Cars = Pain In The Ass
[CAR TROUBLE:] I went to hang out with my mum today, well, sort of. We went to Walmart. She needed to get some cards and medicine and I needed to get some bubblewrap / colorful tissue paper for Christine's overdue / belated Christmas present (I don't went them knocking around in the box). Everything went well until we left. We had our stuff, walked back to the car (which was in the middle of the parking lot about 40 spots away from all the other cars- blame my paranoia on my car accident), got in and were ready to go.
Unfortunately, it seemed as though my car didn't quite agree with us. =/ I put the key in, turned it and... nothing. Click click click. -.- Of course, I was confused. I know next to nothing of cars. I barely use mine (like, once every two weeks so I can go see my psychologist) and I have a phobia of them. At first, I thought maybe I'd done something wrong. It's been known to happen- especially with cars.
Sadly, it wasn't me making some trivial mistake. I turned the key and attempted to turn it on again. Nothing. Not even a clicking sound. Well, that's not good. D: We ended up having to call my Grandpa and have him come take a look at it (I was still terrified I'd screwed it up somehow). I was really glad that my mum was with me. I'd have freaked out and panicked. Especially since I had accidently forgot my cellphone. DX
Anyway, my Grandpa showed up 15 minutes later. He yelled a little, opened the hood, and looked around. He concluded there was corosion on the terminals (what does that even mean? xD) and there may have also been a short somewhere. He kept trying to jumpstart the car and wasn't having much luck with it since my car kept overheating and the handles (of the battery? or maybe it was the battery itself?) were loose. -.-;; So, it took a good 45 minutes of him messing with it before we were able to get it working again.
Did I mention he also made me feel like crap? Because he did. He yelled at me for parking so far from building (it takes two minutes, tops, to get inside the building from where I was), for being nervous and getting into a car accident months ago, for wasting his time / money, for... well, probably anything he could think of. Yeah, like this is going to ease my phobia of cars. I don't think so. Now I'm tempted to just not drive in general. =/ I HATE CARS. D<
[SOME POSITIVE NEWS:] I'm still obsessed with Stargate Atlantis! I'm practically breathing in the fanfiction and yesterday I spent my Christmas money and bought seasons 1-4 of the show for only $80! Now, before you say that's expensive- it's not! It's cheap! Usually it's about $50 for ONE boxset. That means I bought four seasons for $80 (with free shipping) when it would have normally been $200 for all of them plus $15-20 for shipping! I'm really happy about that! That's really good. Yay! *not even 1/5th the enthusiasm there was yesterday*
[ONE LAST THING:] Did I mention I'm sick? D: Cause I've been sick for the last 4-5 days. Pained / scratchy throat, sharp pains in the stomach and I feel like I'm going to throw up. ;__; I hate it. Why does being sick suck so much? DX Also, I hope I didn't make myself deaf or anything. I tripped when I was cleaning my ears with a Q-Tip yesterday and sort of stabbed myself in the right ear. It hurt for a bit and went away. Then I woke up today with my ear hurting when I swallow, yawn or breathe weird. o.O And that ear feels like it needs to be popped or is clogged. DX I hope that just means it's healing. TT.TT
Unfortunately, it seemed as though my car didn't quite agree with us. =/ I put the key in, turned it and... nothing. Click click click. -.- Of course, I was confused. I know next to nothing of cars. I barely use mine (like, once every two weeks so I can go see my psychologist) and I have a phobia of them. At first, I thought maybe I'd done something wrong. It's been known to happen- especially with cars.
Sadly, it wasn't me making some trivial mistake. I turned the key and attempted to turn it on again. Nothing. Not even a clicking sound. Well, that's not good. D: We ended up having to call my Grandpa and have him come take a look at it (I was still terrified I'd screwed it up somehow). I was really glad that my mum was with me. I'd have freaked out and panicked. Especially since I had accidently forgot my cellphone. DX
Anyway, my Grandpa showed up 15 minutes later. He yelled a little, opened the hood, and looked around. He concluded there was corosion on the terminals (what does that even mean? xD) and there may have also been a short somewhere. He kept trying to jumpstart the car and wasn't having much luck with it since my car kept overheating and the handles (of the battery? or maybe it was the battery itself?) were loose. -.-;; So, it took a good 45 minutes of him messing with it before we were able to get it working again.
Did I mention he also made me feel like crap? Because he did. He yelled at me for parking so far from building (it takes two minutes, tops, to get inside the building from where I was), for being nervous and getting into a car accident months ago, for wasting his time / money, for... well, probably anything he could think of. Yeah, like this is going to ease my phobia of cars. I don't think so. Now I'm tempted to just not drive in general. =/ I HATE CARS. D<
[SOME POSITIVE NEWS:] I'm still obsessed with Stargate Atlantis! I'm practically breathing in the fanfiction and yesterday I spent my Christmas money and bought seasons 1-4 of the show for only $80! Now, before you say that's expensive- it's not! It's cheap! Usually it's about $50 for ONE boxset. That means I bought four seasons for $80 (with free shipping) when it would have normally been $200 for all of them plus $15-20 for shipping! I'm really happy about that! That's really good. Yay! *not even 1/5th the enthusiasm there was yesterday*
[ONE LAST THING:] Did I mention I'm sick? D: Cause I've been sick for the last 4-5 days. Pained / scratchy throat, sharp pains in the stomach and I feel like I'm going to throw up. ;__; I hate it. Why does being sick suck so much? DX Also, I hope I didn't make myself deaf or anything. I tripped when I was cleaning my ears with a Q-Tip yesterday and sort of stabbed myself in the right ear. It hurt for a bit and went away. Then I woke up today with my ear hurting when I swallow, yawn or breathe weird. o.O And that ear feels like it needs to be popped or is clogged. DX I hope that just means it's healing. TT.TT