The Long Way Around

I'm sitting in my den trying to come up with a post for this blog tonight. I've written so little in the last year that I've forgotten how. 

That was two days ago. I don't know what happened. Either the phone rang, The door bell may have rung. I could have gotten a text message. And there's always the chance a cat puked on the carpet. I don't know what to tell you except something happened.  

Yesterday I went outside to get in my car and run an errand, only to find I had a flat tire. This is the second flat tire in less than six months. There's not a blog post here about that and I don't know if I posted on Facebook. 

Anyway, Mike came over late in the afternoon and used his air pump on it and we got it over to Quality Automotive and Tire. This is the best place to get your car worked on here. I usually need an appointment, but in my stress to get the car there, I forgot to make one. They were immensely kind. I got there just before 5:30, their closing time. About 6 fellas were in the office and said they'd just been talking about leaving for the day. They agreed to let me leave the car without an appointment. I said to do their usual work and not worry about mine until they had time to do it. They've worked on my car about five times now and I've never had an issue with either the service or their work. They're very professional. And they didn't tell me to get lost and come back when I made an appointment. Twenty hours later, they were done.  

I have two new tires on the back. They put two new ones on the front with my last visit in May. I could have saved us a lot of trouble if I'd just put all four on initially, but money was a bigger problem. 

My test with Endocrinology turned out well. I didn't blog about either, but today I added as a post prior to this one. I don't have a problem with my adrenal function. However, I'm scheduled for Monday to meet with my Endocrinologist. I suspect he'll schedule me for an MRI to check for any pituitary problems ... like a tumor. He mentioned that at my first appointment. My aunt Phillis would be beside herself. I miss her so much. 

And now, a couple of hours later, I just got back from getting my car and taking a drive. The rain cooled the air, making the outing pleasant. I picked up Becca and Sarah and we just rode around for a bit. The rain also trapped them inside. Now I'm home and will get a shower and maybe finish a book I've been reading.

This is one of those posts that just goes the long way around. I hope the trip was worth it.