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What... a.. night. Oy.
That was.. unfun?
Back in... Hm, I guess it'd actually be early January, I went to fill up at the gas station, and my car... didn't start.
That was delightful. Got a jump and took it to another gas station that actually has the ability to fix cars... Diagnosis? Bad alternator. Lost the car for about half a day, and cost a buttload of cash.
Since then, everything's good.
Leave school last night...Notice the battery light's on.
Think to myself... 'Uh-oh'.
Stop at a red light.. Once I hit the brake, my radio turns off..
Think to myself... 'Uh-oh'. Only with a few more obscenities, I think.
Turn the radio off, turn the heater off, pray.
Think to myself.. 'Just get me home. Failing that, get me off the highway.'
Drive along.
Get the eerie feeling that my headlights are dim if not off entirely.
Get really worried.
Constantly repeat aloud, 'Just get me home, just get me home...'
Finally get off the highway..
Going up the offramp.. Hit the brakes...
Everything starts to die.
Use the last bit of juice the car has to get to the side of the ramp.
Begin to wonder if I hadn't added the 'failing that, get me off the highway', the car woulda listened and got her home, because... Really.
Go on a rant against the people who "fixed" my car before.
Wish to death I had the cell.
Take stock of my options.
Decide to walk to the closest place that has a phone, which appears to be the Meijer.
Take a deep breath, climb out of the car, lock it up, and get walking.
Keep in mind that the HIGH temperature yesterday was about 27 degrees. And it was about 6 pm by this time.
Tromp through a hell of a lot of prairie grass.
Walk through a big frozen over puddle with thin ice in the middle of said prairie grass that I break through which gets my shoes all wet.
Continue tromping onwards.
Cross the highway.
Carefully.
Approach the Meijer...
.. See a barbed wire fence.
Sigh.
Start walking around.
Walk a hell of a long way around this barbed wire fence.
Finally get to the END of the barbed wire fence, at which place the Steak 'n' Shake is closer than the Meijer.
Finally get there. Total walking distance, at LEAST a quarter of a mile.
Call mom. Ask if dad's there. Dad's in a meeting. Explain the situation. Mom says call back in fifteen minutes. I nod.
Go order a bowl of chili.
Dad arrives shortly thereafter and we go to get my car towed BACK to the place that "fixed" it in the first place.
They probably won't even get to look at it til Thursday.
Grrrr.
BUT... At least I got home just in time to watch American Idol. :b
Back in... Hm, I guess it'd actually be early January, I went to fill up at the gas station, and my car... didn't start.
That was delightful. Got a jump and took it to another gas station that actually has the ability to fix cars... Diagnosis? Bad alternator. Lost the car for about half a day, and cost a buttload of cash.
Since then, everything's good.
Leave school last night...Notice the battery light's on.
Think to myself... 'Uh-oh'.
Stop at a red light.. Once I hit the brake, my radio turns off..
Think to myself... 'Uh-oh'. Only with a few more obscenities, I think.
Turn the radio off, turn the heater off, pray.
Think to myself.. 'Just get me home. Failing that, get me off the highway.'
Drive along.
Get the eerie feeling that my headlights are dim if not off entirely.
Get really worried.
Constantly repeat aloud, 'Just get me home, just get me home...'
Finally get off the highway..
Going up the offramp.. Hit the brakes...
Everything starts to die.
Use the last bit of juice the car has to get to the side of the ramp.
Begin to wonder if I hadn't added the 'failing that, get me off the highway', the car woulda listened and got her home, because... Really.
Go on a rant against the people who "fixed" my car before.
Wish to death I had the cell.
Take stock of my options.
Decide to walk to the closest place that has a phone, which appears to be the Meijer.
Take a deep breath, climb out of the car, lock it up, and get walking.
Keep in mind that the HIGH temperature yesterday was about 27 degrees. And it was about 6 pm by this time.
Tromp through a hell of a lot of prairie grass.
Walk through a big frozen over puddle with thin ice in the middle of said prairie grass that I break through which gets my shoes all wet.
Continue tromping onwards.
Cross the highway.
Carefully.
Approach the Meijer...
.. See a barbed wire fence.
Sigh.
Start walking around.
Walk a hell of a long way around this barbed wire fence.
Finally get to the END of the barbed wire fence, at which place the Steak 'n' Shake is closer than the Meijer.
Finally get there. Total walking distance, at LEAST a quarter of a mile.
Call mom. Ask if dad's there. Dad's in a meeting. Explain the situation. Mom says call back in fifteen minutes. I nod.
Go order a bowl of chili.
Dad arrives shortly thereafter and we go to get my car towed BACK to the place that "fixed" it in the first place.
They probably won't even get to look at it til Thursday.
Grrrr.
BUT... At least I got home just in time to watch American Idol. :b