Y'see I drive a nice sensible car that fits all the kid stuff, is easy to drive and isn't precious; but Firegazer needed to take it to the snow because it has chains and a roofrack. His car is almost undriveable unless you are on the touring car circuit (wrap-around seats, low profile, touchy manual gearing). This car doesn't like to go under 100km/h which is a bit tricky in on narrow, windy, hilly Sydney streets.
Last weekend I had a "driving lesson" where the finer points of the touchy gearing were explained. KelpieBlossom was in the back seat covering her eyes mumbling "We are going to die, we are so going to die". Firegazer will be pleased to know that there is no damage to it yet, and the kids applauded when I safely parked at school this morning.
In other abandonment-related news, no sooner did Firegazer drive off yesterday than the following minor-mishaps occurred:
- the central-heating stopped working. After 15 panicked minutes (it's cold) I realised that it was just a flat battery in the control panel.
- a light-bulb in the kitchen exploded leaving half a singed-looking light-bulb stuck in the socket.
- the house-key broke off in the lock as I was rushing to collect the kids from school
PS HP7 tomorrow! Yay. Warning: I may not answer the phone from 9.01am tomorrow until further notice.
4 comments:
Good on you for handling all the domestic emergencies so well. I wonder if Firegazer will cope as well when you are on your weekend away!
TeamSAK
Congratulations on finishing your course - the mere thought of further study makes me nauseous but I so admire those who not only take it on but COMPLETE it as well - enjoy your lovely husband free time - and his return! and I had to stop by once I saw your Stompergirl comment re the handbag obsession - me too - Mary
TeamSAK: don't worry I'll be thinking of a couple of sabotages myself. The dual swimming/ballet drop-off on Sat am will do his head in for a start...
Mary: A fellow handbag nut! Yay. Must post pics. And, thanks re the course; it was a long haul & am relieved to be finished.
The exploding lightbulb...
We had that happen last year in Perth several times. In the end I called in an electrician because I was sure there had to be something wrong with the wiring. He came well prepared with a photocopied article from the electricians' journal about how there are a whole lot of faulty lightbulbs in circulation causing this problem.
Of course, you probably can't remember when/where you bought that particular lightbulb, but if you bought others at the same time, it is likely to happen to them too.
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