Car Troubles
Picture this: I am driving home from work with Sophie, of course, and I turn onto route 53 and I am not even fully through the turn when I hear, "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE!" Oddly enough, "Wonderful World," is playing on the radio and I think to myself, "Oh, Shyte... okay okay," and hit my flashers and pull off the road. My muffler fell the fuck down... again. I don't know jack about cars all I see is the square type thing attached to a long pipe thing under my car is now on the street. I try to lift it, no dice. I get in my car and call home, no answer. I call my dad, no answer. I call my brother, he is in Skokie over an hour away. I call my dad again, nothing. I call home again, no answer. I call my buddy Mikey, my car guy, no answer. I call Looney, he says he is on his way but it will be about 45 minutes cuz he is at his house. I realize James lives up the street and around the corner, I call him. He is home, but says he has no idea how to fix it- try Brian or Mikey. I try Brian, he says he's on his way. I call my brother to see if he got my dad yet, no answer. All the while I am doing this Sophie is crying and growling at anyone who walks by the car. I try home, Snic picks up, I whine, "HALP!" and he says he'll come out. I call my brother to let him know I got my boys coming out to get me- I'm okay. Now, given the varying distances of everyone's location, I am thinking by the time someone get here, I'll be able to call the others and tell them I am okay. No... everyone shows up within two minutes of each other. But they rig my muffler up, apparently it was not as horrible as it looked to me, and I get home. I felt really good that my friends came to my rescue. I felt really bad that I had them come out there for something that took them 5 minutes to fix. But, it all turned out okay and I am safe and I am filled with a warm squishy feeling of being loved. Now, I had my flashers on in a no parking zone and I was there for nearly an hour, not one cop in sight. I don't know if they'd ticket me, since my car wasn't safe to drive, or if they even help me.... I am just so glad this was the catastrophe I was panicking about it being. The car is drivable, though I do need to get it bolted back to the car soon. *Sigh* Relief.