Feeling Somewhat Clever
I am feeling pretty clever today because I replaced the headlight bulb with no trouble or snags or anything at all! I had never had to replace a burned-out bulb on my car before, and although I was confident that it should be about as easy as replacing any burned-out bulb, I was almost scared that it seemed too easy somehow. The hardest part was prying off the old bulb that had been there so long that its gasket had sealed to the mounting without messing up the alignment of my headlight.
I must have been in experimental nuclear physics too long, because I am feeling clever for having actually finished something before the time I had allotted for this task slipped by. I even already knew the caveat about not touching the bulb since the oils on your fingers will shorten the life-span of the bulb! I was expecting a lot of unforeseen pitfalls or something, and when it was so easily done, I was wondering what I did wrong...
But it works! YAY!
It is funny how I feel clever for having done this bit of minor maintenance on my car without messing it up, but I do all sorts of amazing calculations, coding on my computer, and interpretation of data each day and although I get excited about it and motivated to investigate into things, I don't usually get the same "heh, I am so clever for managing to pull this off" feeling. It is just part of my life, unless I do something particularly cool and interesting on that day. But, then again, I have had many years of training as a nuclear physicist, and absolutely none as a car mechanic, so maybe that makes all the difference.
We'll see how well I do when I change my oil next....
Imagine how a theorist feels....
Posted by: David | May 16, 2005 at 07:57 PM
Imagine how a theorist feels....
Posted by: David | May 16, 2005 at 07:57 PM
Sarah,
WW Jetta?
Posted by: b | May 17, 2005 at 01:16 PM
Hi b,
Yup, my beautiful little car is a 1986 diesel Volkswagen Jetta, the most beautiful little car ever made (I just spent the weekend washing and waxing her by hand, so she'd better be beautiful). :) Sixty miles to the gallon! Yay!! Nothing purrs like a happy diesel engine...
Okay, so there are other pretty little cars in the world. My father had a MG Midget convertible that was little, cute, much faster than my diesel Jetta, and purred nicely. But mine runs more consistently... :D
- Sarah K
Posted by: Sarah | May 17, 2005 at 03:32 PM
Hi Sarah,
Yes, consistence is desired thing.:)
Posted by: b | May 18, 2005 at 04:02 PM