Adventure in car maintenance

This morning the air bag light, in my husband's car, was flashing. So, after dropping him off at work I took it to Meineke to have the battery checked. The battery was fine but one of the computer modules for the airbag isn't. I say isn't because it still isn't. It would have cost over $500 to replace it. I asked what would happen if we didn't and the mechanic, very seriously replied, "your light will keep flashing." Well, gee, I can live with that. Oh and the airbags won't work either, but hey, we lived without airbags for years so I guess we can do without now. During the inspection he did find the serpentine belt needed replaced. I already knew that and told him to go ahead and do that. So a 15 minute stop to have the battery checked ended up with me sitting there for 2 1/2 hours! Good thing I had paper and pen so I could write and they had some interesting magazines to leaf through. I spent some time chatting with another customer, so the time passed nicely, but it was time passed that I had wanted to spend putting together the new CD shelves I got for Keith last night.

We had one nice wire shelf unit that sat on top a bookcase, but I guess we overloaded it because when I got up yesterday morning it was leaning forward and some of the CD's were on their way out. I quickly emptied it and then last night went out and got a wooden shelving unit. That was a hoot in itself. I went to the local Kmart and one of the managers was walking past so I asked -"where would I find a CD shelf unit?" He stared at me blankly. So I tried again... "where would I find a wooden shelving unit for CD's?" He still had that blank look and responded, "CD shelving units?" Okay.... then a I had an inspiration. "It's like a bookcase but you put CD's on it." Oh, that would be in the furniture dept. It wasn't. When I got back there I was directed to the electronics unit. Go figure! Yep, there they were. So, the shelves still sit in the box waiting for me to assemle them. In the meantime, the CD's are boxed up and out of harms way. Well, almost time to get going here so here's hoping you all have smooth roads and no hurricanes.