I need to organise a few things this week. My car is due for its MOT test next Monday, and it’s overdue for a service, needs brake pads replacing all round and the front tyres need replacing. An added complication is that Karl Sterling, an American fitness trainer who specialises in people with Parkinson’s, and whom my wife and I met in London earlier this year, is visiting us this Thursday, and my son and his friend are visiting us on Saturday and Sunday, so i can’t really afford to be without it! I guess I’ll try to book it in for a service and brake pads next Monday, MOT test straight afterwards, and get the tyres sorted in the meantime.
I consume tea and Nutriblast and take the dog for a walk before searching on the internet for car tyres (whilst listening to PopMaster). I bag myself a pair of Michelin’s at a bargain price at BlackCircles.com, and get my car booked in to have them fitted on Wednesday morning. I price up the brake pads from Euro Car Parts and consider fitting them myself – there are plenty of videos on YouTube showing how easy it is to do, and prior to my Parkinson’s Disease I wouldn’t have dreamed of paying someone else to do them – but it’s not prior to Parkinson’s, and I decide to let the garage do them when they do the service.
The day has magically disappeared without me really having achieved very much, but that’s hardly unusual these days…