Better than expected

I knew it was supposed to rain today but I didn't know that I was going to have get up at 6:30 in the morning to moderately hard poring rain. But that's how my day kicked off.

I took my car in this morning to get the check that I wanted on Saturday and the rain was not helping the situation since being without a car only means one thing--walking. Yes, I know busses exist but in Mission Valley, where the Chrysler dealership is, I don't know the bus routes go to and where the bus stops are. The bus stops I have seen don't even have any overheads for rainy situations so it would make more sense for me to walk to the trolley in the rain than to wait for a bus where I don't even know where it's going and don't know when it's coming.

Thankfully, they had a shuttle I could use to get to work--free. Their customer service was surprisingly good and although it wasn't the cheapest bill, I'm glad to get the kinks out of my car before something ridiculous happens to it.

On my way to work in the shuttle, I met a man who was a twenty-five year, now retired, library aid who has a family of Shelton's. The driver had a niece who got accepted to San Diego State, was number one in her class and also got accepted to Stanford. Both people were good guys and the small talk made my morning ride to work more enjoyable.

In other news, my awesome girlfriend finally finishes another quarter of school and hopefully I get to see her tonight even if it's just briefly. I'm really excited about it.

Lakers Win and Car Trouble

Kobe had one of the greatest game winning shots in history last night. Two guys on you and you can still pull it from a little under 3 feet behind the ARC, just amazing.


Before all the riotous celebration however, my car started acting up on the road. The gauges on my car began shutting off in quick succession. They would shut for about a half a second and sometimes it would shut off over and over again quickly. To add to the madness, I was on the road when this was happening and my car began sputtering and almost shut off a few times. By the grace of God, the only time my car every completely shut off was when I was warming it up in the parking lot this morning.

Some months ago, this was happening to me but it wasn't to this degree at all. It usually happened when my car was really cold though and once it got warmed up, it was fine for the most part.

I took it in to the dealership today and they said they don't have electricians working on Saturday so I'd have to bring it in Monday. That's a bit of a pain since the bus routes are pretty lengthy to campus, I think. I actually haven't checked so I shouldn't even wonder but from the dealership to campus by bus, it isn't short. I'm probably going to need to take the trolley. Monday will be a long day for me. Perhaps I just go see my girl on her break if I can.