Welcome to Another Edition of 'It Could Only Happen to Me'

I am so serious -  I could not even make this stuff up!

So...I got up this morning about 6 and got all ready to enjoy my last Friday of school.  I made my way down to my car at 6:50 - a little earlier than usual- with visions of a Dunkin Donuts stop for a toasted almond coffee and maybe a muffin or a donut. Aaaannnndddd...my car would not start!  

For a while there I actually thought myself as being lucky (**silly silly foolish me**).  You see, my dad just gifted me with a pair of jumper cables on Sunday!  So I flagged down a neighbor and we gave it a good try and it was close to turning over, but just wouldn't.  He didn't speak but a few words of English but I got his message and he felt my battery was too far gone to be charged.  

I called work and headed upstairs to contemplate my choices.  I finally decided the easiest (or so I thought), cheapest (or so I thought), and quickest (or so I thought) option was seeing if I could borrow C.J.'s car for a time until I can decide what I want to do.  This way, at least I would be able to get to school by lunchtime (or so I thought).  You see a theme here?  

I then paid $50.00 to have a cab pick me up and drive me to C.J.'s school to get the key, and then to his house to pick up his car. Aaaannnndddd...his car wouldn't start!!!!  Thankfully Chris and his friend were home to help out.  We tried jumping the car to no avail - again.  They have AAA so a call was placed and I waited - and waited- and waited.  They came to replace the battery in his car but also said there was no oil in the car!   

Soooo...a run to the gas station for 2 quarts of oil was next and I then drove the car straight to Penzoil for an oil change.  By this time it was after 2:00 and making it into work was not happening.

Ugh!   I still don't know what I am going to do about my car.  I do think it is the battery and may eventually turn over if given enough time... at least that will allow me to get it into a garage for a new battery.  Or, I may just bite the bullet and get that new car I was going to get over the summer.  

But at least, for now, I have a car to get to work tomorrow, and possibly next week ---even if the air doesn't work and the temps are in the 90's. Beggars can't be choosers.