punished

Effective immediately, I'm indefinitely out of commission: no more car meets. I suffered several incidents back to back over the course of a few days, & I'm officially beyond broke so I can't even effect repairs to get the diva back to normal.

I'm so fucked.

The first one started Thursday when I picked up the diva after getting the window mechanism replaced. Unfortunately, they said they could not guarantee it would hold because the wiring needs replacement as well (remember this). When I got into the car, the first thing I did was to move the seat back (being a little tyke, I have to move the seat back so the guys can work on my car).

IT FAILED.

Eventually made into Oakdale, albeit with a pillow on my back so I can safely reach the pedals - the damned seat motor finally burned out on me. The window was sticking pretty bad, but it was working. Had a great night & was looking forward to the long weekend.

Saturday morning, I'm washing the pollen & sap off. When I have extra time to kill, I make a day of it: I take extra time with getting the excess water off, I clean the windows, the wheels, everything. It's very therapeutic for me, & with the gorgeous weather I was relaxed & happy...

...until the window failed again.

I panicked, but I headed out anyway to Deer Park. My boys were able to help get the window up again, so I was once again able to chill out & have some fun - even had a little "troll & be trolled" moment during dinner. It was damned near perfect.

Coming home much later, something seemed off. Diva was a little loud, & when I got home I heard a noise like a cowbell, but I didn't notice anything due to the dark. Next morning was the mother of rude awakenings:

one of my tailpipes rusted out, leaving the other hanging by one hook because the muffler is pretty heavy. To top it all off, my credit card is now completely maxed out because the insurance payment kicked in over the weekend.

I've never felt so completely helpless & alone like this. I don't know what to do. I'm really at a loss right now.

What on earth have I done to deserve this?