Friday, September 11, 2009

You think you had a bad day?????

So you think you had a bad day?? Let me tell you about mine. Work was fine... the usual... so we will move past that to the crash and burn part of my day. Let me start at the beginning. I had a doctor's appointment this morning, and not 5 minutes after I got into the car, my "E" light went off. That's right... no more gas. So, of course, I have no time to stop, so I continue on to my appointment. And then after that, I was late for work, so I just cruzed to work. All along, my plan was to get gas as soon as I got out of work. Well, that all got derailed when I got to work and got a couple of emails from my bank.... You can guess they weren't delivering good news. That's right... somehow I overdrew my account. In fact, one charge, they weren't going to cover. So basically now I am stuck. I have no money to buy gas. Let me say that sentence again... because even I have a hard time believing it... I HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY GAS. I called my boyfriend as I left work and told him what was going on. Of course, he came to my rescue, saying he would buy me some gas and everything would be okay. I told him he may have to come meet me, but he asked if I could make it home and then he would take my car to the gas station (so he wouldn't lose his parking spot!). I said I thought I could make it... and along I went. But something just didn't feel right. I drove the entire way home without air conditioning. Then when I got just three exits from home I called my boyfriend to ask him if he was going to come out and meet me... and disaster happened... the RPM's dropped... my car was officially out of gas. I was in the far left lane, right next to the HOV... and I had to act quickly. So I looked to my left... HOV lane clear... and I moved over to the far left median... against the center median.. which P.S. is NOT where you are supposed to park a car. I'm now on the phone with my boyfriend, all upset... I need gas... I'm stuck on the side of the road. And to make matters worse, I have no flashers. I rolled as far as I could... and then I just had to sit... I felt like a sitting duck. I cried the entire time... worried someone would plow into me... hello anxiety... I'm back!!! Finally, after 3 freaking out/ crying phone calls, my boyfriend shows up with gas. He puts 2 gallons in and we go to start my car... NOTHING. That's right... THE FUCKING CAR WON'T START. So after much cursing... switching drivers trying to turn the key.. we decide to go get 2 more gallons of gas. My boyfriend takes off... once again leaving me in this precarious position. P.S. Cars are wizzing past me so fast that my car is shaking... literally shaking. So, my boyfriend gets back with our magic gas... and then we go to start the car... AND... NOTHING!!!
By now... we have finally attracted the attention of a DPS officer... who had decided to park behind us and poke around. I am in no mood... being that I have cried at least 45 times by now and all I can hear is "my girlfriend ran out of gas"... "we can't seem to get the car started". It's then that I realize we must resort to the last resort... road side service from my insurance. I call... answer a bizillion stupid questions... and finally they decide they will send somebody out. (Oh, did I mention by now 2 DPS vehicles have arrived and now it seems to be social hour??) And it gets better... by now... I have killed my battery. That's right... my battery.. is DEAD! So about 30 minutes later my "savior"... i.e.my tow truck driver arrives. He quickly loads up my car... and tows it back to my complex. There we try to jump start it for at least 20 minutes... and you can tell it wants to start... so badly... but despite the dirty tow truck driver and my boyfriend's best efforts... we come up short. So right now.. I am car-less... frusterated... and more than over my bad day.
Think yours is better??? Prove it!!!

1 comment:

Ace said...

Keep ya head up, yo!