Ever had one of those weeks? The kind where nothing seems to
go right? Like you were on one of the hidden camera Punk’d type shows? Last
Friday seemed just like that for me. It was a disaster! First, my laptop died, then my cellphone
died, then my car died, all in the SAME day! Seriously??????? I swear,
electronics and anything mechanical hate me! And it gets better, this all happened the day
before I was supposed to participate in the wheelchair 5K for SB in
Philadelphia.
I didn’t know whether to laugh it off, scream, or cry. The
laugh it off option didn’t last long. I was NOT happy.
I ended up putting the
computer in the shop. The motherboard is fried. I got lucky with the cellphone, I was
able to just change out the battery. J
As for the car, it had to be towed, thank God for AAA! Not
worth fixing. What now?
I called my sister to
see if she or her boyfriend could drop me off at the bus stop so I could get to
the college all week, since I live in the middle of nowhere. Oh, did I forget to mention that I had never
taken public transportation and had no idea what I was doing? Thank God my
roommate/best friend was able to help me understand how all that works. It was
fun coordinating rides to and from school.
A good friend of mine agreed to take me car shopping to
hopefully end the nightmare of being carless. I treated her to dinner as a
thank you. We went to check out the first car I had seen online. It was a Honda
Fit. It was a little bigger than I wanted, but I needed something a little
bigger so I could put both my wheelchair and hand bike in it. It was priced
within my price range, so I was happy, but I decided to look around some to
make sure there wasn’t a better deal out there. I had bought my car that just
died without looking around and I ended up paying much more than I should have.
We checked out several places and I was either not impressed,
or it wasn’t within my price range. We decided to check out one last place. We
were shown an ’09 Toyota Scion, automatic, power steering/brakes, power
windows, AND a panoramic sun/moon roof. Oh, yeah! The price was kinda
high for my budget, but the sales rep told me it was on sale for almost half
off the asking price. YES! This was
definitely doable! The price allowed me to afford a two warranty on the car
too. This way, I would be covered for a while in case, God forbid, something
goes wrong. I am very happy with my purchase.
Have any of you had “one of those weeks”? I would love to
hear about it and how you handled it. Please feel free to share your
experience. Thanks - Jim!
Here’s my car. J
