Egg

[judecorp]

As if there haven't been enough crappy things in my life in the last couple of months, some yahoo in my neighborhood decided to egg the car and put an egg in the gas tank last night. As in, open the gas door, unscrew gas cap, put egg in, smoosh.

Apparently this can cause a problem in the fuel line and needs to be dealt with ASAP. Which involves the flushing (and total loss) of three-quarters of a tank of $2.60 gas.

This is what my morning will look like tomorrow:

5:30am - wake up, shower
6:30am - bring car to mechanic
9:30am - walk from mechanic to first home visit.
10:45am - walk back to mechanic, hope car is done

If the car's not done, I'm basically screwed because I have an assessment from 11:00 to 1:00, a home visit from 1:15 to 2:15, and staff meeting at 3:45. I have no idea how I'm supposed to get to all of these appointments with no car. I have no idea how I will walk miles through Southie with my bag, an assessment bag, and a frickin' balance beam (part of the assessment kit). And then I have a home visit at 5:30 that ends around 6:45.

5:30am to 6:45pm on a day following my double-job day where I work non-stop from 8:30am to 10:00pm (where 8:30 to 9:10 was spent in the work parking lot cleaning egg off the car). And sure, I can cancel visits, but if I don't make productivity by Thursday, I can't flex out Friday to take my grandmother out for her birthday. So I can cancel visits to fix the car and have to cancel on my grandmother, or find some crazy-ass way to make it work. Regardless, the car will get fixed with the money I was going to use on grandma's birthday. Fan-freaking-tastic.

I am so sick of this crap. I can really understand why people want to hurt themselves sometimes, because right now I just want to drive that ridiculous effing car into the largest tree I can find.

Comments

[siercia]

If you can drive stick, you're welcome to borrow one of our cars tomorrow. Call me if you want to.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the offer, but I'm not a good enough stick driver to take someone else's car... aaaaand I have no idea how I would drive two cars whenever the second one was ready. ;)

But thanks anyway.

[siercia]

You'd leave ours parked at your house, and Wiley and I would drive over and take it home =)

But it's moot if you can't drive stick. Sorry =(

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You don't have to apologize, it's not your fault we're not stick drivers! I actually drove stick a million years ago a couple of times but haven't done it enough and it was so long ago that I would never risk it with a friend's car. My dad was supposed to give me more practice this summer, but hey, things happen.

Love you.

[gabriellag.livejournal.com]

That. Fucking. Sucks.

That's all.

Hopefully, the car offered above will work out.

Sometimes, I feel sympathy for punk ass kids who get in trouble for doing things all kids do. But, for fuck's sake, what happened to toilet paper and shaving cream and doing it to someone YOU KNOW? Why would you purposely fuck up someones day/life?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I can't take advantage of the above-offered car, but it was sweet. My neighbors offered a car, too, but how would I get two cars home when the second one was ready? I'm not exactly floating in free time.

It sucks that I'm out there all the time freaking sticking up for the very same people that likely egged my damned car. THAT'S what pisses me off.

[sacharine.livejournal.com]

what an asshole-ish thing to do! vandalism really saddens me sometimes, though i figure i'd be desensitized to it by now. crap on whoever did such a pointless thing. :(

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I just plain HATE PEOPLE.

(Not you, of course.)

???

[00solstice.livejournal.com]

That was YOU (http://www.livejournal.com/community/gearheads/740040.html)??

Acccording to a google search, ~15% egg white in gasoline will cause the fuel to jell. That's like 1 egg white per pint. If you had 10 gallons of gas in the tank, it shouldn't be a problem at all.

Get a lockng gas cap!!

Re: ???

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was me. I'm famous!

So far, no problems. But I'm going to put the Techron stuff in the tank tomorrow and fill it up with gas... and if I start noticing anything weird, I can have someone change the fuel filter. I already have a new one in the trunk that I bought a while ago.

You should come up and do it!

[kjtoo.livejournal.com]

People are made of stupid. And mean. Stupid, mean people.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yes! I totally agree.

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

We had our fuel line flushed back in December and it was done within four hours of dropping it off at the mechanic's. They recommended a locking gas cap, too.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wouldn't take more than 3-4 hours but only if there were no other cars in the shop. When I went this morning, he had 9 cars ahead of me, so I couldn't leave the car.

I'm going to cross my fingers and think good thoughts.

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

That SUCKS. I'm so sorry!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's ALL YOUR FAULT!

(Kidding.)

[kjames.livejournal.com]

jude, i promise you i didn't set this up. i know we had talked about a car-jacking, but never a car-egging.

(i'm really sorry and i hope your car is okay)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dang it, Karen, HOW DARE YOU??!?!

So far the car is 100% fine. If not, I'm SO sending you the bill! :)

[kjames.livejournal.com]

i know i know...i just couldn't arrange for someone to do a car-jacking. everyone i talked to just kept saying ridiculous things like "it's too risky" and "what if i get caught/killed/beaten?" ch.

people these days have no sense of adventure.



i won't pay it. you can't make me. :D

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Don't make me fly out there and steal your wallet! =P

p.s. We'll be in Cbus in October. Come carjack our rental.

[kjames.livejournal.com]

but if you do? maybe i'll get another one.
then again maybe i won't and then i'd just be sad. so don't. :D

wooo! i'm there, baby! just make sure it's a good rental, mmmkay?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'll get a spiff rental just for you if you promise to come carjack me! (And go out for ice cream.)

[kjames.livejournal.com]

if there is ice cream to be eaten, i will be there to eat it.

i won't promise a car-jacking, however. you'll just have to wait and see. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Awwh, but mommy, I don't want to wait and see!!