23 February 2009

The garage door repairman from Bay Area Doors came by as scheduled b4 8am. Then, he sat in his car till it was 8am b4 he started work. Talk about right on the dot. He said the problem with the garage was that the worm gear is worn out and it's a common problem coz my garage door is now 10 years old. Everything just has to stop working when it reaches 10 years of age doesn't it??? How irritating!!!

Anyway, he said he should be able to fix it in less than 1/2 an hour and should be outta here in no time but asked me to prepare him the cheque for $55 as trade call fee. Well, the job didn't look easy but he made it look easy coz he has all the right tools and removing and attaching the screws look like a piece of cake. As he removed the box that holds the motor, I can see all the shavings from the worm gear that's worn out. Once that's done, he said that I may have another problem with the springs which may cause the motor to wear out faster if I don't do anything about it. So, I asked him what can be done and he said he'll fix it for $40 cash for all the 3 garage doors with no invoice whatsoever. So, I told him to go ahead coz replacing the motor will be a major work and major cost too and I am trying to not "go there" if I can help it. And it was also done in a jiffy and my $40 flies out the window.

Here's the pic of the worn out worm gear and the white powdery stuff is the shavings from the gear itself.














And we've got the best news ever today in the mail. Sam has been nominated by her school to attend the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) to be held in Washington DC this summer 2009. It'll be an intense 10 days conference and she's so looking forward to it. We are so proud of her coz this is only meant to scholars who demonstrates outstanding leadership potential and academic achievements and she was nominated by her Global Studies teacher, Mrs Marshall. I hope that she will learn a great deal from this conference and we praise God for this opportunity. Thank you Lord....