Wednesday, January 14, 2004
becoming bereft
My beloved Babycar went to Auto Heaven today. She has been sick for a long, long time, and in a coma for a couple of months. Our apartment manager has been hassling me to get her out of the parking lot for quite awhile, as her little blue body has been sitting motionless in the same parking space since her battery died. I have not been able to find anyone who would buy her, so I had to call a DMV-licensed dismantler to come haul her away. He said she would be "junk by sundown." I had said my tearful goodbyes to her before the tow truck arrived, but I cried even harder watching her last journey down the street. She was a good little car, after I spent $10,000 having her rebuilt in 1997. We made lots of memories together. Juli learned to drive in Babycar. SIGH. Well, at least I remembered to remove my "No Music, No Life" sticker and save it. But I am now officially carless.
On a more upbeat note, I FOUND BRET'S SOCIAL SECURITY CARD TODAY!!! It's been missing for months. I thought I remembered putting it "someplace safe," but neither of us has been able to find where that safe place was. While I was working on my computer today, I noticed that my computer desk has a generous coating of dust in the less-accessible areas. I blew a puff of air into those nether regions, and a flutter caught my eye. Puzzled, I reached back there, and felt something under the dust. I knew instantly what it was. Sure enough, I pulled out Bret's long-lost card! Very dusty, but safe indeed. I must have laid it next to my monitor, and it somehow got nudged out of sight. The rapid accumulation of dust helped hide it further. I was absolutely ecstatic! That is Bret's original card, the one item he has held onto the longest. I have felt terrible about misplacing it. It is now safely stashed in an envelope in our file drawer. Honest to God.
On a more upbeat note, I FOUND BRET'S SOCIAL SECURITY CARD TODAY!!! It's been missing for months. I thought I remembered putting it "someplace safe," but neither of us has been able to find where that safe place was. While I was working on my computer today, I noticed that my computer desk has a generous coating of dust in the less-accessible areas. I blew a puff of air into those nether regions, and a flutter caught my eye. Puzzled, I reached back there, and felt something under the dust. I knew instantly what it was. Sure enough, I pulled out Bret's long-lost card! Very dusty, but safe indeed. I must have laid it next to my monitor, and it somehow got nudged out of sight. The rapid accumulation of dust helped hide it further. I was absolutely ecstatic! That is Bret's original card, the one item he has held onto the longest. I have felt terrible about misplacing it. It is now safely stashed in an envelope in our file drawer. Honest to God.
