The universe giveth; the universe taketh away. sigh. Here’s the scene; Friday night, heading to the cabin, scretly chuckling over the taxman’s error, planning what to do with the money (retirement fund? new tires? new stove? credit card payment?) when wham! almost exactly halfway there, on that northern bush highway…transmission on the car goes blewey. Or whatever the technical term is.
Takes 6 hours to hitch a ride in to town, get a tow truck, track down Loverboy, get back to unload the car and then watch it be towed back to my town, then get to the cabin just as dawn is lighting the lake and waking up the mosquitoes and blackflies.
Talked to the mechanic. His diagnosis, after telling me it will cost more than the car is worth to fix it? “It’s broke.” That’s a quote. Then he did elaborate, “It stopped working.” Needless to say I am having it towed to another garage.
This is a lesson - do not attract attention to your good fortune. Fate is a nasty little beast and will whip it away from you like THAT!
June 19th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
That so sucks and I can relate. That is basically the story of my life.