Feb 16, 2007 06:14
James decided to pick up some ice cream last night, at 3 am. I was a bit so-so on the idea, since it's so icy out, but didn't say anything. I think he was partly just trying to get out, since we've been cooped up the last few days. So, he takes off, and about 20 minutes pass. I start to worry a little, because he's usually gone no longer than 15. The boys are awake, and start acting up. I'm already stressing because it's now been 45 minutes since he'd left, and I'm thinking horrible things at this point. I'm worried that he's skid into the stream we live by, which is now flooded from the rain, and frozen over from the snow. I get the baby to sleep, and get Gabriel bundled up to watch a movie as he falls asleep. At this point, an hour has passed, and still no James. Then, I hear the dogs barking (which is really irritating, because it was -2 degrees, and our redneck neighbors are leaving their fucking dogs out. HELLO! It's a fur coat, not a fucking gas furnace...IT'S COLD! GET YOUR DOGS IN!!!), I hear someone coming up the stairs, and get to the kitchen just in time to see James at the door. He comes in and informs me of the good news.
The wheel on our car is fucked. He spent an hour outside in the cold trying to fix it by himself. He said he was really disappointed, because a bunch of people passed by with no offer of help from anyone but one old man that worked at Kroger. He said he offered to help, and told him there was coffee inside. So, after screwing with the car for a bit, he decides to go in to warm up and call me. He said he pumped $2 worth of quarters into the phone, and not once did the call go through, nor would it return his change. Then, he tries to get coffee, only to have the machine eat the first $0.50 he put into the stupid thing. So, $2.00 wasted on a call that didn't get placed and another $1.00 on coffee. What made it worse, was he thought it would be a quick to and from trip (Kroger is less than five minutes away), so he didn't bother bundling up; no hat, no socks, no gloves.
Long story short, we took the car in today, and had to shell out another $90 to have it fixed, and $40 to have it towed to the garage. That's $500 I've pumped into it this month.