You’re going to drive me to drinking, if you don’t stop driving that hot rod Lincoln!

While I love pretending my emergency fund is an excuse to take a vacation, today I played “big girl” and took my car in to be serviced. After my last experience with the rental car in Germany, I was none-to-plussed to find I would be borrowing another auto today. While the service department is picking up the cost, of course, I had to purchase the damage insurance and gasoline, which set me back another $45 into the grand project, approximating to around $800. Seriously, people, they rented me a Lincoln Town Car. They first offered a Ford F-150 — I almost think that would have been more fun to drive in heels. Luckily, I only have a 30-mile round trip to the office. The car doesn’t fit in normal parking spots — wtf?

I am up Shit Creek in a boat with no paddles. And that metaphor has about a hundred-and-one uses today.

I would have rather blown all that car oil/filter/tire money on a visit to see my buddy in Greece… sucks.

But see, look? I can cross one big expense of my list. Then just start again, building the emergency fund.

Esteban, being chauffeured in the back of a Town Car bounces to: “Sober Driver” by Dengue Fever, “Race Car Driver” by Girl in a Coma, “No Cars Go” by Arcade Fire and “500 Miles” by The Proclaimers. (And you can thank me tomorrow when you have this song in your head for the remainder of the day).

Thinking: So you have failed? You cannot fail. You have not failed; you have gained experience. Forward! — St. Josemaria Escriva

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