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I took my car in for an oil change today. I've neglected having any work done to it for a while now, simply because there have been too many other things going on in my life; but since I may need to drive a long distance sometime in the near future, I figured I should resolve any lingering problems that might cause me to wind up stranded at the side of the highway. It turns out it was a good thing I did, because not only did the parking brake need to be fixed (I already knew about that), but the battery was dying and the front tires were so worn they had to be replaced outright. All this work cost me a little more than $350. There's an additional repair job the mechanic recommended, to prevent further wear to the tires, that's going to cost even more; but it doesn't have to be done immediately.

That's a good thing, because we've also got the handyman coming back next week to fix a problem with the upstairs bathroom. For some time, we've had a bad case of mold on the ceiling in that room; and instead of actually doing something to kill the mold, my dad simply painted over it. In the years since he died, it's come back with a vengeance, and neither my mother nor I were sure what to do about it. When the handyman was working on the kitchen on Monday, he told us to spray the ceiling with bleach, then let it dry and use a special mold-killing primer the next day. He also said we could probably do the job ourselves; but we decided it was better to let a professional handle it.

So, with all these repair jobs in a short span of time, it doesn't look like I'll get any new video game systems or that new digital camera I was thinking of buying. At least not on my current salary... I really need to find a better job that pays a decent amount of money, so I won't have to worry about these things.