today is my birthday. i am now 27 years old. not an exciting birthday number. just another year older.
i decided to head out to a bar last night with friends. set it up a week in advance and made a facebook event. had to teach early yesterday morning for a music in our schools month promotion, then headed home, ate, got ready and met my friends at a bar to see my friend play in his new band. i ended up missing his band play by about 2 minutes. we hung out there for about an hour, then everyone got in my car and we went back to my place to pick up the husband and head to the bar for my birthday. i had myself, my husband, my pregnant friend kristi, my best friend nadina and another friend emily in the car.
we decided to take the jackie robinson parkway. this is the worst parkway ever created. it is small and full of potholes. about halfway to the grand central parkway, we hit a pothole and i slowly felt the air coming out of my front tire. there are no shoulders on the jackie, so we got off the next exit and dann changed my tire. the rim was bent and cracked. i just knew the spare wasnt going to cut it all the way to astoria. i should have just dropped everyone off at the train and went home.
went back onto the jackie and made it onto the grand central. i didnt go over 40 mph, but again, the grand central is full of potholes. i hit one, everything was ok and about 10 second later, there was another one. that did my spare in. i pulled over to the left shoulder and we had to call 911 to call a tow truck.
the police came to make sure everyone was alright and no other harm came our way from other drivers. tow truck came and we ended up having to be in the car on the tow truck bed to get to the 24 hour tire service area off the next exit. once the car got off the bed and i looked at the tire, i couldnt believe it. the spare was almost completely falling off the rim and the rim was broken. so i broke 2 rims yesterday. the guys told my husband that it was going to be at least a half hour until they could even look at my car, so the girls and i called a cab and headed to the bar while he stayed behind with the car.
once we got to the bar, we met up with my friend who played in the band earlier and no one else i invited to my event came. no one. so that was a bit of a blow. we ordered food and sat down. we were all hungry because we’d been in the car and dealing with that for about 3 hours, so we just sat and ate without talking. i got a call from dann, who then told me the tire place didnt have a rim small enough to fit my car and the other place next door didnt have anything. he was going to drive the car home with no tire and park it in his dad’s driveway. then he called me back a few minutes later, telling me he found a parking space right near the tire place and his dad was coming to pick him up. we’d deal with the tire today. i was so tired and over it that we left the bar soon after. i didnt even have a beer.
today…i slept in late and took a nap on the couch. i bought a facial/massage package, but the place is booked up, so i cant use it. my father in law is calling around and driving around to different junk yards to find a rim or a spare, but most places are closed. dann told me the car needs to be moved or else im getting a ticket tomorrow. all i want is to sleep. i dont want to talk to anyone really or deal with this. im about to get back into my pjs and put on a movie. kinda want to make myself cupcakes too, but i would need to leave and go to the store to get a few things. im just bummed out today and this is going to cost money i wasnt planning on spending. i just paid off my credit cards and was hoping to keep it that way for awhile, except for essentials. but i guess this is an essential thing…i need tires on my car to go to work. hopefully, we can get the car back to my father in laws house today somehow and keep looking for a tire this week. im going to have to take the train to work probably most of the week, which is about a 2 hour commute one way compared to a 45 minute commute one way. sigh
alright, im freezing cold and i need to do something happy for myself. later.
~mana~
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