The universe continued to punish me today!

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OMG! I so completely understand why our mother's taught us not to lie.

I came close to calling Triple A today and apologizing for saying that I wasn't sure if I was in a safe area or not and asking them to please, please, please call off the bad karma vibes that had been sent my way as a result of the lie.....er, uummm......lies

I go out this morning and get into Orange Croc Guys car only to find that it is as dead a as doornail. It didn't even make a sound when I turned the key.

I go back, wake him up, give him the keys and he immediately asks, "What did you do to my car?" Why did he automatically assume that I had damaged his car? I was offended!

He doesn't believe me when I tell him his car has died and it's not my fault. He actually had to get up, get dressed and go out to the garage with me. Apparently, he decided that I needed a lesson in how to start a car.

Well, he couldn't start it either and at this point in time Female Logic 101 clearly states that everything is now HIS FAULT!

As he's trying to charge the battery (which wasn't cooperating) I start walking away and he calls after me...

OCG: Where are you going?
ME: (said in a tone that lets him know everything is now his fault) I'm going to the ATM to get some cash then I'm going out to the street to get into a taxi so I can go to work and after work I'm going to get a rental car like I should have done yesterday!

As I turned and walked away in a huff, like only a girl who has really angered the universe can he called after me: Good, cause I'm probably going to need a ride.

I had to keep walking because I was trying to be mad and it would not have done to have him see me laughing.

I now have a rental. His car has been fixed and is running perfectly. OCG did take great pleasure in the fact that his car got fixed in less than a day while mine is still sitting in the shop.

Whatever! I have a rental car now so I don't care.

But, I'm telling you right now that if you don't hear from me ever again it's because the universe is still out to get me and I have changed my name, dyed my hair and moved to another country!

Run of bad luck!

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I know a lot of people who are going through a really tough time right now for various reasons and I really do feel bad for them, but I'm telling you that I am stuck in a really bad sitcom and I want out cause it's not funny anymore!

My day started off like a normal day and I was happy about that, but as I was leaving the interstate things changed. I saw the car in front of me hit something and then swerve a little bit, but I didn't have time to do anything and there was a car beside me so I had no where to go. I ran over whatever it was that he ran over and I got two flat tires.

I get pulled over on a side street and call Triple A. The girl asks if I want them to change my flat or tow the car in. I was no longer in a good mood so I told her that I had two flat tires and one spare. Do the math! While I'm talking to her one of the girls I work with stops to make sure I'm ok and after I get told that it's going to be an hour before someone can get to me and that I have to stay with the car she heads off to school with the promise of taking care of my class until I get there.

Two more of my co-workers stopped to check on me. They're so nice!

I get bored of waiting and call Triple A again. They asked if I'm in a safe neighborhood and I.....umm.....lied. I told them that I didn't know the area and I didn't know if it was safe or not. I played the hysterical female quite well! Help came sooner rather than later.

Of course, the universe needed to punish me for lying so when help arrived he turned out to be no help at all. The guy tried putting air in both of the tires hoping that one of them would hold it and the spare could be used for the other. No such luck. Both tires started losing the air as soon as it was put in. He wasn't driving a tow truck so he had to call one and I was back to waiting.

The tow truck driver gets my number from Triple A and calls me. The first question he asked was, "Are you in a safe area?" Since I'm a slow learner and a very selfish girl who was tired of sitting in her car by the side of the road.....I lied again. The guy got to me loaded my car up and I hopped into the truck with him asking to be dropped off at work. You should have seen the look on his face when I explained that he needed to go three blocks this way then four blocks that way after declaring that I had no idea where I even was. LOL!

The universe punished me again!

I got to school and had to explain to 18 five year olds why I was late. Remember what it was like when you were a teenager and had to explain to your mom why you had missed your curfew and came home late? Well, these kids were scarier than that!

As soon as I got a chance I called the auto shop and made sure they had gotten my car. I was told that it made it there safely, but they hadn't looked at it yet. He promised to call me back.

He didn't call. The universe was still punishing me!

When I finally got to talk to them I found out that whatever that stupid thing in the road was it damaged my rims and they both had to be replaced. He then tells me that my car is a 2004 so getting the rims isn't going to be easy. They have to come in from Tampa and it's going to take 3 to 4 days.

OK, universe, you win! I won't lie any more! I promise!

I start thinking that it's almost time for an oil change and decide that since they're gong to have my car until Friday they may as well go ahead and take care of that for me. One less thing to worry about later! I call again and talk to a completely different person. This guy says changing the oil won't be a problem and proceeds to say that only one tire rim needs to be replaced. I get confused because if that's the case, just put the spare tire on in place of the damaged one. Give me my car and I"ll swing by on Friday to pick up the new one that will replace my spare. Makes sense to me!

I call Orange Croc Guy and fill him in. He decides that he's going to pick me and swing by the shop to see the tires for himself. After he looks at it and talks to the guy, he decides that I should just wait and replace both rims.

Whatever!

I point out that I now need to go get a rental and OCG tells me not to bother. He's going to let me drive his car tomorrow and Thursday then Friday he's dropping me off at school and I'll get a ride from there to the shop to pick up my car.

Sounds like a plan to me!

Then the dude took me out to dinner.

Maybe the universe has forgiven me for lying....

Should I call the doctor or a scientist?

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I hate being sick! I'm so congested that all day today my class kept asking me why I was talking so funny. LOL!

Earlier tonight I made the mistake of allowing Orange Croc Guy talk me into using that stupid neti pot again. I don't know if you remember my neti pot story from way back, but it was horrible. OCG bought it for when I was sick and swore it was the best thing ever. I used it one time (half of one time, actually!) and decided that he must have been mad at me cause no one would ever put a real friend through that! He stuck to his story about it being awesome so when Christmas rolled around I wrapped the stupid thing up and gave it back to him. lol!

Well, he showed up tonight the thing and an evil smile and I gave in and tried it again.

I'll spare you all the gory details and just say that I think an alien was living in my nose! Now I need to know what to do if I don't feel any better tomorrow. Do I call the doctor, a scientist, the FBI or someone out in Area 51?

The blog-oversary winner is.....

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As you can tell by this wordart I needed to give myself a little encouragement today. lol!

I wanted to stop in long enough to announce the winner of my three year blog-oversary give away. I used random.org to pick a winner and that winner is....

Tracey Toms Van Hoy

Tracey, please send me your email address and I'll get the $5 Stuff to Scrap gift certificate out to you!

I also want to thank everyone for stopping by and reading my ramblings everyday and for encouraging me in everything I do. You guys really are the best!

I love you all!

9-19-11

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Oh No!

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I've spent most of today lying around feeling crummy. I woke up with a cough and sore throat. Looks like I'm getting the first cold of the new school year. UGH!

All those things I was going to accomplish this weekend are just going to have to wait until next weekend. I'm not too sad about that cause I really didn't want to clean anyway. LOL!

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