For all the new folks, welcome! I generally make these threads every so often to check in on people, let people vent, or share cool news they have.
So, come on in! What's been going on with you lately? How are you feeling about it?
Remember, you are loved :stalin-heart:
As for myself, my partner's brain med switch is NOT going well at all. I've been trying my best to take care of them, but I know we just gotta wait this out. Other than that, my drummer seems to have calmed down after this weekend, and we're back to writing stuff. Getting the fuck out of this city for the rest of our summer shows. Beyond that, starting gabapentin today for my heart, and after having tried some from my partner, it seems to work decently! Also, I can get back to running today now that a foot blister has healed.
A new (or more likely remanufactured) alternator is probably a cheaper and better idea than fixing the existing one and risking it just failing again for a different reason in 6 months, unless the existing one were easy to get at and work on. It's not like it gets thrown away if you get a new one, that's what the core charge is for.
I have no words for shitty mechanics tho. Shit is always so expensive and often not done that much better than you would have done it at home, if at all.