thirty thoughts for thirty seconds
id just gotten my car fixed less than three months ago.
now, three months later and thirty degrees cooler, i sat in my car cursing it as it refused to give me a ride to work.
it had been messin up last night too, it was like the connection to the battery was loose and it was disconnecting on and off, so itd start sometimes and then have no power at all a few seconds later.
this morning i got nothing at all, and my light was dim and that made me think maybe the battery was almost dead, so in a rush i hooked it up to a charger and then called Rachael to come by and pick me up like the old days.. and she was there and out of bed in less than thirty minutes..
she drove me to work like the old days when she had to drive me everywhere, and i hoped i wouldnt have to put her through that again, but still i love bein able to spend that fun time before work, and we even went by her college on the way since id never been around the west-campus.
i got to work an hour late and was cursed on time from then on..
on break i decided to not clock out cuz wed probly take a long break to smoke or somethin, but we didnt end up doin that, and then when we got back i clocked out and was gonna clock back in thirty minutes later.. but i forgot and didnt remember until it was an hour before i had to leave cuz rachael was pickin me up an hour early so we could go to walmart and i could get home quick to look at my car.
after rushing my ass off to get a batch of paint out, i ran out to rachaels car like the old days, and we went to walmart like new days.
we looked at halloween costumes and then walked around aimlessly for about 10 minutes before i was distracted by the Book Section.
I went in expecting them to still only have Strangers, the book by Dean Koontz that i just finished last night.. for some reason its the only book theyv had for the past few months that iv been reading it.
I planned on getting one of his new books at the Mall this weekend, but to my amazement.. sitting there before me.. where Strangers used to be, was his Brand-New book, the one that just came out a few months ago.
I couldnt believe my eyes when i realized that this book too was about UFO's but in a totally different context..
I had to buy this book rite then and there, it was just too perfect.. and i almost got it free too cuz we were in the floral department outside and there were no people watchin the gate that leads to the parking lot but then i realized there was scanners there so we didnt.
Rachael took me home while i talked on and on about this new book and the book i just finished last night, and we munched on PretzelsBits and BottleCaps the whole way.
We got home and i went inside to steal her a Coke from my fridge cuz she was parched, and then as my dad was walking out to my car we kissed good-bye, she left for her moms house and shel probly be comin back by tonite since i cant go there cuz of my car problems.
My dad found the possible problem in my car rite away, and it was what i figured but dreaded, my Starter.
This pisses me off cuz we just got it fixed a few months ago, and we had problems then and had to get that one replaced too, so theres no reason it should be bad already.
My car started fine this time, and just seconds before it wasnt givin me anything, so we took advantage of the connection and he decided to look under the car but he couldnt really tell much, but it was gettin power perfectly fine now.
So after bein out in the cold for thirty minutes, im fixin to eat dinner in thirty minutes and then check my cars battery thirty times to see if its safe to drive it thirty miles to El Dorado and back for work.