YOU get to choose.
Start TODAY.
Yesterday is done. You cannot change what occurred.
I was looking forward to a productive and profitable day, humming on my way to the car with my arms loaded with stuff. I purchased a car a few days ago and still have to scope the street for mine. It's like having a new haircut and surprising yourself in the mirror for a time.
This morning, my car door release wouldn't work. Hm, maybe I'll try to turn the key. It wouldn’t start. No grinding noise even. Damn.
I’d fussed around with the light gadgets last night, thinking I’d finally figured out how to turn OFF the headlights. Hm. Double DAMN.
I then juggled with the index in my manual, to figure out where the hood release could be. It wasn’t anywhere near an obvious spot. Didn't seem to be in the place where the arrow on the diagram pointed to...
The jumper cables, by the way, are in the trunk and that release won’t work without power. Hm.
Turns out, the battery is UNDER the trunk and yet, there is access to the + cable and a grounding ring available for the - clip. I found that in the manual. Go VOLVO!!
I’d just used my AAA card on Saturday but can’t for the life of me locate it…anywhere…not in the car, not in my purse, not under the bed, or in my jeans I wore that day, not in my wallet, nor loose in my purse, nor on any flat surface in the house.
Damsel in distress I’m not…well, not typically.
I flagged down the neighbor as he was pulling out of the driveway. Said he’d come back to help me in ten minutes, after he deposited his girlfriend at her work place. GREAT!
In the meantime, I scrambled to find the hood control thingamajig, prayed he had a set of jumper cables, and located the page in the manual that has an UNDER THE HOOD diagram and waited.
Sucking coffee in the middle of the street, I texted my client to tell him I am running late.
My neighbor dude is a life-saver. I am so grateful for his help. He seemed very amused by my jittery incapabilities and was cool, and calm. He jumped the car in a blink, and told me to "Have a better day."
When I read the owner’s manual (of course, NOT the whole thing, just enough to get me past the lights feature, I discovered, the safety lights are on ALL THE TIME. So, in essence, I turned ON the Fog Lights, which drains the battery!
The new(er) car is ALL SO CONFUSING, I’ll have to
take the time
to read the manual, cover-to-cover, so I know how to open the fuel latch, turn on and off the AC, unlock the back seat windows, adjust the radio volume, plug-in my cell phone charger, and other imperative actions I need to know, while driving the vehicle.
Next week I get a new cell phone! SIGH.
No, actually, I GET A NEW CELL PHONE, and GET TO learn how to use it!!
Yah!
Start over.
NOW