Stupid mistakes

[pegkerr]

As part of my ongoing campaign to claw my way back to relative mental health, I've been trying to go easy on myself. I was talking with someone this past weekend about how I can be so hard on myself, and it's true. When I make mistakes, it's so hard for me to let go of them.

I've made a number of *facepalm* mistakes this week. I completely forgot to pick up Delia and a friend after a movie a couple nights ago (this is a mistake I make very rarely, though. I can't remember the last time I failed to pick up my offspring). Luckily, the other child had a cell phone and called and--yeah. Oops.

I had fun on hpalternity today, but made no less than 3 Britpick mistakes, two of which it's too late to fix (in comments, to which another character already replied, so they can't be edited). Which makes me feel like an idiot.

Took Fiona to karate tonight. She had a fun class working on pad punches, then I had a great class afterwards (working on the brown belt bo form).

Then came home and realized: I was supposed to be at the church council meeting instead tonight. It was on the calendar (it comes around once a month and replaces my usual Tuesday night karate class) but it completely slipped my mind. The secretary hadn't sent around the agenda by email in advance, which is part of the reason it fell off my mental radar. Geez, an idiot all over again.

I was pretty cheerful for the most part today, until I came home and Delia reminded me about the council meeting (she'd noticed it on the calendar).

In other unpleasant news, my car is leaking radiator fluid like crazy. Gah. Can't afford a new radiator, and the car is so old it wouldn't be worth it. Can't afford another car. There's a bus route/lightrail route, but that would be pricey and take twice as long. The bike? It would have to be retrofitted for winter, and I'd have to buy winter biking gear. And--yeah. Winter in Minnesota. I do have a coworker who lives nearby, I think. I'm not sure of his hours, but perhaps he might like it if I paid half of his commuting expenses (gas and parking fees) and then we could carpool. I'll investigate that tomorrow.

Comments

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Have someone look at the radiator. Nine times out of ten, leaky radiators just need a hose replaced or a hose clamp tightened. It may not be worth replacing the radiator on an old car, but it's almost always worth replacing a hose.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I did take it in to my mechanic, and he's a reputable guy I've used for ten years that I entirely trust. There really is a leak in the radiator, unfortunately.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Can he get you a reconditioned radiator rather than a new one? My father discovered that the reconditioned variety generally runs ~$50-$100 cheaper in terms of the part -- obviously, labor will still cost the same.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

If the hole is a small one, try using Barr's Stopleak. It does a wonderful job of stopping small leaks.

[flourish.livejournal.com]

On the plus side - if your co-worker carpooling does work out, that would certainly save you money! So that's a good thing.

[irinaauthor.livejournal.com]

I bet he'd be happy to carpool. My dad carpools with a coworker and they save so much money.

[rachet.livejournal.com]

My beloved Geo had a radiator allergy. Meaning, I went through 4!!! In the 16 years I owned it! FOUR!

Anyway, the last radiator sprung a leak and I just refused to buy a new one. The stop leak things you can buy from auto parts stores really does work! The radiator lasted two years with just using the stop leak stuff.

Give it a go!

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

As to the car, there's stuff you can buy at auto supply stores that will sort of plug up some of the leaks if they aren't too bad.