Bad Luck...

For those of you wondering what little ol’ Mark has been up to lately, I will tell you. I recently had two of the most irritating days of my life. Just so we’re caught up here, I went on a fishing trip last Saturday to Michigan for four days and this is what happened before this:

Thursday:
11:30AM I awake, seems I set my alarm clock for 8:00PM instead of AM. I immediately call my boss and show up 45 minutes late for work

4:30PM I receive a phone call from a user who was severely screwed up her computer. I begin to walk her through some steps to fix this. I do the exact same steps on my laptop as I walk her through it so that I have a good idea of what’s appearing on her screen. Then I make a terrible mistake and tell the woman to do something you should never do on these computers. Nevermind what it was, but it left her computer inoperable. My computer, since I was following along, also broke and would no longer start up. I broke two computers in one fowl swoop.

5:45PM I go outside to my car on my lunch break. My front tire was flat.

9:15PM I drive my car to the gas station on a relatively empty tire and pump it up to see if it would hold any air. Surprisingly it did. I went to check the air pressure, and my little tire gauge thingy broke right in half.

9:16PM A bum runs up and kicks me in the nuts.

OK…that last one didn’t really happen, but I did look around half expecting an anvil to fall from the sky and crush me.

Friday:
6:55AM Get up and drive to the shop to get my tire fixed. On the drive there, my Service Engine Soon light came on. Just my luck. I told the guys at the shop to check that out too. The said my car would be done by noon. I’d be late for work, but not too bad.

12:15PM Still sitting at home waiting, I call them up and they claim that they just tried calling me. They said some cam sensor went bad and it would cost me about $180. They say the car will be ready by 1:00

1:00PM I show up and my car is not ready. They tell me that they got the wrong part and that it will be another 30 minutes. Then I sit and wait for 90 minutes. The whole time there is a homeless woman sitting in the repair shop watching soap operas on the TV. She felt the need to explain the entire show’s history to me from start to finish. After 45 minutes, I stop pretending that I’m listening and just look the other way. The woman continues to talk for another 45 minutes.

2:30PM They tell me my car is done, he just needs to take it for a test drive. I see my car driving off

2:32PM My car pulls back into the parking lot, and then promptly right back into the garage.

2:40PM They didn’t feel the need to explain anything to me, so I finally go ask what the hell is happening. Turns out my check engine light was still on. They need to check it out more.

3:45PM Nearly three hours after I showed up at the shop and $300 later my car is finally finished. They tell me that the little light sensor broke so now my Service Engine Soon light will be permanently on.

The rest of the day, was rather normal. The following days weren’t much better. I drove to Michigan and apparently lost two hub caps along the way. I guess they didn’t put them on securely. Then I found out that my windshield wiper sprayer no longer works. They forgot to plug that back in. Then I fish for three days straight, 10 hours a day, and catch only one fish. I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE. The rest of the guys are up there until Saturday, so I'm sure the fish started biting the minute I left Michigan's state lines.


Things have gotten much better since then. I can no longer complain. I feel it’s worth mentioning that I am still dating the same girl, and things are going along very very well. We will have been together for six monthes on June 21st. I guess that’s about all the news from me! I just thought I would share my nightmare-ish few days with you all. Take care!