A mixed sort of day

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@TheHorse asked ‘How is your Sunday shaping up?’ so here’s a report of my day. I woke up early, but I was so warm and cosy I didn’t want to get up, so I snuggled down again hoping to go back to sleep. But of course I didn’t, just spent an hour and a half lying there and then got annoyed I had wasted that time! I felt better after I had my morning coffee and wrote the last letter I had planned. Watched a few YouTube videos on how to do various things, then after lunch I put on my overalls and went out to tackle my latest car problem. Not sure if I mentioned before but the blower has stopped working. I hoped it might be something simple like a fuse but no… The heater still works but the heat just sort of diffuses out (eventually), making my eyeballs feel hot on a long journey but other than that it’s impossible to direct heat anywhere and most importantly, I can’t clear the windscreen on days when it gets condensation. So basically any time it’s raining (which seems like almost all the time these days) or cold, and especially when a streetlight or another car’s headlights shine on it – I literally cannot see a thing. Most days I don’t need the car, luckily, so it just sits there, but when I do go anywhere it’s usually raining so every time I get back in I’m bringing more water in with me on wet coats, umbrellas etc and this just makes the whole thing worse! And the fact I can’t dry it out means that now, the seatbelts and the back seats have actually started to go mouldy!! I couldn’t buy a new part for my car as they simply are not available (presumably because at 19, it’s too old). So I looked around and found one for sale on eBay from a breaker. I asked if it was right for my make and model and they said yes, so I ordered it and it came about a month ago. Of course since then it has rained and rained and rained, with a few freezing days in between, the days have been short as well and the only times when it was dry in the daytime and not too cold I was either booked up all day or we were away. So today was my first chance. After watching a couple of videos, I went out to tackle the job, which required removing the whole glove compartment. This was a bit of a pain but in the end, not too difficult. Then it was time to remove the motor. I couldn’t figure this bit out at first, I had to go back and watch the video again and I ended up removing a few bolts that turned out not to be necessary, but in the end worked it out and found it was quite easy. And that was when I found that the ‘new’ part isn’t right at all. It’s possible it might fit in the space and do the job but the main problem is that the electrical connection is totally wrong. So now I have bits of the car interior all over the place and can’t fix the problem after all! Bother. I hope I will be able to find the correct motor somewhere and then it should be just a five-minute job to put it all together again (and hopefully it’ll work) – but I’ll have to let you know in due course. After that it looked as if it was going to pour down with rain, but since I was outside already I thought I would try and do a bit of work in the garden. I weeded the last part of a flower bed and planted a few plants that have been waiting ages for some attention. I even planted the last tulip bulbs that I hadn’t managed to get in the ground due to all the wet. It kept looking as if the rain was coming, and a few drops would fall… but then it passed again so I managed to get them all in, hurrah! I don’t know whether they will be able to do much after this long wait but they certainly have a better chance than they do in a bag in the kitchen! So that’s my day – not too bad but a bit frustrating. How was yours? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.