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redsparkle's believe-it-or-not
Jan. 21st, 2004 04:34 pmso.
( incredibly long prelude )
i had a rather scary but in other ways quite interesting...almost amazing,thing happen to me today. i was driving to work,listening to one of eckhart tolle's tapes.i find i'm calmer driving than when i'm listening to music. at one point,someone signalled to get into my lane,and with no traffic immediately behind me,i was able to let him. he/she rolled down their window and gave a wave of thanks,which i thought was nice since i didn't expect it and it's a cold day to roll down your window! so,that's cool. i'm driving down the four-lane busy road,in the left-hand lane as usual,as i'm not turning off but going straight into the city. i hear this funny sound,and think that my tape deck is not feeling too healthy.i wouldn't have heard it playing loud music,but i could hear it over the spoken words. i turned off my tape deck to verify that,and the noise did not stop. seconds later,it occurred to me i'd better get off the road fast...not an easy thing to do when you're on a trafficky road in the left hand lane. it all happened so fast...i looked to my right and i had time to get into the right lane easily. i then looked further and saw a place to turn in,which i did promptly as i felt my car quickly dying on me. well,the engine anyway. as i docked in the parking lot of a bowling alley,my car flashed it's 'check engine' light and stopped.(the tow truck guy thought it was probably my timing belt,which it probably is,but i can't believe i got so little warning of it 'going'.)
it's really scary to think of that happening some other way. with no lane and then parking lot to turn into. it really sucks that i had to get my car towed,that i have to pay part of the towing because it was more than five miles from the garage i go to,and who knows how much the repair will cost me,and my finances have been very...uh...interesting the last couple of years since my mom got sick and stopped working and couldn't pay half of everything anymore. it sucks that i'm missing work because i'm going on vacation next week,and we are shorthanded and i will probably arrive back to a huge mess because i've got hardly any trained help. it sucks for my bosses and co-workers too.
BUT.it could have happened on one of these bitterly cold nights we've been having. i neglected to charge my cellphone (which i only have for exactly these kinds of emergencies...duh..that'll teach me,maybe.i hate cellphones) so i had to go into the bowling alley and use the payphone.
my car could have died in the left-hand lane,and caused a multiple-car accident. (that's not a good thing,but i ALSO don't have collision insurance,because it's too expensive.i just have liability.)
i can't help thinking that i may very well have inherited my mother's car angels...it's a family joke.when mom stopped driving,i got 'em because of the three sisters who drive (one doesn't because she has epilepsy),i'm the most nervous driver. it's amazing to me how all those spaces were there where/when i needed them ...and if i hadn't have let that driver in front of me,i would have been in a different place when this happened,probably.
yeah,it may just have been incredibly good luck.but it's nice to think that maybe i had some good karma coming to me,and/or i do have guardian angels. who knows for sure?
( incredibly long prelude )
i had a rather scary but in other ways quite interesting...almost amazing,thing happen to me today. i was driving to work,listening to one of eckhart tolle's tapes.i find i'm calmer driving than when i'm listening to music. at one point,someone signalled to get into my lane,and with no traffic immediately behind me,i was able to let him. he/she rolled down their window and gave a wave of thanks,which i thought was nice since i didn't expect it and it's a cold day to roll down your window! so,that's cool. i'm driving down the four-lane busy road,in the left-hand lane as usual,as i'm not turning off but going straight into the city. i hear this funny sound,and think that my tape deck is not feeling too healthy.i wouldn't have heard it playing loud music,but i could hear it over the spoken words. i turned off my tape deck to verify that,and the noise did not stop. seconds later,it occurred to me i'd better get off the road fast...not an easy thing to do when you're on a trafficky road in the left hand lane. it all happened so fast...i looked to my right and i had time to get into the right lane easily. i then looked further and saw a place to turn in,which i did promptly as i felt my car quickly dying on me. well,the engine anyway. as i docked in the parking lot of a bowling alley,my car flashed it's 'check engine' light and stopped.(the tow truck guy thought it was probably my timing belt,which it probably is,but i can't believe i got so little warning of it 'going'.)
it's really scary to think of that happening some other way. with no lane and then parking lot to turn into. it really sucks that i had to get my car towed,that i have to pay part of the towing because it was more than five miles from the garage i go to,and who knows how much the repair will cost me,and my finances have been very...uh...interesting the last couple of years since my mom got sick and stopped working and couldn't pay half of everything anymore. it sucks that i'm missing work because i'm going on vacation next week,and we are shorthanded and i will probably arrive back to a huge mess because i've got hardly any trained help. it sucks for my bosses and co-workers too.
BUT.it could have happened on one of these bitterly cold nights we've been having. i neglected to charge my cellphone (which i only have for exactly these kinds of emergencies...duh..that'll teach me,maybe.i hate cellphones) so i had to go into the bowling alley and use the payphone.
my car could have died in the left-hand lane,and caused a multiple-car accident. (that's not a good thing,but i ALSO don't have collision insurance,because it's too expensive.i just have liability.)
i can't help thinking that i may very well have inherited my mother's car angels...it's a family joke.when mom stopped driving,i got 'em because of the three sisters who drive (one doesn't because she has epilepsy),i'm the most nervous driver. it's amazing to me how all those spaces were there where/when i needed them ...and if i hadn't have let that driver in front of me,i would have been in a different place when this happened,probably.
yeah,it may just have been incredibly good luck.but it's nice to think that maybe i had some good karma coming to me,and/or i do have guardian angels. who knows for sure?