Why
Have you had one of those days when you ask yourself, “Why does this always happen to me?”
Today, I’m asking this over and over.
This morning I got up early because I couldn’t sleep. The rest area that I stayed at was relatively quiet, but I kept thinking about what was going on North of Omaha. The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant was reported to issued a Level 4 Emergency due to the flooding by the Missouri River. People were talking of something similar to the occurrence in Japan could happen at Fort Calhoun. A lot of it seemed like speculation. The area news and the papers seemed not too concern; but I am, because I have family there. Anyway, I was going to go to Omaha to answer the call for volunteers in sand bag effort to protect the city of Omaha from continually rising water levels. I grew up in the Omaha Metro area and with family there, I wanted to do something that may help.
So, as I was about to leave the Grand Island area, I made a brief pit stop for coffee. When I approached my van, I noticed that my rear tire was almost flat. I called AAA and they came out to change the tire for the “donut.” I decided not to chance such a long drive with a minimal tire. I drove to the garage where I get the van serviced…as I drove there my engine light came on…damn! At the garage, they said the original tire was in bad shape to begin with and I should get a new one. I reluctantly agreed. They also checked to see why the check engine light was on…apparently there some kind of emission problem, but not too serious. They did say after they changed out my spare for a new tire, that some was seriously wrong…the tie rod for the front tire was veeeery loose and needs to be fixed ASAP! I said okay, but it would have to wait until next week after I got paid. They said that my tire hopefully won’t fall off in the mean time. Thanx guys, that’s real assuring. All in all, there goes a whole bunch of money. Damn! Well, I look at it this way. It’s “home improvement.”
So, I ask again, “Why are all these things happening to me and all at the same time?”
Many times I think I just want to give up. I’m drained and hardly have any energy to do those things I love to do…just making entries to my blog is tremendously disheartening.
So it goes…. Thank you Kurt Vonnegut for that saying, I’ve been using it many times lately.
Practically flat rear tire. At least, flat enough to be dangerous.
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