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Post vacation stress
Apr. 19th, 2024 07:02 pmThe making it home part was the easy part. The aftermath...ah-haha... -_-
Pretty much all of the foods in the refrigerator (not the freezer) had to be thrown out. Just the eggs and various canned stuff/bottled sauces left. I figured I would buy some groceries the next day, along with other errands I needed to run...
And then the next day, I try to start the car, and the battery on the Prius dies again. LOL. I have no idea where the charger we used last time is located; searched the garage and couldn't find it. We do have 2 other cars, but the keys had been left at a relative's place, because my parents were paranoid about the house getting robbed or something while we were out. (Me: -_- ...)
So I end up buying the Duralast aux battery I researched the last time this happened, because that place makes same day deliveries. (Oh, and also ordered delivery for food that day.) It arrived pretty fast, just a few hours after I made the order.
Then it was an effort to open up the back trunk to get to the Prius aux battery, because there's no way to open the rear door once the battery is dead. So I had to put down the back seats, crawl in and remove the floors in the trunk from inside, and then stick my hand into the trigger thingy to open the hatch manually from inside. It's a good thing I am small, and the whole exercise still made me bend in unwieldy ways. (-_-)
Then, I tried to loosen the bolts holding down the aux battery using the spanners found in the garage...and none of them fit. Blergh.
In the end I still had to wait for the next day, when my relatives came over to deliver the car keys and other stuff my parents left with them, and also brought over some spanners they had (I sent them a pic of the bolt in question). This time I was finally able to loosen the bolts and replace the battery using directions from youtube. Car is now able to start properly. In time for my dentist appointment this afternoon, to drop off the laptop I need to send back to Cisco at the USPS, and to buy groceries.
Speaking of USPS. I had used the hold mail system for the duration of being out. It worked pretty well. They delivered all the held mail in a bundle on the morning of the 18th, which is when I believe I set the holding to end.
Pretty much all of the foods in the refrigerator (not the freezer) had to be thrown out. Just the eggs and various canned stuff/bottled sauces left. I figured I would buy some groceries the next day, along with other errands I needed to run...
And then the next day, I try to start the car, and the battery on the Prius dies again. LOL. I have no idea where the charger we used last time is located; searched the garage and couldn't find it. We do have 2 other cars, but the keys had been left at a relative's place, because my parents were paranoid about the house getting robbed or something while we were out. (Me: -_- ...)
So I end up buying the Duralast aux battery I researched the last time this happened, because that place makes same day deliveries. (Oh, and also ordered delivery for food that day.) It arrived pretty fast, just a few hours after I made the order.
Then it was an effort to open up the back trunk to get to the Prius aux battery, because there's no way to open the rear door once the battery is dead. So I had to put down the back seats, crawl in and remove the floors in the trunk from inside, and then stick my hand into the trigger thingy to open the hatch manually from inside. It's a good thing I am small, and the whole exercise still made me bend in unwieldy ways. (-_-)
Then, I tried to loosen the bolts holding down the aux battery using the spanners found in the garage...and none of them fit. Blergh.
In the end I still had to wait for the next day, when my relatives came over to deliver the car keys and other stuff my parents left with them, and also brought over some spanners they had (I sent them a pic of the bolt in question). This time I was finally able to loosen the bolts and replace the battery using directions from youtube. Car is now able to start properly. In time for my dentist appointment this afternoon, to drop off the laptop I need to send back to Cisco at the USPS, and to buy groceries.
Speaking of USPS. I had used the hold mail system for the duration of being out. It worked pretty well. They delivered all the held mail in a bundle on the morning of the 18th, which is when I believe I set the holding to end.
