December 06, 2007
Empathy. Not always a great trait.
I might be taking empathy a bit to far at this point. Lana, my car, is starting to feel bad when my friends' cars feel bad.
It started Saturday when Cuz and I were out in that damned ice storm. Brakes. Brakes are very important when driving....especially on icy roads.
We had "an incident" but pulled things out and everything was fine. Being the mechanically minded genius that I am, I thought maybe she was just throwing a tantrem and that everything was alright.
Fast forward to yesterday. Lots of driving. The main highways were alright, but the minor highways sucked. Lots of drifting and iced over in several spots. The more remote I got the worse it got.
I wanted to try and get home before dark. A tall order considering it's dusk by 4:30 in the afternoon.
Driving a windy, hilly road I hit an ice spot. Pulled it together but realized my "tracking" was off. Shit.
When I came to a stop at the bottom of a hill, it was close but I stopped. No ice that time.
Not good.
This morning I HAVE to be at a meeting in Chicago. No rescheduling. No excuses.
My car is my life. Without it I cannot work, I cannot do anything. I'm pretty damned remote.
I'm going to be having things looked at this weekend. But damn the timing sucks. And it's rather suspect, to my mind.
Seriously, I think Lana is just empathizing. And, while that's a great trait in people, she really needs to get over herself.....
Posted by Tammi at December 6, 2007 06:29 AM | TrackBack