So what started out as a $20 oil change eventually turned into a $1500 job to fix my car.

I stumbled out of the dealership, pale white and in a daze, wondering if this is what it must have felt like to have the life force vacu-sucked out of you by The Mummy, right before he tosses you aside like so much smelly garbage.

There was no avoiding it though. My brakes needed replacement or they wouldn’t pass inspection, and I had to deal with a power steering leakage that cost over $500 to fix. The rest were jobs I had been planning to get done anyway (like a battery replacement), and since my wallet was pretty much getting molested enough as it is, I figured I might as well get it over with now.

But gees.

Well on the upside, I totally have a legitimate excuse now not to get anyone Christmas presents this year.

After I spent the morning AND afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese (don’t judge me), my car was finally ready to go, and I made out of there like a bat out of hell. I seriously did not want to be out and about on Halloween, because people have been acting bonkos crazy nuts lately, especially out on the roads. Who’s cutting me off, who’s blocking my exit, and one guy in front of me who STEPS on the fricking brakes in the MIDDLE of the interstate where everyone is going 70 at least, and then just continues on la lee da?? You know, I bet that’s why I needed new brakes too. Mother pus bucket…

Yep, I think I am just about ready to leave New York for a few days. I’d make it forever, of course, but the umbilical cord that is my job would eventually reel me in sooner or later. Sigh.

Ah well, hanging out with the Amish might be just what the doctor ordered. It should be a therapeutic experience, especially now that I”l have a chance to go and laugh at them for riding horse carriages and not owning iPods. Who knows, maybe I’ll even pick up a hot Amish babe currently going through Rumspringa along the way.

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Tags: Amish, car, chuck e cheese, crazy, dealership, halloween, job, new york, Pennsylvania
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