Piecing with PATIENCE

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UGHHHHH!!! Man, things are going along smoothly and then one false step and WHAM you get jolted back into reality.

Here is the condensed version...

I made an appt to take my Suburban in for service today since it turned over 60K yesterday, is leaking radiator fluid, has a broken lock on one of the door's my kids use and the battery light came on (yesterday).

Went out this a.m. to scrape it off (0 degrees and -15 wind chill at the time) and warm it up. Well, it turned over just fine. After running about five minutes or so, I opened the door to empty the garbage and clean it up a bit. The vehicle was making weird noises, the clock went out, the CD player went off, the heater button was on high but it wasn't blowing at all. Then the engine started dying out too. I turned it off and went in to call H.

Told him what had happened and asked if I should get it towed in to dealer (over 20 miles) and he said "no it will cost $200!" Then I said I was concerned that I wouldn't make it there and would stall on the side of the freeway. Then I mentioned that heat and defrost wasn't working and he said crack a window. Then he added, you have your phone, it won't be that bad.

Then it happened - I asked about if it was safe because you always see cars fire on the side of the road all the time in the winter and I didn't want my engine to do that. He made a remark that I took as smarta## "It won't blow up". I said I asked you a question out of concern, thanks alot for the smarta## answer and hung up. (I have only hung up on him one other time in 17 years and that was shortly after he left and he was really being an a## on the phone - in his anger phase.)

Well, then I walked kids to bus, came back and tried it. It wouldn't start at all. Of course, now I am thinking I need to find someone to jump it or find the battery charger because H will get angry if I get it towed.

Well I am in the house and H walks in! He told me that I was the one who was a smarta## when I asked if it would blow up. I said I was asking because I didn't want to take S3 out in cold and potentially unsafe vehicle. I said I hung up as a result of his tone when he answered me.

He asked for keys, tried it and said you have to get it towed. I told him he didn't have to come but thanks for doing it. Then he left to go back to work.
So my truck was towed in (and it will only cost about $70). But this morning's exchange is really bothering me.

Tonight is his night with the kids, and he has been staying here rather than go anywhere. I don't want to try to talk to him about this exchange but figure that he will take them and bolt tonight in response to this morning. Not really mature on his part, but it would be his normal response.

The real test is, has he learned anything from our time apart, from his increased time around here lately and from our renewed relationship? Or will he revert to his old run-away self?

The soap opera continues...

I am not going to call him because I know his is in meetings today, but I may send an email. I have to fix the boys lunch so won't be doing anything anytime soon. We'll see what happens.

But ughhhhhh! I know this is a test and I want to pass it. So now I need to formulate my answer and wait to see if I get an A, B, C or D.