Car Maintenance

One of the things I don't like doing is car maintenance.  It was easy to just drop it off at the dealer, right down the street from work. They would drop me off at work, then pick me up at the end of the work day, and Ta-Da, car repair(s) were done!  Sadly, they moved 20 miles across town. 

It was convenient to get minor work done at work in the ACC dept: oil change, tires, wiper blades.  But I don't work any more.  

So I started using Firestone, its close to me and they're open weekends.  The one thing I forgot to do during my last oil change was have the wiper blades changed.  With the summer sun and heat, I usually do it every year.

So my to-do task today was getting my wiper blades changed.  Hooray for #Autozone !  They had them in stock and changed them for me.  I appreciate it!!

The last time I changed my own wiper blades was waaaay back when you only changed the piece of rubber, sliding it into the little track.  Yes, I'm that old!!

Finally Friday

Isn't it interesting.  We arrive at mom's and the TV is loud (normal for her). She hasn't seen her great grandson MrZ for 2 weeks, she says HI then scoots to her room to do her exercises.  Its 330pm and you haven't done them today yet?????

I looked at her chair.  I clearly heard her DPT tell her to put the heating pad on her lower back. But nope. She's got it on her thigh to her knee.  

She doesn't want to get better? Or maybe she wants this to continue so someone is here every day?  Or someone to feel sorry for her?  I can't decide if its one or the other or a little of both??

I'm not sure its up to me to figure out what she's thinking.  But I've been good about stepping back, stepping away a bit more.  Because I need to take care of me.

Another photo from Weds, I think they call this a Chaste Tree.