Shells

It Must Be Monday.....

.....because it was one of those days. The brakes on my car went out today. I was able to get my son to his program and drove directly to the mechanic. Thank God there is one in Kapa'a. They fixed my car and it was ready by lunchtime. Turns out the brake line was rusted and most of the brake fluid had leaked out. There's no puddle in my driveway so it must have been a long, slow leak. The brakes worked fine yesteday but I hadn't driven my car since about lunchtime yesterday until we left this morning. One of my bosses gave me a ride to the mechanics to pick up my car. When I walked in the office no one was there. No one was around anywhere. So I left a note to call me about payment, picked up my keys from the counter and drove home for lunch. Turns out they had gone to a late lunch. I've never lived anyplace where you can leave your shop open and office unlocked while you go to lunch.....except Kaua'i. I've even seen cars left running, keys in the ignition outside the bank in Kapa'a.

So that makes two problems with my car lately. Week before last I had a dead battery and had to wake up the guy who lives in the studio behind me to jump my car. It ran okay the rest of the day but the next morning I had to call roadside assistance to jump me and then again at work I had to get a jump to go to Sears to get a new battery.

And miracle of miracles I was able to post a photo from flickr to blogger. At least something went right today. These are some shells I've found at the beach, mostly I think these are from Nukoli'i.