Happy 47th Birthday to Ben! What a guy he has turned out to be! A wonderful, gentle, involved parent to their three beautiful girls, a loving and caring father, a good brother to Pat, and an attentive son to me. Mike and I did something right and it seems he has the best of our good qualities. I’m proud of him every day.
We finally had a taste of winter yesterday when the area was hit with about 6” of beautiful white snow. The view from my window is so pretty. It all happened during the night so when I went out in the morning the roads were already plowed and the parking lot at my building was cleared. The day was sunny so that made it look so pretty. They are forecasting a dip in temps to the 20s for a day and then heading back up to 30s and 40s. I’ll take this kind of spring-like winter any day.
I had been hearing a strange noise coming from the front passenger side of my car and it got worse, so I took it to the garage so the mechanic could take a listen. He was going to ride with me but once I started it up, he just opened the hood and there it was - the water pump. While performing the inspection, they also found the serpentine belt to be worn, so that had to be replaced too - all to the tune of $1200. The good thing was they didn’t charge me for a loaner car. I was a little concerned about driving it to Ben’s for my cleaning job but I took the slow route and it handled very well on the snow covered back roads.
