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neveralarch) wrote2013-02-10 10:11 pm
neveralarch) wrote2013-02-10 10:11 pm
the ongoing saga of everything breaking
Early birthday present to me: while on a grocery run today, my car engine turned off about a quarter mile from home and refused to restart (in the middle of a snowstorm, while I was in the far lane of a three-lane highway entrance with no shoulder). I was halfway through talking to AAA when a guy pulled over and offered to tow me - he got me back to my building and we pushed my car into a parking space.
He also put up with my nervous confusion, refused to take any money from me, and drove off with "Be nice to Arab people!" I feel like I should write in to Reader's Digest/similar.
Aaaanyway, I am Not Thrilled. I'll probably have to try and take it into a shop later in the week (I have solid class days tomorrow and Tuesday, can't reschedule or do anything). This past week has been inexplicably and kind of absurdly terrible in terms of not-actually-disastrous-but-still-terrible-happenings, so I'm just hoping next week is better.
Good news, though - the fencing meet went well, I was 9th out of pools, got a bye for the round of 32, then fenced my coach for the 16, won (after being down 11-14 and then making four touches in a row to get 15), then lost in the 8, bah. The guy I fenced was REALLY GREAT, it was just astonishing. My coach was kind of mad (in a kidding way, sabre's not even his weapon), but he signed up for all three weapons and then delayed sabre for about an hour while he was busy WINNING FOIL, so I have no sympathy for him.
Oh, and the guy I lost to managed to actually cut under my mask while we were fencing, nobody has any idea how. No permanent damage, but I got a red scrape along my throat that I'm hoping lasts until tomorrow so I can freak out my friends who I keep telling that fencing is TOTALLY SAFE, you know.
He also put up with my nervous confusion, refused to take any money from me, and drove off with "Be nice to Arab people!" I feel like I should write in to Reader's Digest/similar.
Aaaanyway, I am Not Thrilled. I'll probably have to try and take it into a shop later in the week (I have solid class days tomorrow and Tuesday, can't reschedule or do anything). This past week has been inexplicably and kind of absurdly terrible in terms of not-actually-disastrous-but-still-terrible-happenings, so I'm just hoping next week is better.
Good news, though - the fencing meet went well, I was 9th out of pools, got a bye for the round of 32, then fenced my coach for the 16, won (after being down 11-14 and then making four touches in a row to get 15), then lost in the 8, bah. The guy I fenced was REALLY GREAT, it was just astonishing. My coach was kind of mad (in a kidding way, sabre's not even his weapon), but he signed up for all three weapons and then delayed sabre for about an hour while he was busy WINNING FOIL, so I have no sympathy for him.
Oh, and the guy I lost to managed to actually cut under my mask while we were fencing, nobody has any idea how. No permanent damage, but I got a red scrape along my throat that I'm hoping lasts until tomorrow so I can freak out my friends who I keep telling that fencing is TOTALLY SAFE, you know.