked up by the ever wonderful Valentine, fetch rental car.
- Eat at Guero’s with Valentine. Delicious.
- Pick up rest of crap at Firestation
- Back to Andre’s. Beer. Heroes. Blogging. Sleep (soon).
Yeah. Apparently some drum(s) blew or something in the transmission, leaving em with 3rd gear and reverse only. Tomorrow, I pick up the servers in Houston, and return home.
More on the awesome and suck of both this weekend and last to come later. Aforementioned sleep now.
