Rough Week

You see, last week my mom hexed me. She sent me the dreaded email - "Things always come in threes!"

I'm getting to the 3x3 point.

As mentioned before... someone stole my cell phone. Then later in the week my pda died. Screen just flickered and then blllphhph. Nothing. It still charges... but it won't turn on. Great.

So if I had to get a new phone and a new pda, I might as well go crazy with Ebay! I got myself a $50 Treo. It's a combo phone/pda.

Then last Tuesday night, I got into my car after choir and it happens again. Nothing. Lights go on, but no engine. Bllphhph - my new word.

I managed to catch the last three men leaving and ask to borrow a cell phone to call AAA, and as soon as I hung up, the men left me alone in the parking lot at 9:15 pm. Now I was within shouting distance of a police station, which they pointed out, but not nice.

Tow truck driver arrives. He's lost his $60 flashlight and can't see into my car, despite the street lamps directly overhead. He spends 20 minutes looking for said flashlight. I finally manage to catch the custodian on his way home and ask him if he has a flashlight. He departs and returns with one and the two spend another 20 minutes poking and prodding and general male grunting behavior trying to fix my engine.

Unsuccessful, he finally decides it must be towed and we leave the parking lot around 10:15. On the ride to my apartment, I get a lecture on how his boss is racist against whites and how his "Iranish" (his word, not mine) speaking boss was mad because the driver knew more than he did. Then tow truck man went into a lecture about tipping your tow truck driver. (Ride from hell.)

Miraculously, there were not one, but two parking spots directly outside my apartment. I left it there overnight and had it towed after work. This driver was cool and had me hooked up and there in less than 20 minutes. Then he drove me home. And when I tried to tip him, he refused. That made me even more mad at skanky tow truck man.

So $500 later, I have a pda, a phone, and a car that function.

Yeah me!

Going to buy a Mini sometime this year.