I've got a problem I need to bitch about [v5]

*sigh* I may as well go over what I want for Christmas. My mom was asking me the other day for ideas.

Caprizant wrote:It's October

My southern grandma likes to start receiving starting in October, I'm guessing so she can plan out what to buy before Black Friday.

jokool wrote:Try telling that to all the stores with Christmas stuff in them...

Seriously, I went into my Walmart the other day because I needed some weed eater line, and their garden section was completely transformed into a Christmas wonderland-like set up with decorations, music, and everything...

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, but, seriously...

Now I didn't get far into my Wal-Mart the last time I went there, but it looked like it was prominently Halloween decor. Now given how richy my area is, that's probably because a lot of people around here get pretty elaborate around here. Those singing houses? There's usually a few around the county this time of year.

My procrastination. Fortunately, this problem is somewhat fixable.

It's supposed to be 31 degrees tomorrow. I'm beginning to worry about Ayumi's coolant, which is so old it's rusting the inside of the engine block resulting in what is supposed to be green coolant turn orange. I know that this condition will result in a coolant leak if I don't take care of it soon, but I really want a source of income before I go out and buy more stuff for Ayumi.

The temperature is too high for my taste. Also, my feet are hurting for some odd reason.

Meanwhile on the East Coast, we're getting temperatures near freezing tonight.

I heard it's finally raining in California btw. Also that it's causing mudslides, that's not affecting your area is it?

No, it doesn't, fortunately.

To be honest, the Los Angeles area hasn't been hit that bad by the drought. It's the other areas like Santa Barbra, Northern California, etc that are.

Where I am, it's been odd. It's been thundering and there has been lightning, but no rain.

*has been watching the race online because he thought it was on cable this week*

*found out it was on local tv and has missed most of the race*

My mom finally learned I have facebook and she's pretty upset about it.

Keep in mind I'm 18 (a legal adult) and I rarely go on it.

I'm 16 and I have a facebook. It's not as bad as having a tumblr, IMO.

I get you. I have tumblr as well, but if I had to have one, I would pick facebook because it connects me with people I have a better chance of being physically affected by in real life.

So there's enough daylight for me to look out into the parking lot and see every car covered in frost. I will now have to spend some quality time with Ayumi to build heat and hopefully help melt her way out. I don't have an ice scraper yet and I might end up getting one today now...

Well thankfully, Ayumi wasn't too frosted. Actually she wasn't really frosted except on the driver's side of the windshield. It still took 15 minutes of fast idling for her to build enough heat to start melting what was on the windshield though. And she never really warmed up very much on the gauge, so I'm definitely going to be replacing the thermostat.