The Hyundai That Loved Drama
I suppose making the title past tense is a bit ominous, but I choose not to care.
But it's true. The Hyundai really does love drama, maybe more than I do. I wouldn't bet against it, anyway. The exhuast on the car had been really loud (ricer, ricer!) since the pre-owner apparently got it cheaply fixed, and then I jarred the quick fix. *sigh* But Chris had wrapped it with something, and that helped make it quieter. However, we were in Nashua yesterday, he was driving, and this asshole was wickedly tailgating us. (Please note I did say he was driving, not me.) So Chris uber grinds into speed, and the guy eventually gets tired of us and goes around, all mcspeeding into the distance.
After that, we smelled something (dun, dun, dun) and Chris said he probably burned off all the stuff he'd wrapped the exhaust with, but that it didn't matter too much. Then it stalled while we were in second, right on the highway, but luckily, since it's a standard, we were able to coast around the corner through the blessing of a green light. But then we had to stop on another highway, or the entrance onto one, in probably the worst place to stop at all. We were in the left turn lane of a four lane road, the far right line being a right turn lane. And there were cars trying to get around us so they could turn left, interrupting others who wanted to go straight, and basically disrupting the whole street and intersection.
It was barely two minutes after we'd stopped, literally, when we saw a townie (Nashua cop) flip on his lights and come over to us. He was a pretty big ass to us, being all "Well, are you going to move?" And we were like, "...Yes.." And he was just very short with us as if we'd done it on purpose, or as if we'd set out to ruin his day and piss off all these other drivers.
Finally Chris called Brad, who is awesome, and his 'mom' came and helped us get the car into the Wendy's parking lot - which of course meant we had to cross the other three lanes of traffic and up a small hill, then across another lane. At least pushing a standard car is fricking easy. She was going to tow us in there, but Chris would've had to steer behind her, and I'm too fricking small to be seen to stop traffic. Then Brad's 'mom' stayed with us while we waited for another of Chris' friends, Larry the Towing Guy. Who is like a sea captain, but also awesome.
So, we got the car home very easily, only had to pay Larry fifty bucks, and I met some new people. Chris wasn't really stressed about anything; he ruled out any major or expensive problems with the car, saying it was only something with the ignition that would be easily handled. That's good at least. And hopefully we're going to be getting together with Brad today, as we were going to earlier this week until we had a vet appt. I'm feeling very stressed out and still kind of upset about the whole thing, though.
At least Chris had all of yesterday off, and today too. Also it was supposed to rain or snow yesterday but it was uber nice, and it's raining today. Chris has been trying to direct me to look at the blessings of the situation instead of the negatives. As he said, better the car mess up when he's driving than when I'm driving, especially if I was alone. I don't know what I would have done in that situation. Maybe these are all learning experiences, and I can't help but feel that we're being guided.
That's about it. Chris and I ate at the Olive Garden the other night, and it was so incredibly good. Lots of Italian cheeses and yumminesses. I tried minestrone soup for the first time and found it divine, even though I did pick around a few things. We have a ton of leftovers though, portions are huge.
We need to finish up some of the things that we didn't get to yesterday. In fact, we only got one thing done from our list, which was getting the mail. But Chris' birthday present was there, and we got my W2 from my job in VA, and he already filed our taxes last night. We're getting a lot of money back, which is a relief, of course. I think everything is going to be okay.
But it's true. The Hyundai really does love drama, maybe more than I do. I wouldn't bet against it, anyway. The exhuast on the car had been really loud (ricer, ricer!) since the pre-owner apparently got it cheaply fixed, and then I jarred the quick fix. *sigh* But Chris had wrapped it with something, and that helped make it quieter. However, we were in Nashua yesterday, he was driving, and this asshole was wickedly tailgating us. (Please note I did say he was driving, not me.) So Chris uber grinds into speed, and the guy eventually gets tired of us and goes around, all mcspeeding into the distance.
After that, we smelled something (dun, dun, dun) and Chris said he probably burned off all the stuff he'd wrapped the exhaust with, but that it didn't matter too much. Then it stalled while we were in second, right on the highway, but luckily, since it's a standard, we were able to coast around the corner through the blessing of a green light. But then we had to stop on another highway, or the entrance onto one, in probably the worst place to stop at all. We were in the left turn lane of a four lane road, the far right line being a right turn lane. And there were cars trying to get around us so they could turn left, interrupting others who wanted to go straight, and basically disrupting the whole street and intersection.
It was barely two minutes after we'd stopped, literally, when we saw a townie (Nashua cop) flip on his lights and come over to us. He was a pretty big ass to us, being all "Well, are you going to move?" And we were like, "...Yes.." And he was just very short with us as if we'd done it on purpose, or as if we'd set out to ruin his day and piss off all these other drivers.
Finally Chris called Brad, who is awesome, and his 'mom' came and helped us get the car into the Wendy's parking lot - which of course meant we had to cross the other three lanes of traffic and up a small hill, then across another lane. At least pushing a standard car is fricking easy. She was going to tow us in there, but Chris would've had to steer behind her, and I'm too fricking small to be seen to stop traffic. Then Brad's 'mom' stayed with us while we waited for another of Chris' friends, Larry the Towing Guy. Who is like a sea captain, but also awesome.
So, we got the car home very easily, only had to pay Larry fifty bucks, and I met some new people. Chris wasn't really stressed about anything; he ruled out any major or expensive problems with the car, saying it was only something with the ignition that would be easily handled. That's good at least. And hopefully we're going to be getting together with Brad today, as we were going to earlier this week until we had a vet appt. I'm feeling very stressed out and still kind of upset about the whole thing, though.
At least Chris had all of yesterday off, and today too. Also it was supposed to rain or snow yesterday but it was uber nice, and it's raining today. Chris has been trying to direct me to look at the blessings of the situation instead of the negatives. As he said, better the car mess up when he's driving than when I'm driving, especially if I was alone. I don't know what I would have done in that situation. Maybe these are all learning experiences, and I can't help but feel that we're being guided.
That's about it. Chris and I ate at the Olive Garden the other night, and it was so incredibly good. Lots of Italian cheeses and yumminesses. I tried minestrone soup for the first time and found it divine, even though I did pick around a few things. We have a ton of leftovers though, portions are huge.
We need to finish up some of the things that we didn't get to yesterday. In fact, we only got one thing done from our list, which was getting the mail. But Chris' birthday present was there, and we got my W2 from my job in VA, and he already filed our taxes last night. We're getting a lot of money back, which is a relief, of course. I think everything is going to be okay.