Truck Repairs

Sadly, our truck needs lots of TLC--and new front brakes (again). We took it in to Park Place this morning. Ed was there to help us out--and to take his minivan in for brake work too. We were told some time back (in early July, when we were in Jackson Hole) that our rotors had small cracks and needed to be replaced. We decided to wait until we got to Dallas. Park Place has worked on it before, we trust them, and we get Ed's employee discount. What's not to like? We needed some routine maintenance done too, since the truck now has over 52,000 miles on it.

Our next stop was at Carrollton Eye Care, where we got our annual eye checks. Ken has been seeing some flashes and floaters, which Dr. Buthod said is due to vitreous separation. The symptoms may go away, they may stay the same, and they might get worse. If they get worse, the problem can be corrected by laser surgery.

We stopped at Office Depot on the way home, where Ken picked up a laptop sleeve for his new laptop (I'm inheriting his old case) and a small lapdesk. We also couldn't pass up a 4 GB thumb drive for $7.99--amazing how much the price of storage has come down.

Later in the day we got a call detailing some of the costs for our truck repair--just under $900, with more possibly to come. Just one of the costs of this lifestyle, we say, as we bite the bullet and tell them of course we need the work done. We're hoping we've learned our lesson and now know how to use the electric trailer brakes and the truck transmission to do way more of the work.

We spent several afternoon hours pulling together our medical records and concerns and filling out the online new patient forms for our doctor visit tomorrow morning.

We'll need to get up early in the morning, but we have trouble convincing ourselves to go to bed earlier than usual, so the alarm will ring at 6:00 a.m. to rouse two sleepyheads.