Hello Darkness

Fall Back happened and now it's dark far earlier than it had been. It was also cloudy and gloomy all day, which didn't help.

This is the time of year when our SAD really starts to mess with us. Both of us take steps to make sure it doesn't really undo us, but it isn't easy.

In better news, my Halloween was a lot of fun. I needed that.

Repeating

It seems like I keep talking about the same thing but the same things keep happening. The car is having issues. I took it to the mechanic. They don't know what's wrong with it. I feel like I'm being gaslighted about the situation. The car won't start. Clearly we should be able to see why? Right?

Honestly I don't know enough about cars to even know. It's just all very frustrating. He actually asked us if we had access to a towing service because it would probably come to that.

Here's the thing about that. I can't get INTO a tow truck. They sit way too high off the ground for me to even think about trying to get into it. So if we have to be towed, I'm stuck on  the side of the road until my roommate can get back to me. 

I'm really hoping it doesn't come to that.

It Happened Again

This time we took the van in and they couldn't find anything wrong with it  . . . even though the brake light was coming on. This is a really frustrating situation. It has to get worse to get better. Uggh.

Still, we trust the van right now more than the car. We'll be taking it to the city when we go on Wednesday.  I have to do a lot of traveling next week. Hopefully it all goes well.

Or Maybe Not

The mechanics said they couldn't find what was wrong with my car. It would have to get worse before they would be able to see it. This does me a lot of good when I might get stranded somewhere or die in the middle of massive traffic. I'm not happy about this at all.

Yesterday was difficult as well. Errands that should have taken perhaps two hours somehow stretched into almost three. We were both so exhausted by the time we got home. At least the car didn't screw up. 

I really am tired of feeling so stressed out about my automobile. 

Lucky Again

My car stopped in traffic today. It made a horrible noise and then I suddenly couldn't get it to do anything. I'm very lucky the car behind me was able to stop. I'm very lucky I wasn't it.

The car is at the mechanic's now. I'm hoping they can figure out what is wrong with it without multiple trips and multiple repeats of it stopping like this. 

I'm really screwed up about this. I came so close to being hit and I know things could have ended up a lot worse than they were. I hate it when the car is broken. Like my roommate says, we depend so much on them and they're so very old. 

Hopefully they can fix it. 

Hot Again

Despite the fact that it's October, the weather today decided to be 94. I was miserable for quite a few hours. It's supposed to cool down over the week, but this weekend isn't going to be any fun.

I keep a daily journal about what I eat and how I feel. The last several weeks have just been a repeat of "tired." I'm staying so very tired and I don't know why. I probably need to talk to my doctor about it, but even the idea of going to the doctor is making me tired. 

In the meantime, hopefully it will cool down sooner rather than later.

Sims Tasks

So every Tuesday for several weeks, Sims 4 has tasks they want us to do. It's Halloween-themed, basically. It's a long-form tutorial on making Ambrosia. Every week, you have some things you have to do to get closer to learning how to make it.

It's a very simple little set of tasks, but I find that I'm really enjoying it. I wish they would do things like this more often. It gives Sim players something to look forward to and a way to get some holiday-themed free content.