I just finished a 10-hour shift at work.
I’m pulling three 10-hour days to make up for my absence from the office during finals. And although the longish hours aren’t ideal for the dog, the hours are compatible with his strict-bed bed rest requirements for the heartworm treatment. 1
My first official day2 of summer started at the auto-parts store. One of my headlights died last night, and Gibs offered to install it for me so I wouldn’t get ripped off by my Nissan dealer again – Gibs was horrified to hear that last month I shelled out something like $40 to get a headlamp replaced at the dealer.
The $40 charge seemed less outrageous when I watched the ordeal Gibs went through to replace the lamp. Apparently the owner’s manual suggests taking off the bumper to replace the lights, but instead of dismantling my bumper, Gibs unscrewed the coolant tank, which was blocking the back of the headlight.
It looked like a greasy game of Operation, but it saved me about $30 and a trip to the awkward-as-heck car dealer. 3
As a very-Jansen thank you, I will coax Gibs to go see The Collector this weekend. We saw Orphan last week, which turned out to be a very solid “Creepy Kid” horror movie. Jill, one of my coworkers, kind of ruined the movie for me because the day before I saw the movie she kept saying:
Jill: “Oh my god, the twist is a-mazing! I am so excited to see what you think of it! It will blow your mind! oh my god…”
So of course, I was tipped off, did an unusual amount of thinking (for a horror movie) and figured out the twist within the first 25 minutes of the film. It was sort of fun watching the movie to confirm my guess, and I was right right right…
It might have been a better movie if I didn’t know that there was going to be a twist…so anyone aware of a twist in The Collector – hush!
1 Vet: “The dog shall not run, jump, or be excited for the next two months…or he will die!”
2 Since the end of the school year was followed by that botched petitioning period and then summer school…
3I much prefer either Gibs or the Bollywood-musical that is Valvoline to my overpriced car dealer…
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