It Lives!

We finally got my truck working.  Turns out the battery cable and terminals had to be cleaned.  So now I have it back.
Got my first paycheck from my new job yesterday.  My poor manager had the newest employee quit on them so they had to go back and revamp the entire schedule for today and next week.  She tried to call me and let me know but I had to go in there to find out why.
Otherwise I spent my black Friday catching up on my Nano word count.  Made 46,080 words by 11p.m.  So I only have 4,000 to go today.  I just have to work it in around working today.

Sigh...

Okay, my dad and I got the new starter motor in just fine.  All torqued and everything.  Still won't start.  My dad says it's like something is turned on when I turn the key to start it and it stays on and drains all the energy used to start the car.  Whatever it is we can't find out, nor can we start the car.
Made it to 40,000 words yesterday, but that still leaves me with 10,000 to do for today and tomorrow.
My brother's car-the one that got hit-is being iffy but it still runs unlike my truck.
I need to get the last few pictures on my second roll taken today.  Getting colder...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We did the yearly shooting range with my mom's extended family this morning.  I didn't shoot due to my shoulder injury from earlier this year bugging me already.  Though if you want to be technical I did shoot, just not a gun.  I took pictures with my 35mm black and white camera for my final photography project.  I may even have got one of a clay pigeon bursting from a hit!
Yesterday I drove my brother's car to school and to work.  While I had it parked at work in the mall parking lot-I work in one of those pictures with Santa booths they set up for Christmas in the mall-someone clipped the front bumper on the driver's side and tore it partway off.  Broke the cover for the headlight on that side but the light still works.  My dad got a call from the city police about it.  The person who hit it left a note with their name and number.  Mall security found it and called the police.  That's why they called my dad.  He came with the rm brother to try and fix it and give me another car.  I wound up driving it home anyway, because they were able to get the bumper back in place and then they duct taped it on.  Other than some wobbling in third gear at around 30 mph, it still works fine.
I'm just not having good luck with cars this month...

Sometimes...

I love my dad, but there are times he annoys me.  The starter motor in my truck was so bad that the auto parts place that tested it said it shot flames.  I'd rather not know what caused it to do that.  But my dad took it out on monday while I was at work-I didn't have time to do it after school and before work-and took it to the parts store for the test.  That's how I know.  Then he went ahead and paid for the new one-which had to be shipped in-plus a new serpentine belt because of the wear on the slightly older one.  Then I forgot to pick it up from the parts place yesterday, so he went and got it.  Then he put it in, which I was going to do friday or tonight.  The only thing he didn't do was torque down the bolts.  I tried to find the specifications for it, but the best I could find said 25-35 ft/lbs.
Then I was driving my sister's car home from work and scraped the back bumper-underside, kind of- on a rock next to the driveway where she always parks it.
Plus I was late for poetry class yesterday.  Forgot my parking hang tag for the institute, so I had to run back and get it. Sigh...
Today we had a lab day for photography.  But only two of the six of us who showed had film, so we learned how to mount the pictures while the other two developed their film.  We've got a week from next monday before it's due, but I was hoping to get one roll done for today.
I'm really behind on Nano...

Cool!

When I got in to work yesterday they asked me to be the assistant manager.  I was already doing the job, this just gives me the pay raise.  Apparently the assistant needs to work opposite hours from the regular manager, so that's why they asked me.  The regular manager works day shift and opens.  I work evenings and close.
Really cold last night, with the winds making it a lot worse.  The gusts rocked my car driving home and this morning.  Not much in the way of clouds brought in, just a big chill.
My committee was treated to breakfast at Kneader's as a end of semester thank you.  All you can eat french toast.  We had a mini competition over who could eat the most.  The winner did 4.5 slices.  I managed three.  Those slices where rather big.

Rain Rain go away, Come again Some Other day

Kind of been snowing too, for that matter.  I changed the air filter in my truck, and now it sound so much better and has no further problems idling.
Turned in my second play today.  It was much better than the first-partially because I had a lot more time to put into this one-and they liked it more.  The teacher felt it was more of a screenplay than a script, but she also wants me to try and rewrite it as more of one, so she likes it too.
Got much better score on the second test with a 63% verses a 54% on the last one.  Not as good as I'm aiming for, but still better.

Work

I got called in to work at 1:30 yesterday, so I didn't get any where on both school work and Nano.  But they gave me today off, so I can make up for it-I hope.
I've got a great start on my play for tomorrow, but I still need to type it.  Turned in the third project for photography today.  Not much else to do this week.