Plain Dumb Luck

I have had one crazy week. Between appointments, meetings and my CAR not starting on Wednesday, I consider this to be pretty amazing considering.

So yes, my car decided that it didn't want to start Wednesday morning. The key physically would not turn in the ignition. Called AAA Emergency Roadside. Said it might be the starter. Said I might need a new one. Fantastic. Was able to get it started but instead of going to work, I drove it straight to Nissan. Coincidentally, I also needed my 60K check up. So I guess this was my car's way of saying "get off your ass and take me in."

Rented a car because I needed to go to work and didn't want to sit around for 5 hours. Got a Nissan Maxima... which was huge. But kind of cool. Push button start. Fast car. :) Maybe a little Bat-mobile-ish. But it was either that or a Kia Spectra. (BARF!)

Into work I go. Get a call 4 hours later. Service desk says they want to recode all my keys because the key that has been working for the past 3 years suddenly doesn't want to work anymore. Fantastic. Especially since all my keys are in different places and if they aren't coded together, they won't all work. So off to Rancho to grab M's key for my car, then back to Enterprise to return the really expensive rental, then back to Nissan for another 45 minutes. (At least there was free wi-fi, snacks, and Scrubs on TV in the lounge.) Get car back. Jet back to work for the last 30 minutes of my shift. (And office birthday cake. Score!)

Leave work - realize that I'm leaving work a little later than I should on a Wednesday because I need time to dress out for dance. Accidents on the freeway galore! I don't get home and settled until I'm supposed to leave for my class, ready to go. My justification for not going: by the time I'd make it there, I'd be 15 minutes late and be counted as absent anyway. What's the point? So hmm... that leaves my evening open.

What do I do? Attempt the Argentine Tango! (Attempt is the key word. With one class, I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.) But yeah! I get to go West Coast Swing. Kind of glad I did that. Ballroom makes me happy. I was not in the mood for jazz hands after today.

Friday rolls around and I get a message from my dance professor:

Dance Students -

Unfortunately I had to cancel class this past Wednesday last minute; I rarely miss class, and when I do I try and find a guest teacher to substitute. I want to remind everyone that despite the holiday we will have class this Monday, February 9th. ARC observes the holidays on February 13 and 16. Have a good weekend.

Tight! I lucked out with that one.