I despise my car
I was going to post something deep about Advent and waiting and how a Christian's life is like one long Advent because we are continually waiting for Christ's return...but I'm pissed off about my car and all my deep thoughts are hiding, buried under my black and gray growly feelings. I took my car in to get fixed on the 13th, and it actually ran (mostly) better, so I thought I'd limp it home--anything else that needed to be fixed, I'd ask my sister's fiance to look at and save myself a little money. But...that did NOT happen.
On Saturday I went to get my oil changed, and the nice oil-changer man informed me that my timing belt cover was missing...uh-huh. Definitely wasn't missing before I took my car in... Then as I was finishing up some Christmas shopping that day, my car started stalling at every stop light. Greeeeat. So I decided to start for home....but before I left the Cities, my car stopped accelerating on 94. I was going 65...then 50...then 40...pedal to the floor and nothing. So I limped it off to a side street, called my parents (who weren't home), cried, called my roommate to help me get somewhere besides a Day's Inn parking lot, and cried some more. Not fun. Thankfully I was able to take back roads to my apartment and left my car there. My sister and her fiance drove up to the cities and wha-la, I still was able to get home. Grrrr. >:( >:( >:(
On Saturday I went to get my oil changed, and the nice oil-changer man informed me that my timing belt cover was missing...uh-huh. Definitely wasn't missing before I took my car in... Then as I was finishing up some Christmas shopping that day, my car started stalling at every stop light. Greeeeat. So I decided to start for home....but before I left the Cities, my car stopped accelerating on 94. I was going 65...then 50...then 40...pedal to the floor and nothing. So I limped it off to a side street, called my parents (who weren't home), cried, called my roommate to help me get somewhere besides a Day's Inn parking lot, and cried some more. Not fun. Thankfully I was able to take back roads to my apartment and left my car there. My sister and her fiance drove up to the cities and wha-la, I still was able to get home. Grrrr. >:( >:( >:(
posted by Mandy at 11:34 AM
1 Comments:
Wow, I hope Bellands didn't mess you up (and I'm sorry if they did--usually they're really good). Your desire to get deep and meaningful about Advent but then your car conked reminds me of Anne Lamott in Traveling Mercies where she tries to have this poignant, meaninful Ash Wednesday and her son disobeys her by turning on the "demon fiend" Alvin and the Chipmonks record. She goes bullistic and there goes her sentimental scene. The best laid plans and all.
May your car (and you) be blessed over this break!
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