luck

well, my car broke down again yesterday. we were stopped at a drive-thru, ian driving, and he told me that the oil light kept flickering on and off. i said okay, once we're done, we'll pull over and check the oil, maybe run into the albertson's next door and get a quart or two. then he asks me how hot my temperature gauge usually gets. i lean over and look at it. the little needle is pointing at the H. i go, "not that hot."

he hands me my coffee and we roll out and park just in time to have a sickly sweet cloud burst from under the hood. ian pops the hood, i go and take a look and i can see a giant puddle of flourescent green radiator fluid forming under the car. it continues to just DUMP the fluid onto the ground until there's nothing left.

i call perfection tire, which handled my transmission when the hose had a leak and they said they couldn't take it today, being that it was three o'clock and they closed at four. i knew nowhere would be open on a sunday, so i went ahead and asked what tow company they recommended, called them and had the car towed to perfection anyway.

so now ian's waking up early on monday to take me to work and hopefully the car will be ready in his two-hour break between working at bookwalter and working at wsu. if not, he'll have to switch shifts at wsu with someone. we have money in savings for just this kind of thing, i just always hope i won't have to use it, you know? especially since we just got the transmission worked on a month ago! :-P