Personal stuff, anyone want a car?

Things are looking up I guess, on the personal level at least, Zena's parents are pretty much moved out now and we have a house to ourselves for the first time in years, they are pretty good housemates, don't get me wrong, but there is a level of comfort that comes from having the place to ourselves that is pretty nice.

The car is dead, long live the car.

So it turns out that during our snowstorm last week, my car pretty much decided it didn't want to keep its transmission fluid on the inside thank you very much, and so now it has a big ol' whole there, and a transmission that has been ill used, we didn't feel it was worth putting much more money into, being a seventeen year old vehicle, so we sought other options, that option was my grandmother, who sold us her vehicle. It is a significant upgrade and once I get used to it weighing a couple hundred pounds less than the old car I will have a much better time driving it.

The old car is a problem now, it's stuck at the shop where I am sure they would appreciate it if I got it out of there, the problem is AAA towing services have been backed up for days now and I have to work during business hours for the foreseeable future. I might just have to pay for a private tow. Once the car is back in front of my house, I will see if it is possible to sell at all. My guess is I will have to get lucky and find some mechanically inclined individual who thinks they can do the work required to get it running themselves, but it's worth a shot before I go the donation or sell for scrap route.

Anyone want a car? Runs okay if you can fix the transmission, covered in Disney stickers. A good gift for a teenage boy just learning to drive.

I am feeling somewhat more secure at work, if nothing else they can't afford to get rid of me while also staffing the new store, but more seriously my hours are going up, and beyond that they are actually manager shifts, you know, the job I was hired for, rather than BS short driving shifts. Still not exactly a job I want to do for the rest of my life, but at least I am pretty sure they won't cut me lose anytime soon, which is about the best you can hope for with most employers sadly.

The holidays stress me out, this probably doesn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me, but I don't deal too well with it, handling multiple family groups, spending all day interacting with people who I really shouldn't piss off by ignoring, it's all quite exhausting. It isn't anyone's fault, they are all very nice people and deserve good company and my attention, but it is an effort for me to do that and wipes me out pretty good.

I like my family and enjoy seeing them, but will also be happy when all this is over and I can go back to lurking in my bedroom, or rather the computer room since we moved them out of the bedroom in an effort to make me actually sleep sometimes.

Speaking of which, now is a good time for me to try that.