Oh, you know...

So my weekend went okay. Not good. Not horrible. But okay.

Friday after subbing and after Jason got out of work he picked me up to go to Vitale's for beer and pizza. Which sounds really fun, but we were meeting his parents there. It's just wierd to have dinner with a boyfriend's parents. Even after 2 years. His dad did buy the meal, so that was nice of him. Afterwards we came back to my house and took showers so we didn't stink like a smokey bar anymore. Since I quit smoking 2 years and 4 months ago, I really can't stand the smell of smoke on my clothes and in my hair. We watched a movie and just hung out together. That was nice.

Saturday I had plans to drive out to Hastings to Anna's house for dinner with the girls. I was bringing Nana's Apple Cake for the dessert. Anna was making chicken and Dena was bringing cheesy potatahs and Sarah didn't specify what she was bringing. So after having coffee with Jason in the morning and spending some time preparing some things for an upcoming ebay auction, I headed out to Anna's house. Just a little freezing drizzle to drive 40 miles through. No big deal. It wasn't bad. I made it just past Caledonia when my car just decided it was going to stop working. I lost all acceleration power and then it started to stall when I put it into a gear. DAMMIT! I called Jason, who didn't have his phone on him at the time, and left him a message. Which I think he got the gist of it - I only had one bar of service on my phone and that would come and go. In the middle of no where and all... So after sitting for a little while, wondering if somehow I could manage to drive home I remembered... A lightbulb went off over my head... I have roadside assistance on my vehicle! Sweet! I called the number and they sent over a tow truck to tow my truck all the way back to Grand Rapids. I have up to $100.00 towing coverage on the car. I was hoping it would cover the cost of the tow. The tow truck driver said it might be like $20 more than that. I said no problem - lets go! He was chatty on the way back. He's got 3 kids, an ex-wife and a current wife that he's been married to for 18 years, had a house for 15 years, but just bought a house 3 years ago that they remolded, his daughter had her purse stolen at Meijer that day and needed money for the weekend until she could get her money back, his wife runs a cleaning company, and his oldest daughter was raped when she was 16 and had a baby that he took care of while she finished getting her associates degree... etc. etc. Very chatty, but at least it made the time go by fast. Jason met me at my house and we hung out instead of me seeing the girls. It was a bummer, but at least we had chinese take out for dinner and watched a movie together.

Sunday was bowling. My average at the start was a solid 100. Woo Hoo! I bowled a 134, 107, and 109 I think. I think that means my average may go up a point or two. Goody. My highest game ever was 154. I don't think that's going to happen again for a while. Afterwards, Jason took me to Mom's house to pick up her car, which I will be borrowing for the next week. We came back to my apartment and ate leftover chinese and watched Wedding Crashers - funny movie! We took showers, watched tv, and I went to family chat. Family Guy was new again - hooray!

Today the plan is to putt my car up to the garage that's less than a half mile away and have them give me a diagnosis and written estimate. Then I will pick it back up and have Jason try to do the work that needs to be done. He volunteered to do it. Maybe it was my crying that had him volunteering. Now he can be my hero. What a good guy. I have three sub jobs set up for this week. I was going to sub this morning but my back is killing me today. Ouch. I think it's from the bowling. I have a heating pad on it right now. Ahhhhhh.