Poopy!

Ok, I don’t have my truck back from the dealer and it wasn’t the water pump. It seems there is some kind of metal tube/pipe that runs from the water pump housing back towards the firewall between the two valve covers (it’s a 5.4L V8) and to get to it to replace it they have to take the entire intake manifold off. Yep, everything between the air filter and the engine has to go, and did I mention it’s a Triton engine? Apparently (although I’m obviously no expert) most of the stuff that distinguishes the Triton from other Ford V8’s is in the, you guessed it, intake manifold.

Crap.

Missed work, they are really unhappy with me right now but they can just suck it for all I care. Critter is going to take me to work in the morning and OtherGuy is being sent to retrieve me tomorrow night since Critter has been recruited by her mother to help take D & B to the local fair. That’s reasonable I suppose, since they are her kids and all. Besides, their dad still hasn’t put money on the child support card so as much as she’d like to take them Critter can’t, so her mom is paying for it.

It’s storming really bad right now. I’m going to have to drop the rent off on the way in to work, there’s no way I’m walking a half-mile round trip in this kind of rain. Especially with clothes on. Yuck!

That’s all I’ve got for now. I really should be asleep but my upstairs neighbor is banging around and there is someone parked out front with their headlights shining right into my bedroom, so there are a few challenges in the sleep area right now.