Day 2:
I picked up the starter from the parts store. Hurried past the dead Jeep, eyes averted. Went inside to write, instead of fighting with rounded-off bolt holding starter to Jeep.
Day 3:
Pretended Jeep was fine. Worked on ms. Thinking I'm onto something--writing as avoidance activity...
The trick is to be avoiding something so assiduously that even writing is preferable.
Day 4 and 5:
Investigated more ways to remove bolt, once bolt head is useless. Hung out at autoparts store, picking over twitchy CarQuest guy's brains. Bought more tricksy bolt-extraction tools. Wrote some more.
Day 6:
Called Pater and whined.
Got one bolt out. One down, one to go. Victory!
Now it's only a matter of time.
I hate this. I hate working on cars. I loathe being cold and greasy.
6 comments:
I'm recalling a scene in M*A*S*H w/ Klinger sitting on a nice picnic blanket, the jeep behind him. He's cross-legged and has a bowl of nuts and bolts in front of him.
He begins to gulp them, one at a time. He does this out of desperation, of course.
But it just brought up an interesting/funny visual of you, Mac :)
Um, Mac, did you remember to pick up WD-40? Bolts go better with WD-40. Bird of Prey
You hate wrenching your JEEP?!?!?! That's what Jeeps are all about. Come on!!!!! :)
Tiny Terror - Jeep Junkie
LOL.
Um, can't you just bring it to Home Depot?
xo
You mean, Mac's supposed to bring the jeep to Home Depot? Whatcha talkin' about *G*
They take care of that kind of stuff in the appliance aisle? What a great idea...a time saver, Mac, hop on over...I didn't really mean it that way...
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