This is exactly what happened to me two days ago. Luckily I live in a small town and no one is taking there kids to school to make the street busy. I was able to safely go around the block, get back home, and put the car into park to stop the car on the driveway (yes, I know this is bad for the transmission, but I had 3 kids in the car and needed to stop it). I made the the kids get into my husband's car and asked him to take the kids to the sitter so that I could get the car figured out. I made some calls, moved around as much money as I could, and arranged for a tow truck to pick me up (I figured that I shouldn't drive until I could safely stop). Then, I decided that since I mooched off of so many people while I was single, I would just walk home. Besides, it was only about a 10 minute drive. It couldn't be that bad of a walk, right? Wrong. I learned that a 4 mile drive may only be 10 minutes, but a 4 mile walk takes me about 2 hours. To make matters worse, I live in a very small town. Most of my walk was on a road that has practically nothing on it. The only business between home and the shop we took the car is Family Dollar. On a day that topped out at 97, that is not great. I was so thirsty. I stopped at Family Dollar to just get a drink. I ended up getting some jelly beans as well. As I crossed a small bridge where there was no where else to walk other than in the road, I walked as far over as I could . A little old lady driving an SUV called me an idiot as she passed by. I can just about guarantee that if I just randomly decided to go for a candy/soda run, I would have gone to the Shell station where I could walk on sidewalks.
This is how I ended my vacation from work. I of course had to call in since I live in the boondocks, there is no mass transit.
3 comments:
That really sucks Rosa. Why didnt you call me. It certainly would not have been putting me out. Sheesh, let me be a friend. I live 30 seconds from you.
Oh, man... that sucks! I wish I would've been able to answer the phone that day! I'm sorry!
By the way - super cute background! How'd you do that?
@Mistaken. I feel like I have asked too much of you. The last thing that I want is for my friends to feel like I am taking advantage of them. You have been my friend way too long to lose that relationship because of my selfishness.
@Jami. No worries. All you would have been able to to is talk to me to keep my mind off of what I was doing. I was able to talk to a few other people as I walked. Also the background is just from one of those links that you have on your blog. ;)
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