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Murphy day
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Murphy day My first day off in a while, and it wasn't spent relaxing. 8:15 Finished my pepsi from the night before that was sitting on my night stand. Drinking it warm and flat doesn't bother me, most days at work a drink will sit there half the day before I can get to it. I lit a camel and rolled onto my back, breakfast is served. I take to staring at the gas valve sticking through the ceiling.It's a point of focus while my mind drifts around thinking of things. 8:30 My heart was breaking at having to come out from under my warm covers. Some days you can see your breath in here, today wasn't as bad but still made me whine down deep inside. I had to go give Roxanne a ride, then go pick up the rest of Allies computer parts. 9:05 I wasn't very enthusiastic about the thought of driving in the christmas traffic, my car wasn't acting right last night. There was a slight miss in the engine, Just for a second. I noticed it even with the radio blaring. I diagnosed it a million times over in my head, it could be a dozen different things. I downed a rockstar as I drove, the air was chilly and<b> damp. </font></b>I had underdressed, and held my hands out by the heater vent like bums over a barrel fire. Waiting for the least little hint of warmer air to slide between my freezing fingers. It wasn't long before It got a little too warm,. 9:45 Finally arrived at Casa del Roxanne. Her army of German Shephers ran out to greet me. Anyone else and they would have been eating their face, but they love me. To them I'm like the cool uncle who sneeks them bottle rockets. I kneel down at their level and wrestle with them a bit. They got sprayed by a skunk last week, and still had the lingering scent of it. I went in and washed my hands while she was getting her stuff together. 10:00 My car started lurching and stalling on the freeway. The guy riding my ass wouldn't let up, the guy on the right wouldn't let me get over. Roxanne was having an internal freak out, the look on her face told me that. I was finally able to get off the road, checked under the hood for anything obvious amid the traffic wind blasting me. I checked all that i could from the top, nothing was out of order. It started back up and we were able to get back on the road without incident. 10:15 Arrived at home, wishing I had my diagnostic stuff. Not that it would help on this car. It was too old to hold codes for the computer to read. I felt like I had let myself get pampered, I rely too much on computers to tell me what's wrong. i would have to take it up to work later and rack it so I could get under it. Tried to call work to make sure noone had a car in my bay, my phone wasn't working. Was giving me the "pay your bill message" I had just paid it two days prior. 11:05 Headed to Microcenter mall for a monitor, memory cards and a wireless pci card. The only things left to install to finish my daughters x-mas present. I had placed the order for pickup before I left, hopefully they would have it all together for me by the time I got there. Car was doing ok, though something wasn't quite right. It started stalling again as I got on the freeway, thats when I knew exactly what it was. My crank sensor was bad, I had done one of these before and it was a bitch. they get rusted in place so you have to take off the oil pan and get it from the inside. At least it was cheap to do. 11:38 Stopped at the mall to get a couple Godiva truffles. Rox was having a bad time with her boyfriend, they fought for 6 hours straight the night before. I figured a couple of her favorite goodies will go a long way in making her feel better. Traffic sucked monkey twat, I was getting aggrivated. After finally braving all of that I get to the car and found I had locked my keys inside. 12:40 Finally was able to borrow a slim jim from a cop and pop my locks. He tried for a few minutes, but I was freezing my ass off and decided to take over for him. I used to make and sell slim jims when I was in highschool metal shop. I could use one blindfolded with one arm cut off in a sand storm at night. Back on the road to Microcenter, and more misadventures. 1:00 Arrived at the gates of heaven only to be denied entry. They didn't have my order, couldn't find a record of it. I was going to have to wait in the long line with all the schmucks who didn't plan ahead. Didn't take me long to get what I came for, I was good and resisted the urge to browse. Waited and waited for my turn only to find out my card didn't work. No problemo, I always carry cash. It is the universal persuader, the grease for the wheels, when all else fails cash will fix most any problem. 2:00 Finally was home. The car was running like shit, and it worried me. I stopped at my cell phone provider on the way and chewed their ass, magically my phone worked again. I put the final pieces of the comp in place and fired it up. It was the first time it had been powered up, I paused in awe at the marvelous piece of art I had created. It was perfect. Windows was loaded in 10 minutes, never have I seen it go that quickly. I was jealous, it was the computer I have always wanted for myself. Hope she apreciates it. 2:48 Dumped my clothes in a washing machine that didn't work. I already poured the soap on them, and my quarters were gone forever. I hate coming to this laundromat , but it's close. i would spend the next hour trying dryers a quarter at a time to see if they even get warm. I believe that noone comes here but me, I have never seen another living soul do laundry here. There is a cracked out bum out front, maybe that deters them. People around here step over crackheads all the time, couldn't be that. the time seems to stand still in that place, seconds take minutes to tick off the digiral readout. Too quiet, too post-apocolyptic. I completely expect to leave and find all of humanity to be wiped out. It radiated with abandonment. 4:30 Taco bell drive through. Sure it's a minumum wage job, but can it be that difficult to get three hard tacos and a pepsi right? I guess it is. I hate the diet soda suprise, I'm sure the face I make is priceless. 4:42 Home at last for good. Since then has been shoes off, sitting in a semi upright lounging position. If not for Rox I would be in my underwear. |
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