When You’re… REALLY… Stuck

Wednesday, 17 August 2011 03:32

Last week started off upbeat and busy and full of the kinds of plans that keep me motivated.  Sandwiched in between work was a side trip to look for a sofa.  I stopped by my friend’s office to take her with me. When I was inside, we heard a loud pop from the parking lot.  She and I and her assistant raced to the window to see that the scary noise was MY car…exploding in a cloud of steam or smoke or both … with gunk running out the bottom of it.  Great.

According to my garage, ordinarily it would only take a day…or two…to fix it.  But because of one thing … and another … each day passed with me thinking it would be my last one as car-less.  And so…the whole week dragged on.

Some things I just don’t do well without, like…food, shelter, and wheels.  I grew up on ranch where I started driving a pickup when I was 13.  It wasn’t a privilege as much as it was a part of being able to function and survive.

I guess I could have rented a car last week, but the garage kept promising my car would be ready any minute …and so I waited.  By the end of the week, I had the sour disposition, the headache, and the hopeless-helpless attitude to go with it.  I was just gorgeous.

Okay.  I finally realized it … I guess I needed this.  When people write and tell me how stuck they are in their dating, or their relationship, or even their job, my reaction is—DO something.  But now I’m reminded … we can’t always make it happen as fast as we’d like to.

I was thinking that this year, I needed to get a new horse.  Now I’m starting to change my mind.  I need a new car.  Sometimes, maybe it’s actually better to put the cart before the horse.