Bored

Work is really boring today, it's my turn in student services and it's so quiet it's untrue. At the moment i am drooling over the new Fiat 500 and eating chocolate biscuits. Nice.

How beautiful is this car!? Wish i could get one.

I do like my 'green machine' though (although i'm sure i could get a good price for it) It's caused me no end of worry this week though. The starter motor went on Sunday and i had to be bump started home by the AA. Luckily i've got parts cover on my AA breakdown cover so i could get it fixed for free at one of their recognised centres. The nearest one is in Bolton so i got bump started again Tuesday morning and we took him in to Bolton. Just going down Dene Road into Bolton however and the engine completely over heated and started billowing smoke out of the bonnet, cue another phone call to the AA. They towed me to the garage and i was told that my head gasket may have gone. Cue virtual hysterics as the price of fixing this sunk in.

I spent all day Tuesday having people saying "ooo it might be time to cut your loses" etc etc, and me figuring out how i could get another car and my loan paid off without dipping too far into my savings until the bloke from the garage rang me back. My head gasket is perfectly fine, it's just low on anti-freeze!

It's now back in my possession and running like a dream. My radio and clock are buggered though :-( However they have put some WD40 in my locks. Whoop!

Got a day off work on Monday as it's Christophers birthday (i booked the day off, chris hasn't been promoted to a patron saint or anything) so i get a lie-in and a nice day off relaxing. Certainly need it at the moment!