OH RATS!
It all started last week when as I was driving to work, I noticed one of my headlights was out. In my eyes, this is the same as walking around with your fly open! I immediately called Landon and asked him to contact the mechanic! We needed a new light! Fast forward a week--the days are dark and rainy and cold. The light still hasn't been fixed. I covered my embarrassment by driving around with my fog lights on instead of the headlights. Finally on Thursday I asked one of the drivers at school to have a look at the bulb and tell me where I could get another one. I was hoping he'd say, "Oh Christina, don't worry! I will buy it for you!" I would say his attitude towards helping me was mediocre at best!
Together Sasha and I went to the car and figured out how to get the bulb out. He said he'd ask around and see if he could find out where to get a bulb. Three hours later, Sasha appears at my door and said that the bulb works fine. What I needed was a new fuse! A fuse? Well, where is the fuse box? He was not going to help me find the fuses, so I just thanked him and resumed eating lunch. I knew my friend, Dan, knew all about fuses and could help me. I gave Sasha my keys and thanked him again. 15 minutes later he appears again--with someone else to translate--and said I don't need a new light and I don't need a new fuse! He said I need new wires because a cat or a rat chewed through them! So much for finishing my lunch!
I was convinced that it was a cat because I had seen several in our neighborhood. I had never seen a rat in our courtyard. I know this city of four million people has rats because I have seen their remains on the road--regularly. But never in my yard. In my mind it was a cat--not a rat. Or so I thought. This morning I was looking out the window watching my dog friends wake up. Olivia was there watching the birds and I was watching the dogs! Suddenly the birds scattered and the dogs took off chasing something. When I focused on what they were chasing, I saw that it was a big ole huge humongous rat! EEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Thankfully, Dan came to my rescue today and fixed the wires! He said he could fix it and would do it joyfully! Well, he fixed it, but I didn't see much joy. It took two hours, but in the end, all the lights work. While Dan was working, I examined the area under the hood well. I found chicken bones, bread crumbs, peanut shells, a plastic bag, and several piles of rat poop! You could see the rat prints all over the engine (it was pretty dirty).
In hindsight, I think that sucker has lived in the car for a while now. For two years, I was parked next to the two dumpsters for the building. They are emptied each evening, but I guess there was enough there to welcome the rats. The dumpsters have been moved and I hope so has the rat. I will now check on a regular basis for their return! If I see them, I am not sure what I will do!
I guess I will call Dan!
The dumpsters that used to be next to my car! No wonder I had a rat (or was it rats?)
Together Sasha and I went to the car and figured out how to get the bulb out. He said he'd ask around and see if he could find out where to get a bulb. Three hours later, Sasha appears at my door and said that the bulb works fine. What I needed was a new fuse! A fuse? Well, where is the fuse box? He was not going to help me find the fuses, so I just thanked him and resumed eating lunch. I knew my friend, Dan, knew all about fuses and could help me. I gave Sasha my keys and thanked him again. 15 minutes later he appears again--with someone else to translate--and said I don't need a new light and I don't need a new fuse! He said I need new wires because a cat or a rat chewed through them! So much for finishing my lunch!
I was convinced that it was a cat because I had seen several in our neighborhood. I had never seen a rat in our courtyard. I know this city of four million people has rats because I have seen their remains on the road--regularly. But never in my yard. In my mind it was a cat--not a rat. Or so I thought. This morning I was looking out the window watching my dog friends wake up. Olivia was there watching the birds and I was watching the dogs! Suddenly the birds scattered and the dogs took off chasing something. When I focused on what they were chasing, I saw that it was a big ole huge humongous rat! EEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Thankfully, Dan came to my rescue today and fixed the wires! He said he could fix it and would do it joyfully! Well, he fixed it, but I didn't see much joy. It took two hours, but in the end, all the lights work. While Dan was working, I examined the area under the hood well. I found chicken bones, bread crumbs, peanut shells, a plastic bag, and several piles of rat poop! You could see the rat prints all over the engine (it was pretty dirty).
In hindsight, I think that sucker has lived in the car for a while now. For two years, I was parked next to the two dumpsters for the building. They are emptied each evening, but I guess there was enough there to welcome the rats. The dumpsters have been moved and I hope so has the rat. I will now check on a regular basis for their return! If I see them, I am not sure what I will do!
I guess I will call Dan!
The dumpsters that used to be next to my car! No wonder I had a rat (or was it rats?)
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