Why I’m so cranky tonight …

1) I am in a complete haze from my cold. I’m not coughing much now, but I almost feel drunk, even though I haven’t had any alcohol or cold medicine since last night. Probably a sinus infection, in part brought on by the mold box I live in the city.

2) Decided to leave the second battery connected for a short trip to the store with my headlights on, and almost got stranded at the store. Barely got it started. It was low. The second time I left the second battery off, and it started up fine. But I was a little panicked that I might not make it home tonight.

3) Almost got into a head-end crash with a car at a traffic light turning left that was slowing to turn left and had it’s signal on but decided at the last minute to go straight at the Four Corners. It was so close — there was smoke from tires from three different cars panic braking in the intersection.

4) Blew past a trooper in a school zone, but he got the guy a few cars in front of me. Apparently, despite being no school, they’re enforcing it today. I didn’t have Waze open, so I didn’t have my actual speed up on the screen. My speedometer is off from lift kit, and I probably wasn’t looking at it either, so I have no idea on my actual speed. I usually don’t drive this way, but I was heading over to the lbirary.

5) StraightTalk has $100 off through tonight (last night, got a mailing on it on Christmas Eve, ran through 12/28) on their year plan. I tried to order it. They put two temporary authorizations for $488 each on my card, but neither time did the transaction process. They said that my card won’t ultimately be charged. But I also won’t be able to get the discount either.