It has been a couple days since the “shelter in place” order in the Bay Area due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have all been forced to become hermits, and give this whole work-from-home thing a go. Those of us who already work from home have an advantage, and are probably staying a bit more sane (and hygienic) amidst the crisis. I have been working from home for over a year in San Francisco, and I actually prefer working from home to slogging through a dreadful commute everyday, to get to an office full of distractions. If you are sinking 5 feet into your couch, but still feel like there is a bit more depth, and plenty of shows for endless binging on netflix, then this will not be helpful for you! On the other hand, if you are feeling a bit stir crazy, have that cabin fever (hopefully not due to COVID-19!), or want to bring a little normalcy back into your life, some of this might be helpful. As with all advice, only pick and choose what is applicable to your life. Dedica...
My water pump was leaking coolant at an alarming rate (you could say pouring coolant). I first noticed when my car overheated during my commute to work. I had to pull off the side of the highway to take a look around but found nothing. I continued driving to work with the car overheating. If this was a newer and more valuable car, I probably would have called for a tow. I drove the car back home (overheating) and then found that the coolant was empty (oops!). Even after driving overheated for approximately one hour, this freaking champ of a Toyota (with 200k miles I'll add) runs like a charm. I'm sold, Toyotas are hands down the best car. I filler her up cold, and drove to work the next day. After the car heated up on the way to work, it leaked about one liter of coolant in the parking lot! Knowing that glycerol is toxic, I would have filled her up with water only, but it was winter time in Boston so I dished out about $50 in coolant before I got around to replacing the water p...