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bookishghosttoday is honestly setting out to be absolutely awful! i was woken up at 5am by a LITERAL TORNADO and vaguely thought my bedroom window was going to shatter. that, or the tree in the front yard would fall and kill my neighbors. neither thing happened. also i had to leave my car at the auto shop last night (grieving), so my mom had to drop me off at work. then i remembered there's a meeting after work, and i can't actually get there without a car 💀 so i literally have to pretend i forgot and just not show up. INSTEAD i have to call an uber to get home, which i have never done before!! i'm very scared. why do i have to Be Brave so frequently 😔 plus i am so unreasonably ashamed of the fact that i have to call an uber that i think i might first walk 15 minutes to this church nearby and get picked up from there. crying at my own cowardice
update: i walked a block and then called an uber to take me straight to the auto shop so i could get my car. first of all, i walked and then stood in the most insane windy conditions for 15 minutes. i passed by this tarp nailed down with iron scaffolding, and half of it ripped up in the wind and landed directly in the middle of the road, blocking both lanes in the narrow street 💀 rip. then my uber came and it was a TESLA?? i literally didn't understand how to open the door either from the outside OR the inside; it was kind of embarrassing tbh. i had a moment of further embarrassment where i told the guy i think i gave him the wrong address, and then i discovered i hadn't.
i got my car and was amazed to learn that the only reason my check engine light went on is that the gas cap wasn't on tight enough. apparently it's supposed to click three times, otherwise it can come loose. so it only cost me $50 ! and a day of mild stress. what a day it's been. 2 stars.
update: i walked a block and then called an uber to take me straight to the auto shop so i could get my car. first of all, i walked and then stood in the most insane windy conditions for 15 minutes. i passed by this tarp nailed down with iron scaffolding, and half of it ripped up in the wind and landed directly in the middle of the road, blocking both lanes in the narrow street 💀 rip. then my uber came and it was a TESLA?? i literally didn't understand how to open the door either from the outside OR the inside; it was kind of embarrassing tbh. i had a moment of further embarrassment where i told the guy i think i gave him the wrong address, and then i discovered i hadn't.
i got my car and was amazed to learn that the only reason my check engine light went on is that the gas cap wasn't on tight enough. apparently it's supposed to click three times, otherwise it can come loose. so it only cost me $50 ! and a day of mild stress. what a day it's been. 2 stars.
