Still Here

Ooops!

It's been a while I see.  Blogs just weren't on my agenda all of the end of last year it seems.

Wow, 2013 already.

So I'm still here, Collin is still here along with the Itsy and, of course, the Hondamatic.  I'm not sure how many times I even got into the Hondamatic, let alone started it up before we left for Uruguay and Argentina for our Honeymoon.  I do recall reluctantly following Collin's instructions to at least run the car for a few minutes once the night before we left for three weeks so that it might start up again when we came home.  Guess what I found in the car.  Mold.  Boo mold.  That was depressing.

It's been a wet, wet winter.

We came back in December and I was afraid to venture a peek in the Hondamatic.  It took me a week to get up the nerve to look inside again.  I kept using excuses like, "it's too dark outside when I leave for work and when I come home" or "I don't have time to deal with it right now, Christmas is coming fast!"  Finally I did and it was worse than I had even imagined.  Mold everywhere.  All over the seats and carpet and seatbelts.  Even on the steering wheel and e-brake lever.  Ugh.  I guess I could be grateful that it was white and light green mold and not black icky mold.  Is there such a thing as good mold?  I'm not talking about cheese.  The Hondamatic doesn't make cheese.  Unfortunately. 

You know what.  I finally just had to come to a decision. 

The Hondamatic needs to get in shape.  What exactly is holding me back from doing this?  Sort of a fear of spending money maybe?  Well, hell.  I just have to do what it takes to get things going or just give up.  I'm NOT giving up.  That was the final decision.  Collin was in agreement.  Now how and when to get the Hondamatic to Kirkland.....

Fast forward to yesterday!

Collin worked some magic (though he pretends to know nothing about it) and somehow miraculously the Hondamatic landed itself at the Carb Connection (I think) and will be finished with a complete carburetor overhaul, inclusive of a new choke thermostat, by today!  Amazing!!!  I am so excited! 

So now we can figure out what exactly to do with my interim car, the 1994 Ford Thunderbird inherited from Collin's mom when she upgraded to a fancy Lincoln.  The Bird is a boat.  I do not feel good in it whatsoever.  It's a heavy, metal, scary contraption specically designed to rear end other cars.  Like driving a battering ram with a mind of its own. 

Now about the mold issue...  I think Collin cleaned it up a little bit before taking it in to the shop - assuming he's the one who took it.  He's blaming some wizards in blue hats that are only around when I'm not home.  That was another thing.  I didn't want to take a mold-mobile into a shop and risk the lives of my mechanics.  But on New Year's day I put in some stuff called Dri-Z-Air to get out the moisture.  My friend Mandy swears by the product.  Though it was a dark, black night and I couldn't see the interior of the Hondamatic very well it seemed like there had been some work done.  Like someone had cleaned up at least some of the mold.  I couldn't be sure, however, and Collin is not very forthcoming on affirming any questions asked regarding his involvement in surprises such as these.  Once I get the Hondamatic back I am taking it to get a good, deep down detail done.  Yahoo!

And the "wizards in blue hats" advised Collin to inform me that I might want to take the Hondamatic to Midas to check the muffler.