Free Friday Fun
Sep. 19th, 2008 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearI've been enjoying my 'compressed work schedule' that gives me every other Friday off. As it has worked out, it's given me the Friday off that I would have normally taken for trips to Hillside, for example. Plus it allows me the chance to run errands and do other things that have to be done during normal work hours. No need for taking any sort of personal or vacation time. The only downside is my days at work are longer by an hour. I can accomplish that standing on my head.
I used the time for a doctor's appointment to confirm what I knew already, that I have an abdominal wall hernia at my navel. So, that will eventually require surgery, time off from work and being unable to lift anything heavy. Boo. While I welcome most time I can take from work, I hate being injured, ill or incapacitated during the time off. This should not be too bad. Let's hope. I will also have the ongoing pain and swelling in my Achilles' tendon worked on. It's hell getting old.
I pulled the still-defective PCM from the car and took it back to the shop so it could be properly diagnosed. I then headed to Crazy Ray'sJunkyard Auto Parts to scour the place for an extra, usable PCM. Now, I totally love junkyards. I love the smells, being able to find my own parts, get the hardware and little bits that always come in handy when replacing or modifying something. If I smash my finger or otherwise get hurt, I can take it out on the junker and punch my fist through a side window or pound dents into some body panel. I will often come out with more than I originally went in for, usually with some optional part my car didnt have, or some piece for some other project. I managed to find a suitable part for a mere 35 bux. For some reason, the guy checking toolboxes on the way out for pirated (arrrh!) and pilfered parts seemed really intimidated by me and my 70 or so pound bag of tools. Of course he saw nothing wrong. Maybe it was when I pushed it towards him and he had a tough time lifting it did it. I dunno. I came away with a mental snapshot of the yard inventory for later reference.
Some other running to auto parts stores and the electrical supply house and I was back home. I tested the PCM, it's good but needs to be reprogrammed. I fired up the air compressor and bead-blasted the module and now it looks like new.
This weekend will be full of yard work. Yippee. It needs to be done though.
I used the time for a doctor's appointment to confirm what I knew already, that I have an abdominal wall hernia at my navel. So, that will eventually require surgery, time off from work and being unable to lift anything heavy. Boo. While I welcome most time I can take from work, I hate being injured, ill or incapacitated during the time off. This should not be too bad. Let's hope. I will also have the ongoing pain and swelling in my Achilles' tendon worked on. It's hell getting old.
I pulled the still-defective PCM from the car and took it back to the shop so it could be properly diagnosed. I then headed to Crazy Ray's
Some other running to auto parts stores and the electrical supply house and I was back home. I tested the PCM, it's good but needs to be reprogrammed. I fired up the air compressor and bead-blasted the module and now it looks like new.
This weekend will be full of yard work. Yippee. It needs to be done though.
