Old friends and feeling exhausted.

Facebook sure has changed the world. A while back I connected with a friend from Jr. High. Through them I have found a network of Jr. High friends. Well this weekend one of them who now lives in Holland came back to Salt Lake and had a reunion. So I said yes when she put up the invite to it. Well Friday rolls around and the idea that I haven't seen these people since Jr. High sinks in. I get all anxious about it. But even with all my anxiety we still went. I had a great time, it was fun to catch up and talk about our times in Jr. High. Thanks to those that were there.

A while back my lovely wife found a new header and downpipe, the parts of the exhaust system on her car that go from the engine to the catalytic converter, for the Nissan. Saturday we spent pulling the old parts and putting on the new ones. The nice thing about working on the exhaust is no grease stays on it so your hands stay fairly clean. The bad thing is the bolts and nuts are heated and rust real bad. Add to that that the constant heating and cooling weakens them so they are easier to break and it makes for entertaining wrenching. Well, with enough PB Blaster and some good muscle power we successfully removed the old one and only broke one bolt. There was one tube that attached at the side of the old manifold that was a real pain to remove and even harder to replace, it did not want to conform to our requests. After pulling the old exhaust out I thought it might be wise to replace the oxygen sensor that is in the exhaust, but at a cost of around $90 we decided that since the car seems to be running fine we don't need a new one. After getting the entire system back together and taking it for a long drive the check engine light came on. I am thinking it is that oxygen sensor, we may just replace it and see.