So, we have a storm rolling in tonight. We have a Winter Storm Warning from 10PM tonight through 7PM tomorrow. Depending on who you ask, we are supposed to get between 6 and 20″ of snow. WZZM is saying that we should see 12-16″ by tomorrow afternoon and another 4-8″ tomorrow evening for a total of 10-20″ of snow. That’s all fine and dandy, but where are we going to put it all!? Honestly, I don’t care. I love the snow and I love driving in it so it’s all well.

So. I went to replace all the brakes on my truck last night. I got rotors, drums, shoes and spring kits. I got home and went to change everything last night. Well, the rotors went off without a hitch, really easy to get on and off and they are all done. I went to do the drums and took the old off and compared it to the new…and lo and behold they gave me the WRONG ones…I need 10″ brakes and they gave me stuff for the 9″ brakes. So now I have to go back to the store to return all that crap and get the 10″ brakes. Once I get all that I’ll finish replacing everything.

I drove to work today like normal, but when I went to get off the highway today, I hit my brakes and my truck’s ABS kicked in and acted like I was on a solid sheet of ice. I thought, eh, maybe I am, but then it did the same thing at the next 2 stoplights and the last 2 intersections before work. Then I figured something was up…Turns out the ABS sensor in my Front Right wheel hub is shot. Of course, the whole hub is shot, which is why one is on it’s way here so I can replace it. I had to unplug the sensor that I would be able to stop. Thats ok with me because the ABS makes it so much harder to stop in the winter. I should have the part either late this week or early next week. If I get it yet this week, I’ll go over to a friend’s house and we’ll replace it, if not, it will have to wait until I can get out there next.

I got my bluetooth headset too. It irritates me. It has almost NO noise cancellation so ALL the background noise is picked up. So I have to return it and get a new one so that people can actually hear me. So I’m going to be doing research on that again. Also, I decided that it’s time to retire my flash drives. This flash drive is starting to flake on me just as bad as the last one did. I think it’s because I do so much with it all the time. So I ordered a WD Passport 160GB ext. HDD so that I have something more reliable. This drive only needs one USB port too, so it is basically a perfect replacement for the drive I have now. That will be here tomorrow and I will get it setup and see how well it works.

Well, I realize that this post is getting lengthy so I’ll stop here. TTFN

’til next time

Michael