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Apr. 16th, 2007 10:45 amOh, Lawd, what a weekend.
Friday got off to an amazing start when Betty's radiator cracked on the way home from work. I was *supposed* to be buying the remaining items for the BFF's baby shower games. I'd made one stop and needed to make a few more when the Check Engine light popped on. Then I noticed that little needle on the dashboard stuck up on the big red H and proceeded to panic. I pulled over immediately and took a peek under the hood. Of course, I have no CLUE about any of the stuff under the hood. Everything looked like it was where it was supposed to be. Engine. Check. Battery. Check. Radiator. Check. Coolant. Empty? How did THAT happen? I tried to make it to the mechanic who was just up the hill, but the engine started knocking so I pulled over again!
There I was, stranded at a bus stop that was temporarily shut down, thank gods, Betty blinking her hazards woefully at oncoming traffic. (I'd like to take this moment to note that three, count 'em, THREE police cars zipped past me without stopping to check if I was okay. Whatever, LAPD. Whatever!) Thankfully, Cletus was at home and brought me anti-freeze. I was literally five minutes away from the house, three minutes from the mechanic and five minutes from the radiator garage. It was frustrating. Of course, the coolant pissed its way out of my radiator before I could even get it in good. So, I had to wait for Two Hours until the engine cooled down enough for me to drive it to the mechanic -- five minutes away!!
$186 dollars and half a day later, I was only four hours late to the baby shower. I was ONLY the host/MC in charge of games and general entertainment, so no big. Everyone else was late to the shower, too, so it really did turn out okay. It was declared a resounding success by one and all. It was, however, exhausting, lemme tell you. The BFF and her honey made out like bandits. Loot, I tell you! Such Loot!!
Sunday I was useless! I spent the entire day playing board games and watching bad TV. We're talking Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Bad TV. The baddest TV there ever was. I will not be visiting that show again. I even forgot about Drive!! I was so excited to see it and then completely forgot about it until this morning. Damn foggy brain!
I hope you guys had a shiny weekend, and few mishaps.
OMG! And if I haven't had enough of BABIES!! (my BFF is due next month, my sister and cousin are due in November.) I just got an email from a co-worker for a baby website so that I can keep track of the fetus. I know babies are cute and cuddly and generally considered adorable, but man …. I'm really not that interested. Never have been. I'm especially not interested in the babies of people I don't really know, especially when the babies aren't born yet, let alone the size of a peanut.
I'm just sayin!
( NPM: Theme for English B by Langston Hughes )
ETA: I'm going over wonderful new comments in the Adult/Adolescent Body post and I promise to respond no later than tomorrow. It's a busy Monday today! Thank you to Everyone for joining in the discussion!!
Friday got off to an amazing start when Betty's radiator cracked on the way home from work. I was *supposed* to be buying the remaining items for the BFF's baby shower games. I'd made one stop and needed to make a few more when the Check Engine light popped on. Then I noticed that little needle on the dashboard stuck up on the big red H and proceeded to panic. I pulled over immediately and took a peek under the hood. Of course, I have no CLUE about any of the stuff under the hood. Everything looked like it was where it was supposed to be. Engine. Check. Battery. Check. Radiator. Check. Coolant. Empty? How did THAT happen? I tried to make it to the mechanic who was just up the hill, but the engine started knocking so I pulled over again!
There I was, stranded at a bus stop that was temporarily shut down, thank gods, Betty blinking her hazards woefully at oncoming traffic. (I'd like to take this moment to note that three, count 'em, THREE police cars zipped past me without stopping to check if I was okay. Whatever, LAPD. Whatever!) Thankfully, Cletus was at home and brought me anti-freeze. I was literally five minutes away from the house, three minutes from the mechanic and five minutes from the radiator garage. It was frustrating. Of course, the coolant pissed its way out of my radiator before I could even get it in good. So, I had to wait for Two Hours until the engine cooled down enough for me to drive it to the mechanic -- five minutes away!!
$186 dollars and half a day later, I was only four hours late to the baby shower. I was ONLY the host/MC in charge of games and general entertainment, so no big. Everyone else was late to the shower, too, so it really did turn out okay. It was declared a resounding success by one and all. It was, however, exhausting, lemme tell you. The BFF and her honey made out like bandits. Loot, I tell you! Such Loot!!
Sunday I was useless! I spent the entire day playing board games and watching bad TV. We're talking Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School Bad TV. The baddest TV there ever was. I will not be visiting that show again. I even forgot about Drive!! I was so excited to see it and then completely forgot about it until this morning. Damn foggy brain!
I hope you guys had a shiny weekend, and few mishaps.
OMG! And if I haven't had enough of BABIES!! (my BFF is due next month, my sister and cousin are due in November.) I just got an email from a co-worker for a baby website so that I can keep track of the fetus. I know babies are cute and cuddly and generally considered adorable, but man …. I'm really not that interested. Never have been. I'm especially not interested in the babies of people I don't really know, especially when the babies aren't born yet, let alone the size of a peanut.
I'm just sayin!
( NPM: Theme for English B by Langston Hughes )
ETA: I'm going over wonderful new comments in the Adult/Adolescent Body post and I promise to respond no later than tomorrow. It's a busy Monday today! Thank you to Everyone for joining in the discussion!!
