29 Hours

 There was no windstorm Christmas Eve.  Not a breath of it.  Finally I saw a post from my favorite weatherman that the windstorm was cancelled, Christmas is saved.  Yes!

I left mid afternoon to drive to my brothers.   It takes a lot to leave here, lots of last minute clean this litter box, clean that one.  The cats always have plenty of food and water.   I could be gone for a week and they'd be fine except the litter boxes would be exceptionally icky when I got back.

The new old car, the one I now drive for personal use has an issue or two.  Its rare that I drive it since most times I drive anywhere it is when on cat duty.   The car might need front brakes.  I can hear the front ones scraping.  But its more probable small rock is caught in a pad.  Standard fix for that is to backup and hit the brakes a few times.  If it does need new pads, I will do it myself, when we get a stretch of dry weather.   Pads are quick and easy to change.   

The second issue is at the 3rd and 4th blower fan speeds, the heater core behind the dash, sounds like a bubbling fountain or a water pot bowling.   There is water leakage down into the passenger side too.  Its minimal but I need to get drying agent so the carpet doesn't mold.  I can't figure out the connection to fan speed and the heater core bubbling sounds.  My brother tried to think of what it could be also.

He said the heater core probably needs replaced.   I've never had this trouble before on a car.  Of course he mentions "the greatest fear" by saying "maybe its head gasket is bad".   The thought has come briefly into my mind also.   

I took a couple of breaks from the boredom of the drive down.   I stopped at a rest area to walk around a little and I stopped at a store to get coffee a  little while later.  It's 3 hours to drive down there, longer if I stop or if there's slow traffic on the two lane part of the drive.   

My SIL had their place decorated up very beautifully for Christmas.  We had a nice time doing nothing.   I played with their kitty Chester.  I had brought him a wand toy for Christmas.  I enjoyed my great great niece and nephew, 2 and 5 years in age.  They seem way too smart already.

I left about 4:00 yesterday to drive home.  I was very tired already and was happy to arrive home.   My kitties acted like I'd never left.   

Oh I had a game cam up and the black kitty made a lot of appearances on it, so still around, mostly likely he's from one of the houses behind me.