Gain a boyfriend, Lose a car
Posted 10-11-2009 at 04:45 PM by lilygirl0415
He was on a short deployment to South America for the last 2- 1/2 months. He came home last week and on the way from SA back to Bragg, he and his team Sgt needed to stop in Miami to give a briefing... so I decided very last minute to switch my days off from work, and drive the 4 hours to see him! (we haven't seen eachother since the beginning of July).
I was only supposed to be there for a day since work is really crappy right now and we're only allowed 1 day off...
I get down there on a Tuesday night, we spend the night and most of Wednesday together... then my car breaks down in the middle of the damn road in Miami. I have it towed to a shop and they tell me they can fix it in 2 days... goodie! I'll just have to stay down there w/ DB and "suffer" through the car repair. Let me tell you, we "suffered" several times over the next 2days.
He had to leave on Friday morning to go back to Bragg and I took a cab to the shop to pick up my car and drive home... only, it's bad news when I get there. The repairs they did were not enough to save it... I need a new transmission! --Let me also note here that I drive a '96 Honda Civic and the cost of a new transmission is roughly the worth of the entire vehicle (when it was still in working order!).
Soooo, it's a week later and my car is still in Miami while I am in Orlando using my dad's car (thank you!!!)... the 'rents were nice enough to drive from their house in Palm Beach county down to Miami to pick me up and send me on my way in one of their vehicles. Nothing like being picked up by your parents to send you back a bit on the "perceived maturity meter." I am 29 years old for crap's sake! I have a good job and live on my own... I shouldn't have to be "saved" by my parents anymore!
So anyway, it has been quite the ordeal, but I savored every second with DB!!!!!!!!! I will see him again in about 2 weeks, and I should get my car back next weekend... you know, if all the stars align.
I was only supposed to be there for a day since work is really crappy right now and we're only allowed 1 day off...
I get down there on a Tuesday night, we spend the night and most of Wednesday together... then my car breaks down in the middle of the damn road in Miami. I have it towed to a shop and they tell me they can fix it in 2 days... goodie! I'll just have to stay down there w/ DB and "suffer" through the car repair. Let me tell you, we "suffered" several times over the next 2days.
He had to leave on Friday morning to go back to Bragg and I took a cab to the shop to pick up my car and drive home... only, it's bad news when I get there. The repairs they did were not enough to save it... I need a new transmission! --Let me also note here that I drive a '96 Honda Civic and the cost of a new transmission is roughly the worth of the entire vehicle (when it was still in working order!).
Soooo, it's a week later and my car is still in Miami while I am in Orlando using my dad's car (thank you!!!)... the 'rents were nice enough to drive from their house in Palm Beach county down to Miami to pick me up and send me on my way in one of their vehicles. Nothing like being picked up by your parents to send you back a bit on the "perceived maturity meter." I am 29 years old for crap's sake! I have a good job and live on my own... I shouldn't have to be "saved" by my parents anymore!
So anyway, it has been quite the ordeal, but I savored every second with DB!!!!!!!!! I will see him again in about 2 weeks, and I should get my car back next weekend... you know, if all the stars align.
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