Emmi was knocking at our door early in the morning looking for playmates. I didn’t know what the sound was and it scared the crap out of me, but when Dan yelled out, “Emmi, stop it!” it all made sense. Dan had a better night’s sleep than yesterday but was still sleepy by the time…

We woke early thanks to a 7:30am alarm. Debbie had warned us that her cleaning ladies would be tearing the house apart at 8am so we had to up and about so we could be out of the way. Just as they got started we left the house to go out for breakfast on Debbie’s…

I didn’t even get out of bed to finish watching the Baku Grand Prix, I just leant over to the side and grabbed my laptop while Dan snoozed beside me. I could barely contain my excitement with all the drama of the race. With Ricciardo the triumphant winner, a Hamilton-Vettel drama and a teenage rookie…

I started the day with a fresh mind. Despite a bad half-night’s sleep where I dreamed about things installed in my car upside down and fuel lines going everywhere, I was prepared to use scientific method to approach this problem. I got my books out at breakfast, but didn’t really start getting into it until…

This morning was an especially late start thanks to our late night last night. We stuck to our usual ritual of cooked breakfast but had the house to ourselves since Debbie was off at work. I got straight to it after eating, replacing the cracked vacuum hoses of which there were three. It was all…

Another late start to the day, we had our breakfast, then we were off to find some advice. I’d hit a roadblock yesterday after pulling the injector system apart and needed to seek advice. Dan knew of a place he’d been to before so he offered to drive me over there. We discovered the place…

This morning, after breakfast, I was straight out to the car to pull the throttle body off the top of the engine. I’m very grateful to Dan’s parents for letting me commandeer half of their garage so I didn’t have to work out in the sun. Dan helped me move some cars around and I…

We woke today ready to leave. We’d planned to head up to Flagstaff yesterday but our card playing and sleeping got in the way. Today though, it felt like the right time. Dan was getting itchy feet from being home for a while and I was happy to get somewhere out of the heat. We…

For no reason whatsoever except for staying out late the last two nights playing pool, we slept in to an ungodly hour. Even when we did wake up, we didn’t leave the room. The cards were sitting on the bedside table so I grabbed them. We started playing Canasta first, then took a break for…

I’d set an alarm for 6am to get out and start work on the car before the heat hit, but I don’t even remember rolling over and turning it off. We didn’t emerge from the bedroom until late morning. After breakfast, it was time to finally face it. What’s wrong with the Astro. We moved…