Dammit!

Sick is sooooooo not my favorite thing.
I'm feeling better, but I'm still not 100%.

Yesterday I tried to go out to lunch with Sally and ended up with a flat tire. Not just a flat, though, an exploding tire that scared the crap out of me and stranded me at QT for an hour waiting on the tow truck. Dammit!!

Look, I know that there are other ways to handle this, but while I KNOW how to change a tire (and my oil and breaks for that matter) I'm SO not going to. First of all, there are people who are WAY more qualified than I am to monkey around with my car, and also? They have the right tools... and also? It's just one of those things that I'm not going to do.
Because I am that kind of girl.

It was totally worth the $60 tow fee to be able to sit calmly and knit while someone else took responsibility.

So two tires, a new battery and an oil change later (4 hours, $300) I was exhausted (from all the sitting around). I went to the station to do my automation and then Andie and I went to Sally's to have a lovely dinner and knitting time.

As I was getting ready to leave I realized that I locked my keys in my car... DAMMIT!!

I had two options. I could call a locksmith and pay $50, or I could call That Bad Bad Man (who has my spare key). I called him. He wasn't quite awake, but he came out anyway. But because he wasn't quite awake, my keys were in his other coat... so he broke into my car - without causing any damage, because he is very sneaky and talented that way - and then retrieved my keys.

He's really good at rescue. And I think he enjoys my reluctant Damsel in Distress... my FAVORITE part of the whole tire incident was that I didn't have to call any of the men in my life for help...

Sally said she used to be a "Key Slut" - which I totally LOVE and must also become. A "Key Slut" is someone who distributes keys to more than one friend for occasions like this. I am TOTALLY going to make copies of my keys... and also I need to make friends with someone on the west side of town so that all of my bases are covered.