Birthday

 I'm 70 now.  Great, eh?  Officially quite old.

My birthday was completely uneventful as usual.  I had slept a lot the day before, being exhausted from cat round ups galore, so I was up early on birthday.

I needed badly to change the oil in the cat carrier car.   I went to Walmart to get the filter and oil.  I get high mileage 5/30 weight oil.

On the way back I decided to get breakfast at Elmer's.   Sit down style.   I mentioned to the waiter it was my birthday and got a free strawberry crepe!   It would be the only celebration. 

Was really thrilled to get that.

I had so much to do at home.  Trap cleaning, etc.

Laundry.

First the car though, before the rain began again.   Oil change usually takes ten minutes.   I hadn't changed it since last fall and all the issues I had with that backyard mechanic.   He'd screwed this oil filter on and I couldn't get it off.  I tried and tried.  To reach it I had to reach way down behind the radiator and try to turn it from that angle.  Or remove the  mud protectors and try from underneath.  I had to give up in the end.  I'd already drained out the oil, so I put in the new oil without a new filter, which irked my ocd soul.  When I put a new oil filter on, I don't over tighten, so I can always get it off.  A friend in Lebanon said he had the filter wrenches and would get it off next weekend.  

A few years ago, a mechanic told me the key to keeping a high mileage car running was to frequently change fluids.  He was a good mechanic and I try to follow that advice.  Last months, being too busy, bad back, bad weather, have let some things go.

Sometimes I feel nothing is good enough.   

Today its still raining.   I'm not sure what the forecast is for the week.  I need to take traps up to the Sweet Home lady today who has 19 needing fixed.   FCCO trip Thursday with whomever is caught up there.  

My birthday came and went without ado as usual.   Officially another year older.

Summer can't come soon enough.