7 AM. I am informed that it is time to get up and feed breakfast to two hungry pups.

7:30 AM. Drinking my morning tea and making my grocery list.

9:08 AM. Another call from Krystal for brunch.

10:24 AM. Krystal tells me to give her a treat. When I oblige, she projectile spits it back at me. I am out of her favorite treats and she isn’t happy about it.

12:02 PM I head to the grocery store to buy necessary items, mainly the preferred snacks of you know who.

1 PM. ‘Low washer fluid’ lights up my dashboard. Sure enough, it is bone dry.

1:10 PM. Stop at Dollar General and get washer fluid.

1:30 PM. I unload groceries, and give the desired treat to fur balls.

1:35 PM. Lever is located in car to pop hood of car. I begin searching for some way to fully open hood to no avail. I retrieve owners manual.

1:45 PM. I locate my reading glasses and find information on page 462. It says….and I quote….”Pull the hood lock release lever. The hood will pop up slightly. Pull up the hood catch and lift the hood.” That’s it. No ‘here’s where/how’ for hood catch.

1:50 PM. I decide to give it another go. I still can’t make the ‘hood catch’ move up, down, side to side, or forward. Nothing is moving at all! I decide to locate a flashlight to aid me. I see out of the corner of my eye my two young uns deciding that the garage is just as handy as the backyard for peeing.

2 PM. Flashlight isn’t much help, but I try and try again, all the while getting my hands filthy roaming around under the edge of the hood.

2:30 PM. I know that Kenn is working on a big project so I try not to disturb him during the day, but I finally text him to see if he has a clue how to open my hood.

3:32 PM. Kenn calls me and tells me he doesn’t think he’s ever opened my hood, but if I go online, I’ll find a ‘how to’ video. Good idea.

3:42 PM. I google it, and sure enough, there’s a ‘how to open the hood of Lexus 350 RX’. Yes!!! I open the video, and it’s for 2004 – 2009 models. Mine is 2010. Doesn’t look a thing alike at the ‘hood catch’. I go to Lexus site for ‘how to’s’ for 2010 models and there’s everything from turning on the radio to opening the blooming doors and no hood opening help. I admit I’m not very mechanically inclined, but I didn’t think the hardest part of this endeavor would be opening the stupid hood! I’m about to become a cursing woman.

3:50 PM. Krystal informs me that she is hungry again. Not for snacks, for REAL food.

4:02 PM. I watch numerous videos on opening car hoods and decide to try yet again. I noticed some cars latch on the side, not directly in the center, so I feel to the right of the latch, and voila! I push a button like thing and up pops the hood!

4:10 PM. Back to the manual. Page 553. “Low washer fluid indicates that the washer fluid level is low.” Correction procedure? “Add washer fluid.” And just where????!!!!!

4:15 PM. Page 479. A picture! There’s actually a picture of where the fluid goes!
YESSS!!! I FINALLY DID IT!!!!!!!

4:22 PM. Pouring bucket of water and bleach on my garage floor.

6:02 PM. Krystal is in the bedroom yelling at me to come to bed. I put my foot down and wait until 7 PM to turn in.