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oh, where do I begin? yesterday I went out to Studio City for date #2 with Joseph... and to spend the night (don't judge me). it went very well. but you know the world can't let me have nice week, so as I was driving back on the 101 (trying to get to work on time), Doris dies. no warning, nothing. just... dead. like she ran out of gas. only, I filled her up right before I got on the freeway. fortunately I was in the fast lane, and there was a little spot for me to drift into. and as I was about to call AAA, the Metro Freeway whatever guy came and towed me off the freeway. I called my dad who advised me to call AAA and tell them to take me to a AAA service center. I complied and waited patiently for the tow truck (after calling in late to work). the guy came, set everything up, and asked me where I wanted to go. he seemed confused as to why I wouldn't want him to just take me somewhere closer to my place of residence. that made sense to me, and I really wanted to get home, so I asked him to drive me to the little auto shop a block away from my work. at that point, my dad called and I explained all of it to him. and naturally, he got pissed. "do you KNOW how much that's going to cost?!" etc, etc. to which I replied "well, I'm not asking you to pay for it." even though he said he would come out and pick me up... because I don't trust him to take me back to pick up Doris. because I don't trust him to do much of anything, ever.
the tow truck guy thought it had something to do with the fuel pump. I told the mechanic that, and he told me that if that's the case, he wouldn't be able to do it... because it's a two person job, and he's the only one there until Monday at the earliest. I asked if he could just check it out and see if that's the problem, or if it's something else. so that's what he did as I walked to work.
on my lunch break I returned to the auto shop. turns out it was some kind of coil... fuel related as the tow truck guy and myself assumed. 80-something dollars for the replacement, plus labor costs. and it could've been a lot worse.
$30 - gas I bought before I got on the freeway
$270 - cost to tow me home
$202 - cost of coil and labor
=$502
and that was my day. the date went very well, which is good. then all this happened, which is bad. then it wasn't as bad as it could have been, which is good. I'm running quite low on money, which is bad. I have Les Mis rehearsal tonight, which is good.
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