Breakdowns in March

March 2: Driver's side windshield wiper blade falls apart. Replaced. (This had been breaking since January, and I had bought a replacement a few weeks earlier.)

March 4: Car battery dies after nearly three years. Replaced March 5.

March 12 (12:45 AM): Upon leaving work, discovered that both low beam headlight bulbs had burned out. Drove home with high beams on. My mom got this car in 2014 and I've never replaced the headlight bulbs, so I guess it was time.

(UPDATE, 3/17/24: The 2009 Toyota Camry has two "headlight" bulbs. If you look the information up online, you will be told that the replacement bulb is a 9005. This is the replacement for the running light bulb. This apparently only comes on when you switch on the high beams. The headlight bulb itself is an X11, which is increasingly difficult to get. They are not interchangeable. I ordered two 9005s, when I actually need two X11s. Turns out I have one X11 that I believe was left in the glove compartment in its package by the previous owner, so I need one more.)

March 13: Television dies. This TV was about twelve years old, so I guess that was due, too.

UPDATE, 3/28/24: Water heater dies, March 26. My mom had subscribed to one of those home warranty companies, which I always saw as a ripoff - anything you actually need done never seems to be covered. Turns out the subscription was left on auto-renewal. It first renewed a week or two after she died, and then again a year later. I had it transferred into my name. They sent someone out yesterday to check the water heater - a covered system - and he confirmed that it needs to be replaced, something that is not covered. I saw some stickers on the water heater itself, which was installed in June 2018, and called the number to see if it is still under the manufacturer's warranty. It is! So now I just have to arrange to have someone remove the old heater, take it to a specific retailer, get a replacement heater, and install it. Still going to cost a lot of money.

Sigh. Life is expensive.

Notes for June 25, 2018

- I woke up having a dream about Kim N., someone I had known and been infatuated with back in college. (We had a moment, which never amounted to anything, and then something happened to derail her life for a while, and we never got back together. Years later, a mutual friend told me...well, just how big of a mistake I had made in not pursuing things further.) I haven't seen her in about thirty years. I had heard she was married and living in the Midwest. In my dream she was part of the NEPA poetry community, and was hanging out at a reading. We got to talking, and made plans to get together at the next reading. When I woke up enough to think clearly, I invested about three minutes searching for her online, and found her. Looks like she's still married - possibly to the same person after all these years - but her Facebook page is buttoned up tight.

- The Stella D'Oro daylilies are finally blooming. (I have pictures.) I expect the the tiger lilies will begin blooming soon - they are already in full bloom elsewhere throughout Nanticoke.

- Aaaaand the water heater just died. We're waiting to see if we can get someone out here to fix or replace it, but it doesn't look like that will be possible this afternoon. (I work 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM for the next three days, and I am planning to go to a poetry reading tomorrow after work.)