keboroxu, I'd love to know what make that car is so I can avoid it in my shopping this month. The very idea of having to go to a mechanic to tell the car its tires are okay, do they not know there is a shortage of mechanics in most places?

Coincidental that we all have tire issues this weekend. T-day as I rolled up to festivity number 2, was told my tire was half-flat. Kind people aired me up a little more but old man was quite sure I didn't really need 67 pounds. Limped around town trying to find a truck stop with a mechanic on call. The one called declined, in the middle of family dinner, I understand. The gas station pump required $2 in coin or card, but its gauge was missing.   

Blessedly, O'Reillys was open and sold me their strongest 12-volt pump, which is not as costly as it used to be. Got home, tire survived the night, aired up again, charged down to the tire shop. Again blessedly the good one was open that day, but, diagnosis: pinhole at the rim. I had been warned about mesquite thorns doing in sidewalls, I have to assume that was the culprit. Not reparable, which was fine since that pair was due for replacement anyway.

Connected with a dear old friend passing through town unexpectedly, and he was that kind of Midwestern "I'll fix that for you right now" guy, so the well filter has been changed, the big drawer now slides into the workbench, and the dishwasher has electricity. He was oddly happy to have his recent decision not to buy a nice house confirmed as a good decision, seeing how overwhelmed I am with stacks of little surprises and chores trying to maintain this place.

Ran a load in said dishwasher, took a while, lots of gentle noises for an hour. This morning opened it up to find dirty dishes. The #$!%) owners pulled the blasted thing out from the wall (after it was tested and ran during inspection, but before closing (not easy)) and not only unplugged it but turned the water off. Just weird weird weirdos. (They also turned off hot water to the washing machine and didn't tell me, I had to discover that a couple of weeks in. At first I was afraid it was because of a leak, but no, they were just weirdos).

Well, I'd better get started on those dishes....