yeah that was pretty effing ___. not a big fan of being pulled over for nothing.

 

Dear Work........I know it has been a messed up year,my numbers are down,I am behind at work......but for the love of God.....I don't need fired over it......just tell me if I am the one on the list to go.....the wait is torturous to find out......heck if I am going to be homeless at least do it to me now so I can at least have a happy Xmas.....

 

it happens man, i got laid off today.

merry christmas

 

Last couple of times I got laid off they waited until right after Christmas atleast

 

Dear Weather,

Thanks for raining on me while I replaced my alternator and battery in a church parking lot.

Dear Orielly,

No thank you for selling me an alternator with a bent pulley and being really slow to give service, I know you're busy, but this was not ok to leave me waiting so long on this. You turned a 30 minute job into almost 2 hours because of this ridiculousness.

Thank you however for swapping over the pulley from my core alt to the new one and then testing it to make sure it was all good, 14.34v yay.

Dear Napa,

Thanks for having exactly what I needed in stock, however your online pricing was 25$ cheaper so maybe I'll take that up with you when I return my stock battery core but w/e.

Dear tC,

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for your alternator failing and dying in the intersection and making me go through all of this and missing the meet to show off all the new goodies I just got for you!

Dear dude behind me at the intersection,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING PUSH MY CAR TO THE PARKING LOT YOU SAVED MY CHRISTMAS!!!! I HOPE EVERYTHING IS AWESOME FOR YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Dear Toyota,

374 for a stock alternator, are you guys insane? No way dude.

Dear Steve,

Thanks for driving me all over yesterday and today to figure this all out and helping me work on my car in the rain, I'm sorry I didn't let you take a nap, I really did need two sets of hands for some of it!

Dear Justin + Mike,

Thanks for being great resources for the little nuances of this and double checking my work before I fired it all up, which was good on the first try, hurray!

Dear Optima,

Your battery is so YELLOW! I kinda like it.

Dear Mom,

Thanks for bringing your car down to mine so we could warm up our hands in the freezing cold and for bringing me umbrellas to work under and caring and trying to offer whatever you could, sometimes I think you're crazy but it's times like these I wouldn't have you any other way!

Dear SL,

Thanks for the epic tC repair manual that I printed stuff from in order to swap the alt and make sure the belt stuff was all good.

Dear Me,

Awesome job on the tC today, stuff got real! You owe some of those mentioned above a drink or something!

Dear this thread,

Thanks for being here right now, my mind is a mess.

 

Sounds like you had a busy time in nasty weather, Tyler!

Glad the tC manual helped you out, that's why they are there. I don't know if you used the one here at ScionLife.com or the one I have up at ScionLife.org - the two sites are not related - but there is a downloadable copy at ScionLife.org - click the Scion Docs link in my signature.

Glad you got the alternator sorted out, good luck with NAPA!

Tom

 

Holy crap dude! Crappy day for sure! Glad you got the help needed though and the tC is back up and running!

 

I used the one here at the .com but am downloading the copy from the .org now, thanks a bunch!

I don't think they'll give me too much trouble seeing as I was able to buy it online and pick it up if I had chosen that route, what would they have done in store, asked me for the $25 difference? I don't think so. So I'll check back in with how that goes down, they're open till 7 tonight and I have business down that way anyway so I might take care of it today.

Yeah, srsly. It's been quite a day, thank god for Steve driving my lame butt everywhere to get what I needed.

 

I really dislike ignorant people. Found out today that one of my in laws is claiming we are white trash for living in Sumner - this person is just jealous 'cause Kelly and I are successful, we have a nice house, we make good money, we pay out less than 10% of our income to debt, we have something to show for our money & hard work and we have college degrees (well in 2 months I will have mine)

If they are going to talk trash about their own family, then they should have something to back it up 'cause in all reality - this person is the definition of white trash , but considering where this person is in their life, they really cannot talk ____. At least I have a house and a stable life

End Rant

 

Dear Scion, stop making cars bigger.

 

Amen.

 

x2!!

 

Dear Ex (not jenn)

Thanx for breaking my heart, some guy in ur bed when i come over, ur lieing saying that your going to stay at ur grandmas, and they fact that you said you care about me, when in fact you dont give a S$%T about me....Thank you for making me feel this way about females, i have a huge barrier the size of the great wall of china, and i dont think any female can get through.. I thought we had something but i guess ur not wat i thought....im sorry guys i needed to vent

 

^^ Been there done that... Next one will be twice as good trust me.

 

Dear future owner of Ruby........

Treat her right.........

Yes she was traded in by her owner and is gone......I am not gonna say any more about it.....I frankly don't care and consigned to losing the car a year ago and knew it was gonna come to this......

If anyone is looking for a what was once a show winning beautiful Crimson tC......she is at the Car Pro's KIA in Tacoma.......

I made them an offer cash for the amount owed to pay her off and was laughed at.....so I told them to well...... you know......guess they want more than she is worth in her currant condition....

Bye Ruby.......

 

Sad to see her go, but perhaps it really is for the best, Brian.

You need to look forward, not back, and that is so difficult to do with things that bring strong memories.

Take care!
________

ETA: I still need to get your "Christmas present" to you one of these days...

 

Sorry to see it go, but, you gotta do whatcha gotta do, life happens. Remember the fun times and you still have da 'plant to play with. See ya around....

 

yeah it is weird when you close chapters in life........i am indeed moving forward........my girlfriend and i are working on finding our boundries in our friendship......this is a good thing.....

Egplant is starting to move forward.....in fact by summer he will garner the attention from others that i see in him in my head.......

Work has stopped trying to kill me off for now which is a nice feeling to want to goto work to....lol

Beleive it or not even Joe is doing great......school is good...home life is good......

I like looking forward.....dreaming up new things.....life is good today.

 

Livin' it , The Good Life , SarapBuhay!!!

 

Dear car,

Please come together soon. I know you need a lot still, and I am working on it...please be back on the road soon...I miss you

-Erik Z-