Not the adventure we had hoped for

[kareina]

 We slept in this morning. I woke a bit before 07:00 to pee, and grabbed a small clementine to eat with my morning vitamin, and went right back to bed and slept for another hour, by which time my hips were aching, so I got up and did some pliaties.

 

We played a game of Qwirkle over breakfast, and Keldor proposed a plan for the day. He wanted to head to Umeå and pick up some fish for his aquarium, and whilst there we could do other errands. Second hand store, swing by my office to print a few thing, stock up on stuff at the grocery store. It was a good plan.

 

We left the house just after 12:30, a bright sunny day, with temperatures at + 3C, the first day this calendar year above freezing, but the new snow we had this week meant that it was a beautiful drive.

 

An hour later we approaced the roundabout at the north end of the city, discussing which order made the most sense. University first, or second had store first. 

 

The car choose for us. It entered the roundabout, must have liked it, because we heard a loud clunking noise from the engine, and the car ceased its forward momentum. Keldor was able to pull right up to the centre of the roundabout before he lost the last of the glide. 

 

From these symptoms, we assume we no longer have a functioning drive shaft, so I went through the insurance web page and ordered a tow truck, and we waited as traffic circled around us.

 

One car driving by paused to ask if we needed help. That was nice of them. Eventually the tow truck cane and took the car to the shop, and a taxi took us to the University, but with only enough time to drop off a couple of things to leave in the office and use the loo before heading to the bus stop. I considered trying to do the printing, but decided I didn't want to risk missing the bus, as the next wouldn't be there for another hour.

 

So, no errands for us today. The shop isn't open till Monday, so I won't know anything about prognosis before then. 

 

The project I took with me is a bit of mending, fixing sleeves on my blue sweater with the worn out cuffs, using 3 nålbindning stitches to one cuff rib. 

 

Between stitching as we travelled and then curling up on the couch at home, I managed to finish one cuff, and make a good start on the next.