The Whining about my car...

I am going to enter a "Be On The Show"  topic on the Ellen the Generous Show!   She asks if you, or someone else is in need of a new car.....and I have nominated myself.  I don't mean to be greedy -- there are so many others who need one....but I REALLY do need one for my work in the arts and a teacher!  I've done the city bus thing several times while an art teacher at an elementary school with my previous car and all its issues. BTW:  I retired that 1991 Honda about a year ago. 
 For a brief moment I had two junky cars....now I have just one. :-)

So - here I am, sitting at work 2 hours after I should have left because I'm waiting for a ride - for the umpteenth time in the past 90 days.  This is after I spent a month car-less because I had to save up the money from two 15th of the month paychecks to pay for my car to be towed, the diagnostics,to put in a new alternator and main fuse.  That was to the tune of $751.85.  

Woo-hoo - I could drive again -- for about a week.  Then we had frigid cold weather here in Milwaukee - and my battery just couldn't take it any more from all the times it had been jumped before it totally wouldn't hold a charge any more.   So - I had to wait for another payday to purchase a new battery.  Been driving around now since January 3rd.  It is now January 10th.  One week.   Today I left my headlights on, accidentally. (I forgot to have them replace the fuse for the Lights on Warning Ding.)    Stone cold dead.  Not a glimmer of dashboard light - nothin.

In the meantime.....enjoy the pictures of me in my car....as silly as they are.  You see....I was really requesting help with a new car because my drivers door hinge is rusted from the door frame.....and can't be opened.(well...for an emergency like if I were to get in an accident...but it should not be opened, because it hangs about six inches lower than the door frame....it literally drops.  So -- since September of 2009....yes.... Sept of 2009...I have been crawling in and out of my little stick shift Mitzubishi Mirage and rolling over the center and landing in the drivers seat - a minimum of 4 times per ride.  (To get in, and to get out, and to get in and get out when I get back home....when I go to the grocer, pharmacy, whereever...that's additional crawling and rolling.  Yup -- I am flexible...but it has taken a toll on my knees. Don't get me wrong -- I am grateful to have wheels....but it is really taking its toll on me. (and sometimes its just embarassing!)

So -- It is my deep wish & desire that she will grant me the opportunity to receive a new car from her.   If anyone knows her personally and wants to put in a good word for me - please do!

I hope you had a good chuckle at this last part.  It is quite a sight to see.  I wish I could have put a video together......all I could do was take pictures as I crawled in.....and of the exterior of the car to show the door etc -) (and...a little blip about a key being broken off in the trunk lock, and the broken window from a break in. They didn't get my radio -- and they left my CD's behind.  What? Whats the matter with Joss Stone, Sara Brightman and Sublime  ????? 

I really do have a wonderful, creative life too.  I guess thats what gets me through all the other stuff.

What about you?  How does your creativity get you through?