July 14th 2021
For the first time since I’d bought my house, I ended up needing to walk to work. It’s not that I mind getting the extra exercise, and Riley certainly enjoys the several miles it takes to get there; I just wasn’t expecting to have to do it.
My car had been making a noise for about a week. Last night, Craig promised that he would come over so he could look at it and fix it for me. He always said he was so good with cars, I figured it would be cheaper letting him do it than to take it to my regular mechanic.
It ended up being a lot more extensive than I originally thought it would be.
Craig left my car up on blocks, the two front tires removed, and then came inside saying that he had to order the part to fix it and wasn’t sure when it would be in.
I asked him if he could put my car back together since it had been driving fine, even with the noise.
He laughed. It was such an unusual sound, not born from amusement, but from a viciousness that seemed like it was lying in wait for me to ask. Told me to find another ride because he was tired and wanted to go home to shower; he was done fooling with my car for the night.
I’d get a ride home from Michelle, but I needed the walk this morning to help clear my head. Using it as a means to try to make the pieces of what happened last night fit together. From one extreme to another, I just can’t see where I went wrong in being punished and left with no car.