I Had a Bad Day

Do you ever have one of those days where you end up regretting your choice to even get out of bed in the morning? Well, that was me yesterday. It started out with getting up and finding a spider in the shower, which is not really a big deal, but it was apparently a sign of things to come. When I got to work, I was locked outside and ended up having to clock in ten minutes late even though it was the manager's fault I wasn't on time.

This spider was in the sink a couple weeks ago, but it was the same kind in the shower

The morning at work didn't go very well, but it was over quickly enough. As I was driving home, my car started to feel weird (so descriptive, I know). The steering all of the sudden felt odd, but I was close to home so I just drove the rest of the way home. When I got there, I realized I had a completely flat tire. My spare tire is a regular tire, but since it's almost November I opted to just put my snow tires on anyway.

Of course, changing my tires didn't go smoothly at all. I change my tires myself because it's not that hard. My dad insisted that all of his kids should know how to change their own tires before they got their driver's licenses. That way if any of us had a flat tire, we didn't have to sit around helplessly waiting for someone else to fix it for us. Anyway, the wheels on the snow tires I have require a puzzle lock for the lug nuts (which means someone can't just take a lug wrench and loosen the nuts) and those were giving me trouble.

The second wheel that I changed was stuck in place and my dad had to come outside and kick it loose for me, which I've never had happen before. After I moved to the other side of the car, the ominous clouds finally let loose with some light rain and sleet, just what I wanted. The last step was to take my summer wheels/tires to the shed for storage over winter. I'll need new tires next summer anyway, so I didn't bother with trying to fix the flat.

See the exposed steel belt on the bottom of that top tire? So lucky it didn't blow out on me.

My dad stores tires/wheels for everyone in the family because he has two decently sized sheds for storage. So my wheels had to be stacked on top of my brother's summer tires and as I was stacking the second to last of my own wheels (about 5 and half feet off the floor at this point), the wheel slipped and whacked me really hard upside the head. At this point, I'd had enough and I just started crying. Plus, it really did hurt, the side of my head is still in pain today.

Once all the wheels were safely stacked up, I decided to call it a day. It was only about 3PM, but when you've had enough, you've had enough. How many car wheels have to hit you in the head before you give up, anyway? I came into the house, changed into my pajamas and laid down on the bed with a book. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, except for a malfunctioning cable remote when I tried to sit and watch TV for a little while.

At bed time, I decided to ice the side of my head because it was throbbing. Of course, this was the wrong thing to do because when I finished up with the ice, my head hurt even more. I think the sore spot was just so sensitive that pressing hard ice up against it made it worse. I took some ibuprofen and went to sleep.

I guess my flat tire wasn't such a bad thing in the end because it did just go gradually flat when it could have completely blown out. I don't even want to think about what could've happened had that tire blown out going 75MPH on the freeway (which is the speed limit on my way to work). I do also have 6 months notice to start saving up money for new tires next summer. Still, I'm hoping that today goes a lot better because when I have bad days, it just tends to pile on.