After having frolicked with the dolphins…

Yes. Today I had a much needed although unexpected (fucken work) day off. I put off going out for as long as possible (by using the excuse that I had to stay home and listen to Stuart read the news), as today was ridiculously hot, and mum has air conditioning.

In a nutshell (so as to not go all livejournal on y’all), I went to David Jones to return a faulty appliance and then subsequently went to buy the fifth book in Raymond E. Feist series of series of stories ($7 SCOOOORE! – awesome author). Then I returned home to the safety and comfort of the air-conditoning.

I decided tonight to go and just double check that my car has its twin necessary life-bloods of oil and water. I opened up the bonnet to find that the battery has come adrift of its moorings and lodged itself in the fan. Now, I don’t think this is too bad a thing as I suspect the fan was still spinning (evidenced by the shortened length of the blades). HOWEVER, the fan has significantly chewed through the red active wire coming from the battery.

This is not a good thing. It makes the car more susceptible to starting fires.

The upshot of this is, if I want the car to keep working, and not fail catastrophically while I’m driving it, I need to get it serviced, like, NOW. Unfortunately, as my next day off is not for a week, I must wait until then to put it in, unless alternative arrangements can be made.

It’s not going to stop me from driving it though. I think I’ll just have to take it a little easy around the corners.

… What’s with all the sea creatures!?

Update: Car didn’t start this morning. Very pissed off.