More of the same in Diary

Just talking about roller derby again, as usual. Plus boring car talk.
Yesterday we played our mini roller derby tournament. We won our first game (SQUEE! I’ve now been on the winning team for two games) 61 - 15. I personally got about 12 of those points so I was really pleased with that. So we made it to the final and then it all fell apart. The other team was a lot better than us; no one told us they’d sent some of their best players when it was really supposed to be all B-teams (WHO DOES THAT? It’s just rude.) so they were decimating us. And that made everyone panic and lose their mind, just bumbling about on track in a daze, not working as a team at all. Needless to say they beat us by a country mile, the final score was 135 - 35. I’m surprised we even managed to get that many points to be honest. But oh well, it was an experience and it meant our B-team got to spend some time on track together, which we desperately needed. Overall we ended up 2nd out of 4 which isn’t all too bad.

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I’ve taken my car for a new exhaust and a service, which cost £356 altogether. During the service, they discovered all four of my brake discs are 95% worn and need replacing asap, which is about £300. And my cam belt should be replaced every 80,000 miles. I’ve had the car since it had about 60,000 miles on the clock and now it has about 110,000 so I’m going to assume the cam belt has never been changed; I didn’t even know it was something that needed doing. That would also cost about £300. Oh and they found “multiple” oil leaks from the engine and don’t know how much that would cost until they clean it all up and find out where the leaks are coming from. Although I’ve never seen oil dripping onto our driveway?

Anyway, looking at all of that that, it’s going to cost more than the car is worth so I think it’s time for a new car. I’ll have to move quickly if I want to get it before the MOT in May otherwise it’s going to cost a fortune to get it to pass. I’ve decided to get a newer car this time, rather than spending £2,500 in cash and having to spend more than that in repairs over the years, I’d rather spend £5,000+ on a newer car with a lower mileage and have it last longer. So it looks like I’ll be car shopping again soon. Urgh, I’ve only had this one three years, I hate car shopping and it doesn’t seem like that long since I last did it. But a nice shiny new car will be lovely.

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Three day week at work this week and then I have my tattoo day on Thursday (eeeee!) and four days with my family up in the Lakes. Hopefully me, Sonja and dad will be going for a walk in the countryside one day; I texted dad and he replied saying he has a few ideas of where we can go so it seems he’s looking forward to it too :o)