Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Day 172: My Car Fell Apart (Happy Halloween)

Picture this.  I leave work.  I get in my car, a 1996 Honda Accord, I turn the key and nothing happens.   So I try again.  Nothing.  Again, and again, and again.  Nothing happens.  Finally all the lights on my dash come on and my driver side window falls.  That’s right it’s a powered window and with the car not even on the window falls.  It’s now half open.

After a few more tries the car finally starts. When I try to roll up the window all I get is a buzz clicking and the window is not moving.  I believe I get the message, with 260,000 + miles on the road the car is as tired as I felt earlier in the week.  Now, in addition to all the other things wrong with it, the window won’t work and it’s a guessing game as to whether it will start regularly or not. 

After I got home Kelly and I check out several cars and made a decision in literally less than an hour as to what our next car would be.  That is how we do it.  I had made an appointment for a local dealership and then changed and was out the door for my run. 

I had gotten a really good night’s sleep and felt really well.  Usually the day after a hard run I feel tired, but not today.  I killed the first mile in under 12 minutes and I kept going.  It’s Halloween and I know I am going to eat some candy so I need to run off those calories.

Daily Recap:
Matt: My car fell apart, I found another car that I would like to buy, I had a good jog, and I ate some candy.  That is a good day. 

Kelly:  1 hour with her personal trainer

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