Don't worry. . .Betsy's my car!
Did everyone have a good weekend? For the first time in what feels like awhile, I had a rather calm weekend. I watched lots of movies and read an entire novel, it was glorious.
Mid-afternoon on Saturday, however, the giant joke that is my life reared her ugly little head.
I decided that I was hungry but wanted something healthy like a giant salad, but didn't have good fixings for it at home. Also, I really had a hankering to watch a scary movie (which is unusual since I don't like scary movies). Obviously, a trip to the store was in order.
Our parking lot is a little cramped, so maneuvering cars is always a little bit tricky. My car was blocked and backing out required driving over a hill thing. Nevertheless, I'm wicked stubborn and decided to just gun it.
. . .and suddenly my car was almost completely sideways with me up on the hill. . .
It was at this point that I realized perhaps my plan had been a little overzealous. I mean, I'm not exactly driving a Ford 350 here. Try a 12 year old Ford Escort. Whoops!
So, I put the car in drive, figuring I'd just move forward, stop being lazy and just move the other cars out of my way.
. . .and then I got stuck. On the hill. Less tipped than before, but with my back passenger tire like a good inch off the ground. Eek!
Since I couldn't get out the driver side because there was a giant, muddy hill blocking my door, I climbed over and squeezed out the passenger side door, ran inside and enlisted the help of some friends to get me unstuck.
We all had a good laugh, documented with some pictures, and figured a quick little push would solve the problem.
Umm. Nope.
In fact, it required finding some wood, wedging it under the tire off the ground and me gunning it to actually get me off the hill.
Here are the crappy pictures that resulted in this escapade. You can't really tell how ridiculous the situation was from this picture and I was already partway unstuck, but it's still a little humorous.
Did everyone have a good weekend? For the first time in what feels like awhile, I had a rather calm weekend. I watched lots of movies and read an entire novel, it was glorious.
Mid-afternoon on Saturday, however, the giant joke that is my life reared her ugly little head.
I decided that I was hungry but wanted something healthy like a giant salad, but didn't have good fixings for it at home. Also, I really had a hankering to watch a scary movie (which is unusual since I don't like scary movies). Obviously, a trip to the store was in order.
Our parking lot is a little cramped, so maneuvering cars is always a little bit tricky. My car was blocked and backing out required driving over a hill thing. Nevertheless, I'm wicked stubborn and decided to just gun it.
. . .and suddenly my car was almost completely sideways with me up on the hill. . .
It was at this point that I realized perhaps my plan had been a little overzealous. I mean, I'm not exactly driving a Ford 350 here. Try a 12 year old Ford Escort. Whoops!
So, I put the car in drive, figuring I'd just move forward, stop being lazy and just move the other cars out of my way.
. . .and then I got stuck. On the hill. Less tipped than before, but with my back passenger tire like a good inch off the ground. Eek!
Since I couldn't get out the driver side because there was a giant, muddy hill blocking my door, I climbed over and squeezed out the passenger side door, ran inside and enlisted the help of some friends to get me unstuck.
We all had a good laugh, documented with some pictures, and figured a quick little push would solve the problem.
Umm. Nope.
In fact, it required finding some wood, wedging it under the tire off the ground and me gunning it to actually get me off the hill.
Here are the crappy pictures that resulted in this escapade. You can't really tell how ridiculous the situation was from this picture and I was already partway unstuck, but it's still a little humorous.
Never a dull moment
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