Hi folks.
What a day. I have had some “adventures” and need to share. When I typed my morning message, I had a bit of a sore throat and felt like I was coming down with something.
I went to the orientation and told a co-worker how I felt and she said I should try something called, “Airbourne”. She said it was created by a teacher and if you took it at the first sign of a cold it would help to ward it off.
Of course, I was game to try anything so when she offered to stop off and buy me some on the way back to the office I took her up on it.
Flip ahead to the office. She did indeed buy the Airbourne. I swear I thought she said it was a pill so when I opened the package, I was surprised by the size of the tablet. It’s about the size of a quarter. Now, when someone tells you it’s a pill, would you think you had to put it in a glass of water? So I thought, of course, you put it in your mouth and let it dissolve.
Well, the moment I put it in my mouth it started fizzing like an Alka-Seltzer. It was supposed to do that. Because I should have PUT IT IN A GLASS OF WATER FIRST! So there I am, foaming at the mouth like a mad dog. Everyone is laughing. The guys from ITS section come over and start laughing. I told them they had better stop because I might bite one of them and I hadn’t had my shots! So someone said to call Animal Control.
I thought my boss was going to lose it.
After getting past that humiliation it finely gets to five o’clock and I get to go home.
I climb into Bonnie and attempt to turn the key. Nothing. The key won’t budge. I take the key out and put it back in. Nothing. I do this several times. Nothing. I search all over for a button or something I might have missed before that locked the key out. Nothing.
I’m saying some choice words by now. I call Mom and tell her I might have to walk home and get her key to the SUV because I can’t make it go. I mess with the key some more. Nothing.
I walk home. I’m saying some real choice words with every step. My seven day trial period ended yesterday. I could have returned Bonnie for any reason thru yesterday.
I get home, change out of my work clothes, get Moms key and walk back down in the darkness to try to get the SUV to work saying more choice words with every step.
Nothing. Mom’s key won’t work either. I’m royally ticked at this point. The only thing I can think to do is call AAA and see if they can get the thing to work.
I was about to dial the number when I thought about my boss having a Ford Explorer and decided to give her a call. Luckily, I have her cell phone number in my cell phone book. The battery is dead. On the plus side (and this is why my purse weighs ten tons) I dig out the spare cell phone battery and am able to make my call.
When I tell her the problem, she laughs and tells me to turn the steering wheel. I did and the key worked. It seems there is a “safety” measure that if the wheels are turned to far right or left when you shut the SUV off, it locks the steering column. You have to turn the steering wheel to unlock it.
I spent at least an hour and half on this. I told her that sometimes it pays to have the same kind of vehicle as your boss.
Like I said. What a day. Sigh.
Let me go back and read posts now.
