I know no one wants to hear me whine, so I’ll make it brief.

So I start my week of no childcare, and my stomach is absolutely killing me. It’s a part of my life, and I was trying to suck it up on my trip over here when the damn check engine light came on in the car.

Why?

The service guy – who charged $30 just to look at it – said the sensor is going off because it thinks something is wrong with the throttle (ie gas petal), but he couldn’t find anything wrong. So cross your fingers, right? My bet is the sensor has gone bad and I’ll end up spending $100 to get the sensor replaced.

I told him that I don’t miss my ancient ’81 Ford truck one bit, but at least when that thing broke (which was often), I could tell it was broken. With modern cars, the light will just come on for no reason. The manual says the car might seem fine, but if you don’t pull over immediately you might die. Ugh.

Now if someone could just turn off the sensor in my stomach that makes it hurt.