Workin' on my TANK.....**

LEGS went to the gun range yesterday......I really wanted to go its been awhile since I went shooting, so I know I am rusty.  But Ammo is expensive and if I went we would have to divide the ammo in two.  So I decided to stay home.............Besides what's the point when we can't have guns in NEVER NEVER LAND?

I got into the shower, and was just thinking how he left without kissing me goodbye and then of course worrying about his safety....off in my own little world......when some stranger figure came around the corner into the bathroom......I froze in mid-lather, soap everywhere and screamed the loudest blood curdling scream I could manage......I was so frightened and scared.....I soon realized it was-JUST LEGS-, but I just kept screaming, starring at him screaming bloody murder....he is starring back at me......I got really ticked off, because I suspect that is what I would do if it were a REAL stranger- just stand there and scream......

We watched some good boxing last night. I am proud to say that I have met Glen Johnson, who is now a part of the Super Six Boxing Classic Tournament.  I met him at the Golden Gloves, got a picture with him, he watched my Championship fight where I won the National Golden Gloves and congratulated me afterward..........

I am getting tired of taking my TANK to the dealership and waiting an obscene amount of time for them to do a basic amount of work, and getting charged an obscene amount of money.  Since we are driving to Oregon, I wanted to get a tune-up on the TANK, nothing worse than being on a road trip with a broken rig.  

Yesterday LEGS started doing some research on the internet on how to tune up the TANK.  Its amazing what they have out there these days, we were able to locate a video on how to do everything on a FJ Cruiser Forum......I was sitting there thinking- I could do whatever he does- and if he is going to work on MY TANK- then I was going to at least supervise....I told him I wanted to learn how to do it myself.......SO..... 

We did it.  I did most of the work, I needed help taking everything apart and putting it back together again- because I have never worked on a engine before, but we changed the oil, the spark plugs, the engine air filter and the cabin air filter.  I was surprised how easy it was and how much cheaper.  In fact it was a little easier for me because my hands are small and I was able to get places with more grace than LEGS.

I was thinking the whole time, how much I like to tinker with stuff like that, how much fun it is to take things apart, put new parts on, fix stuff- wish I would have learned years ago.  I have now acquired another tool for my post-apocalyptic survival......

Just another day in the life of an UNLIKELY military wife.......**