Hey all!
Well, week one is over and I loved it this week! I am, however, feeling a slight homesickness coming on. I miss my wife, I miss my friends (all you from classes and non Bethel friends!) and i miss my car. I'm not feeling that I want to go home, but more feeling that home should come here! haha. I love San Diego, but I know of somethings that could make it better. :)
Ok, well, i didn't feel like starting another post for this, so here it goes. Remember when I talked about how I love S.D. driving here on the freeways? I love it a lot!! I love the 4 and 5 lane highways and weaving in and out of traffic. I'm not saying I'm a pro at it...yet, but lets just say that Katey was very impressed with how I adapted to it. This is where my car comes in, my little blue subaru, oh how I miss thee. Anyway, yea it is fun with the protege, but it would be more fun in somthing that had better handing, and looks too ;p. And so far i'm hoping to meet some other subaru owners and help one of them swap engines (if he hasn't done it yet.)
Well, I'm sure that is enough non-sense for one blog. See you all later!!!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Problems Already!?
Well, I've been in San Diego for four days now and already I've had some problems! :(
It all started tues night on my way home from an observation and I notice some other cars weaving in an out of traffic (By the way, I love the freeways here! I'll talk about it in a little bit) so I decided I wanted to keep up. Before I even started, my car starts sputtering and coughing and my check-engine light is flashing. Oh yea, if that happens and you are driving long distance, I strongly advise to pull over. That can lead to engine damage in the Long run. Anywho, I'm not too far from home and I know what problem is so pulling over was not an option for me. I head over to the AutoZone before going home and ask to use their OBD II tester (Check the check-engine light), but it turns out that California banned free testing!! What the crap! So, I buy what I know I need, sparkplug and some anti-sieze lube, and head home to troubleshoot what is wrong. By now, it is 8:30 and I pull into the garage and change out of my terp clothing and get to work on the car. I know I have been having problems from cylinder 2 and the sparkplug going out in that cylinder. I check that first and It looks pretty bad. I change it and put everything back together and ta-da! It's fixed. Although small, it was annoying that it happened.
My next problem happened last night at around the same time (I wonder if God is trying to tell me something :P). I went in for the SICK-AWESOME observation and did my thing till it was over. I was talking to the terp that was there ( Carla, amazing person and translitterator) and we were heading out to our cars when I notice that my keys are not in my pocket. CRAP!! I panic for a second, but realize that my trunk can be opened with another key ( I had recently broke a key off in there by accident, so it is now perminently unlocked). So, I flag down Carla and ask for her keys and open the trunk. I take some things out and crawl through the truck and unlock the door. Yea, I know! Its funy to imagine a big guy like me crawling though the trunk of my car, but it was easy. Well, here is where the next problem poped up. Remember the Anti-sieze I bought the night before for the sparkplug? Yea, I left the open package in the trunk and didn't move it at all. I got home and Katey noticed right away that my Burnt-Orange shirt had stains on the side, that was my favorite shirt!!! Well, that shirt was ruined because not only did I get stains, but apparently I also snagged it on something while I was crawling through the car because there was a nice little hole on the back. Bummer! So now I am going to find a store to buy another shirt or two. Good Times.
Those were the problems so far, maybe it'll give some of you a good chuckle. :)
It all started tues night on my way home from an observation and I notice some other cars weaving in an out of traffic (By the way, I love the freeways here! I'll talk about it in a little bit) so I decided I wanted to keep up. Before I even started, my car starts sputtering and coughing and my check-engine light is flashing. Oh yea, if that happens and you are driving long distance, I strongly advise to pull over. That can lead to engine damage in the Long run. Anywho, I'm not too far from home and I know what problem is so pulling over was not an option for me. I head over to the AutoZone before going home and ask to use their OBD II tester (Check the check-engine light), but it turns out that California banned free testing!! What the crap! So, I buy what I know I need, sparkplug and some anti-sieze lube, and head home to troubleshoot what is wrong. By now, it is 8:30 and I pull into the garage and change out of my terp clothing and get to work on the car. I know I have been having problems from cylinder 2 and the sparkplug going out in that cylinder. I check that first and It looks pretty bad. I change it and put everything back together and ta-da! It's fixed. Although small, it was annoying that it happened.
My next problem happened last night at around the same time (I wonder if God is trying to tell me something :P). I went in for the SICK-AWESOME observation and did my thing till it was over. I was talking to the terp that was there ( Carla, amazing person and translitterator) and we were heading out to our cars when I notice that my keys are not in my pocket. CRAP!! I panic for a second, but realize that my trunk can be opened with another key ( I had recently broke a key off in there by accident, so it is now perminently unlocked). So, I flag down Carla and ask for her keys and open the trunk. I take some things out and crawl through the truck and unlock the door. Yea, I know! Its funy to imagine a big guy like me crawling though the trunk of my car, but it was easy. Well, here is where the next problem poped up. Remember the Anti-sieze I bought the night before for the sparkplug? Yea, I left the open package in the trunk and didn't move it at all. I got home and Katey noticed right away that my Burnt-Orange shirt had stains on the side, that was my favorite shirt!!! Well, that shirt was ruined because not only did I get stains, but apparently I also snagged it on something while I was crawling through the car because there was a nice little hole on the back. Bummer! So now I am going to find a store to buy another shirt or two. Good Times.
Those were the problems so far, maybe it'll give some of you a good chuckle. :)
I finally made it!
Well, I guess its been a few days since I made it to San Diego, but I tell the tale.
After many moons of traviling, I made it to sunny San Diego! Well, sort of. Somehow I brought crappy weather with me and it rained for the first two days here. :P When I got into San Diego, I had my trusty directions to lead me to Katey's house right in front of me. I took I-8 west to I-125 N to I-52 W to I-15 S. "Ok" I told myself. "Not bad, I'll be there in a few." I kept driving south and I started to notice things did not fit, I also noticed that when I looked up the location of Kateys house it was on the north end of S.D. So, I got off an exit (I don't remember which, I know it was DOWNTOWN S.D. ) I realize that mapquest wasn't so trusty (or maybe I was the moron that wrote S insred of N.) So I quickly get back on I-15 N. and find Kateys with ease. Not too much happened after I arrived, I unloaded the car and ate. And that was Sunday, the day I arrived to S.D. !!!
After many moons of traviling, I made it to sunny San Diego! Well, sort of. Somehow I brought crappy weather with me and it rained for the first two days here. :P When I got into San Diego, I had my trusty directions to lead me to Katey's house right in front of me. I took I-8 west to I-125 N to I-52 W to I-15 S. "Ok" I told myself. "Not bad, I'll be there in a few." I kept driving south and I started to notice things did not fit, I also noticed that when I looked up the location of Kateys house it was on the north end of S.D. So, I got off an exit (I don't remember which, I know it was DOWNTOWN S.D. ) I realize that mapquest wasn't so trusty (or maybe I was the moron that wrote S insred of N.) So I quickly get back on I-15 N. and find Kateys with ease. Not too much happened after I arrived, I unloaded the car and ate. And that was Sunday, the day I arrived to S.D. !!!
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