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Monday, August 08, 2005
Observations From A Solitary Weekend
I was house-sitting this weekend in Battle Creek for a co-worker of mine. It had never dawned on me before that you can get stranded, in the middle of a city, in August. But I did. So, here's some observations I made while stranded in someone else's house for 48 hours.
- When your battery light comes on and stays on, don't blow it off.
- If you're going to be stranded in someone else's house, pick a person who isn't on a Carb-Free diet.
- When a dog chews up a remote control, much like Humpty Dumpty, it will never be put back together again.
- I now know Ken and Janet's neighbors better than I know my own.
- Any person with a working automobile is instantly appreciated.
- Sympathy is a natural instinct, but a solution is preferred.
- When you can't sleep at 6:00 (because you're worrying) on a weekend morning, even a Michael Thurman "6 Week Body Makeover" infomercial will not put you back to sleep.
- Neither will the incredibly ridiculous movie, "Day After Tomorrow".
- When it rains it pours (but really that's a whole different post).
- When you lay in one position eight hours you will get sore.
- For being a person with such incredibly bad, and I mean bad luck, I am "fortunate" in several ways (Ex: My car never stopped running - though all the lights went out, I am house-sitting two minutes from work - so a co-worker could pick me up, and my favorite way that I'm fortunate is that Ken and Janet's next door neighbor is a retired mechanic who should be working on my car as we speak).
So, there you have it folks. There's my weekend in a nutshell. Just when you think you can't get any more stressed out, you probably can. :)
8 Comments:
I wondered where you were this weekend! I'm starting to laugh (sympathetically, though that accomplishes nothing) every time your car dumps out. It's not really funny, but man--the trend is too much. Too much. :-)
I know.... :) I came into work this morning and one of my co-workers told me that it was Ken and Janet's fault (the people I'm house-sitting for) because they have bad car luck. And I said, "Huh. So do I." So, I guess I have double bad car luck when I'm staying at Ken and Janet's. :)
I like the day after tomorrow. But I am a sucker for disaster movies. Maybe that's why I like your blog? ;)
LOL! Thanks. I almost called you yesterday so I could pout, but I didn't. I must admit to liking disaster movies too. There's something about survival that I can relate to on a personal level (obviously, I spent a whole weekend stuck in Battle Creek by myself).
Julie, Julie, Julie. Battery lights mean business!
Next time you house sit you'll need to pick up diet coke, chocolate cake, and Pride and Prejudice. That's the way to spend the weekend stuck in one place.
Truer words have been rarely spoken. Trust me, had I known I would be stranded I would have had all those items on hand. :)
Well you seem to have made it to Alto. I didn't even get to talk to you.
I'm such a horrible person.
Yeah, it was on the way home from Alto that evening that my alternator went out. >:| Grr.
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