Let's go back to last year. Dec 23. I wake up, it's a cold morning but whatever. I go out to start my car. It won't turn over. Crap. I don't know what's wrong. The starter's old, it could be that. Battery seems fine, but I know I probably won't get my car into a garage and fixed this close to Xmas. Damn Christians.
So I call my buddy, since I was going to hang out with him instead I have him come pick me up. It'd be fine except that while I'm riding with my buddy I go to grab my phone but instead it falls under the seat. Fine. I move the seat up to get better access to the phone when I try to get it from the backseat. I see that it's pinned in there good so I back the seat off and look! My phone has a nice dent, bending it almost in half.
So now I'm stuck with no phone, no car, and it's the day before Xmas eve. Damn Christians! OK, not the Christians fault for that but still. It's a damn inconvenience.
The day after Xmas I walk the 1.2 miles in the cold to get my phone fixed or get a new one. Turns out I have to get a new phone and Sprint doesn't use SIM cards so I can't transfer my contacts on there. The new phone is going to cost me $330 and change. Luckily, I did back up my contacts on my laptop about 8 months ago. So I have most of everyone's numbers.
What about the car? Oh, I didn't get that in until after New Year. The garage was backed up. I call on the 2nd, they say that can't look at it until next week. OK. I still get it towed over to the garage. Price: $56 for two miles. Ugh. Still, I needed to get around too so I go get a rental car. Apparently they're busy this time of year, I have to go to several different places to secure a rental that day. Cost of rental car for a week? $200. Yesterday (the 8th) I get a call from the garage. They said they pulled it in real quick and did a diagnostic. Prognosis? I'm an idiot. The battery's dead. Cost to replace? $100. I spent approximately $400 (with gas) for my car troubles which cost me an additional $330 for the the replacement phone that I didn't need to get. Trouble costs me $730 this holiday break. Not including the fact that I didn't get the holiday I wanted (road trip).
I still have the damn rental car. No I have no way of getting back home when I go to drop it off. With the impending snow coming and trip to Ohio this weekend I decided to get some snow tires. Whew. $303 more. I can't wait for this to be all over.
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i don't know it it's time yet to give you a hard time for not checking the battery first, or if it's still time to sympathize and say "it'll all be over soon."
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