No good deed....
Mar. 19th, 2003 12:06 amEarlier this weekend, I had promised to take my sister to Oboeworks (www.oboeworks.com), provided the owner sent her an email with an appointment. She called at midnight monday confirming that she had an appointment at 5, in Arlington. This meant that I had to get up at the butt crack of dawn (10am), shower, take care of loose odds and ends, and then head to Delauter's garage, where I was meeting her (she was getting an oil change, hence why she was available to go this day- Les Mis practice is all this week so she got reamed already for missing it previously). I was hoping to get there early enough to see if Keith could look at my car, just to make sure everything was okay. It's been running kinda funny, and with the trip in May, I wanted to make sure that things would be ok on it. That and she really does need a tune up. Unfortunately, they were extremely busy.
Kate arrived and we dropped her keys, and headed down. Oboeworks is a really cool place, and Kate actually got complimented on how well she cared for her Oboe, figuring it was 3 years old and only needed minor adjustments (other than the repair she needed, which she also got complimented on temporarily fixing with a piece of paper).
Right as we were leaving, my friends Gregg and Trish called.. I had tried to hook up with them this past weekend, since I haven't seen them since my grand return dinner in November, but they didn't get the message until today. So we made arrangements to meet tonight. So on the way back, we picked up kitten and my sleep stuffis and headed home.
Seven Miles short of Delauter's, my check engine light came on, out of the blue. Weehooo. Mom and dad have said they'll pay for like 50 dollars worth of service (IE a tuneup), but I don't know if they'll cover a major problem. I'm really trying to keep positive about everything, but its like, all this crap is building up. I don't even know if Delauter's will be able to look at my car tomorrow, which means I won't be able to drive home yet. I don't know what the problem is, which means it could be anything from a bugged sensor to I've screwed up my engine by treating it badly. Which I guess is highly likely. I dunno. Right now I'm torn between being grateful that I was near Myersville when it happened, and pissed because its another thing that's coming to challenge me and make me upset. And I'm getting rather tired of it all.. And I don't want to be tired. I know what happens when I'm tired.
Oh and to make things better, my lightbulb for my enlarger is waiting at the apartment. And I have tons to develop!!!!
Maybe I should just go to sleep. hopefully things'll feel better in the morning. And if not....we'll go from there I guess...
Kate arrived and we dropped her keys, and headed down. Oboeworks is a really cool place, and Kate actually got complimented on how well she cared for her Oboe, figuring it was 3 years old and only needed minor adjustments (other than the repair she needed, which she also got complimented on temporarily fixing with a piece of paper).
Right as we were leaving, my friends Gregg and Trish called.. I had tried to hook up with them this past weekend, since I haven't seen them since my grand return dinner in November, but they didn't get the message until today. So we made arrangements to meet tonight. So on the way back, we picked up kitten and my sleep stuffis and headed home.
Seven Miles short of Delauter's, my check engine light came on, out of the blue. Weehooo. Mom and dad have said they'll pay for like 50 dollars worth of service (IE a tuneup), but I don't know if they'll cover a major problem. I'm really trying to keep positive about everything, but its like, all this crap is building up. I don't even know if Delauter's will be able to look at my car tomorrow, which means I won't be able to drive home yet. I don't know what the problem is, which means it could be anything from a bugged sensor to I've screwed up my engine by treating it badly. Which I guess is highly likely. I dunno. Right now I'm torn between being grateful that I was near Myersville when it happened, and pissed because its another thing that's coming to challenge me and make me upset. And I'm getting rather tired of it all.. And I don't want to be tired. I know what happens when I'm tired.
Oh and to make things better, my lightbulb for my enlarger is waiting at the apartment. And I have tons to develop!!!!
Maybe I should just go to sleep. hopefully things'll feel better in the morning. And if not....we'll go from there I guess...