Lemme tell ya bout yesterday

So, lemme tell ya bout yesterday...
I had Ed's truck and drove to meet my mom halfway between her house and mine so she could have the kids for a few days. On the way back the truck starts vibrating and doing this "jerky, jerky" thing as I like to call it. So I pull over to the side of the road and call Ed. He says to call my brother Paul since I was close to where he lives. Anyway, I end up being able to drive it to Paul's office and after he drives it, he decides it's pretty bad. He and Ed thought maybe I could try and drive it on home, about another 50 miles, but when I got in the truck it just started making more noises and doing the "jerky, jerky" thing and I decided that was NOT a good idea. SO... I thought I would make some lemonaide out of my lemons and drive over to the movie theatre and see a movie and just wait till Ed was through with his day at work and could come and get me! I was SO over the whole being stressed about the truck thing by then and had made it that far with no tears so I was ready to get my mind focused elsewhere. Anyway, so I get to the movie at 5:15 and go up to the counter to get my ticket and they don't accept check cards!!! Urghhh! Even the little hick town I live in accepts check cards and I tell the guy that, but somehow it didn't make a difference to him. (Imagine that!) :) So he tells me the closest place with an ATM is Walmart which is right up the street. So, I'm thinkin, "GREAT! Now a trip to WALMART!" Well, between the movies and Walmart I see a "car fix it" type place so I decide to drop the car off and leave it to be looked at today and go ahead and walk to the movie. So... I get to the movie like 40 minutes after it starts and the guy keeps telling me that it's already 40 minutes into the movie even after I've explained that I don't mind. He really seemed put out to sell me a ticket to a movie that had already been running 40 minutes! So then my head started spinning around and I said in this really "gravelie" sounding voice, "Just give me the damn ticket!!!" :) He he, just kidding, that was only in my mind! I actually smiled nicely and repeated for the third time that I didn't mind missing part of the show. Well, after that movie was over I called Ed and he still hadn't left work (and it would take him an hour to get to me) so I decided to see another show! Ed got there about 30 minutes before that movie was over and waited for me to get out and then we were on our way home! We got home about 10 last night! What a day!

This morning the guy at the "car fix it" place called and said that the transmission is cracked all the way around and they don't work on transmissions there. He then referred me to a transmission place and they came and towed it. Ed got a call after work and the estimate is between 8 and 9 hundred dollars. Yikes! Good thing I have a job now, huh!