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Tenbatsuzen

12-25-2006, 09:29 AM

I never thought I'd say this... Christmas is the one time of year where I feel really good and all is right with the world. Last night my future in-laws came over, and everything was great there.  I was looking very forward to seeing my side of the family today.   My brother and I have a really good relationship that's come a long way in the past six years, and my nieces and nephew are awesome.  They ADORE Liz, and I love seeing the smiles on their faces, especially with all the cool toys we got them this year.   They live in Central Pennsylvania, so it's about 2 1/2 hours to get out there.  The plan was to see my family, then see Liz's grandmother tonight.  The round trip from here to there to there to here was about six and a half hours total driving.  I had made sure that my truck's oil was changed, and all set to go.  When I woke up this morning and started loading up the truck to go out to PA, I noticed that my tire was looking a little low.  On closer inspection, I saw that I had picked up a decent-sized screw in the tread.I have a full-size spare, but I didn't want to get my clothes dirty changing the tire, and I also didn't want to drive 500 miles on a spare.  I knew that gas stations were open but getting the normal tire repaired was probably out of the question.  So I asked Liz if her car was good to go for the trip, and she said yes.  So we put everything into her car and loaded up again.  Only a half hour late.  No big deal. We got about 5 miles from our house and I noticed the oil pressure light was coming on intermittently.  I pulled into a gas station, and realized there was no oil in the engine.  I knew something was wrong.  We put in a few quarts and we didn't see any leaks, and the SAVAGE at the gas station said, "You're good to go - no problems!"  I saw no leaks and the light wasn't coming on, so I thought we were fine. Of course, we started blowing smoke out of the engine compartment on the PA turnpike. I managed to get the car turned around and limped back home, but there's no reasonable chance to see Liz's grandparents and my family now. I'm a little inconsolable - I mean, it's not like it's IMPOSSIBLE to see my nieces another day this week, but I wanted to see them open their presents on Christmas.This blows.

Lumber

12-25-2006, 09:58 AM

Sorry to here that Ten. Atleast you did'nt get stuck on the road further out in the sticks of Pa. Think positive Bud & try to enjoy the rest of your day.

Ritalin

12-25-2006, 10:09 AM

Ten, it defintely sucks, it's true, but it's one of those things where you'll get to see your family this week, you'll all laugh about the troubles you had today, and within 15 minutes you'll totally forget about how shitty you feel now. Try to look at it that way, and shake it off if you can.  Merry Christmas, buddy!

Sheeplovr

12-25-2006, 10:22 AM

I saw that I had picked up a decent-sized screw in the tread.  i swear i didnt do it

spoon

12-25-2006, 10:38 AM

Not to sound cliche or anything, but you guys (your family included) are all perfectly fine with just some setbacks.  I had some similar shit this holiday and just let it go bc I had no control over it anyway.  I'm just planning to go hit up the fam real soon as we now have a makeup date.  And hell, we'll be a little less stressed this time around and we'll all be there for only one reason, family.  No biggie, just move on and make the best of where you're at.  As Ronnie said, "Act like where you are is the best place to be."  Now that's for the people with you, I'm not suggesting you call you fam and rub it in!  Just joshin of course.  Roll with it and have the best holiday you can.  After all, you are with Liz and Sheepy didn't slash your tires after all!  How bad can things be?  Merry Christmas and happy December 26th too!

angelinad128

12-25-2006, 10:45 AM

That sucks! But at least nothing serious happened and you didn't get stuck in te middle of nowhere.  I'm sure your families will understand and who knows,  maybe you will have a better time just the two of you. 

Tenbatsuzen

12-25-2006, 11:12 AM

Sheeplovr wrote: I saw that I had picked up a decent-sized screw in the tread. i swear i didnt do it  There was a suspicious trail of army men around the scene

Don Stugots

12-25-2006, 01:48 PM

Ten, sorry to hear thatr your Christmas was so crappy.  Like Lumber said, it could have been, being stuck in the middle of PA wouldn't be fun at all.  Chin up budday. 

sr71blackbird

12-25-2006, 05:22 PM

One of the advantages to this holiday is it comes so close to New Years, maybe you guys can make it up then?  Its just a week away..  Sorry for your troubles, but good luck anyway!  

This message was edited by sr71blackbird on 12-25-06 @ 9:23 PM

crb1

12-26-2006, 05:24 AM

To parrot the other posters above:  Limping back home with car troubles is MUCH better than being stuck out in PA with a car that doesn't run at all. I think we've all had a holiday somewhere in our past that has been completely fucked and ruined.  As long as you both made it home safe and nothing else went wrong, it's nothing you should let get to you too much.