The furnace is down, son Ben thinks we need to research and see if we can fix it ourselves and since I can make do without it for right now and there is a good chance it’s a part we can buy and install ourselves, I am good with that idea. Those rides of mine are eating up money as fast as they can get it. Both the LXV and the GTS get valve clearance adjustment this spring, I have the needed valve cover gaskets, GTS is still in the bike shed but the battery is in and I have started it. I need to pop off that valve cover and get out those gauges and check that ‘valve lash’ stuff and adjust if and as needed. Once the GTS is done, it can come out and the LXV can go in so I can have ‘shop’ area to keep things clean when I pull that valve cover off to do the same sort of adjustment stuff.
The vintage Vespa has gotten new correct mirrors, a replacement rear bumper, a proper tail light and center stand. I need to chase down the horn problem and see if the turn signals and I can come to an agreement. I want to replace the smoked gray lenses with the proper orange ones, partly because I feel that they will be more noticeable and maybe make me and that little scooter a bit safer out on the roads.
Work is still going ok, still like going to work every day, changing jobs in plant has been a good change for me, I’ve been on the ‘crown and flush’ job over a year now and am still glad to go to work, that is a big and very nice change from when I was boxing stomachs.
And I’ve changed cars and banks, so am settling into those changes still. Like the car much better than I did the Mitsubishi, but it was and is a good car with great MPG which is important to me. I dropped mpg but not much and added a LOT to the credit debt with the car change but I really like the new car, same year and about the same miles, Hyundai and extended that bumper to bumper warranty so that works for me.
I gained a 6 speed manual tranny, and blue exterior, more leg room for me and a hatch back which I really like, and it came with some perks and ‘goodies’ so I still have fog lights but gained a back up camera, neat feature and it’s computer smart and already knows my cellphone, when I turn on the Bluetooth. I already bought a cover and today ordered the window vents so I can put the windows down a tiny bit and not let much in but airflow. I will be making seat covers for both the back seating and for the front seats but did move the steering wheel cover and seat covers from the Mirage. And I have a car I can recognize so don’t need stickers/decals or other ‘things’ on it to identify it. That is a nice change too and I like driving it.
I am still ‘rocking’ this single in my 60’s stuff, and when I think over all the years it took me to get to where I am and who I am, I’m good with me. No man has ever provided for me as well as I have for myself, nor have they given me the stability that I have provided for myself. I no longer have anyone pushing me to be what they want but get to be who I am, I really like that.
It has been a long and hard road with a lot of bad/poor/stupid choices but that is really the past and actually the Long past. And none of it can be changed so I have, for the most part, come to terms with all of it and moved on.
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