So.
My job is great, I have a ton of flexability and work from home pretty much as much as I want, even though we have an office in the Big City. I took full advantage of this benny during the Christmas - New Year's week and, coupled with the fact that I park my car outside and my wife's is in the garage (my side of the garage looks like a divorced-dad storage-cube exploded), annnd, we had a fairly decent snow storm from which I didn't bother to dig the car out of for three days -- well (and, I dare you to diagram that sentence!) -- well, anywho, when I finally dug the car our sufficiently to go somewhere New Year's Eve (aided greatly by the four plus days of above-forty degree temps), the car wouldn't start.
Yup, I had killed the battery, leaving her sitting out in the cold for a week without moving it. Oh, by the way, I've got this funky problem with the ignition where I have to pull the key out midway between ACC and OFF or it gets stuck, which I'm sure provides some sort of drain on the battery.
Well, went out this afternoon to push the car into position for jumping. I needed The Boy (now a charming man-boy of 12) to steer as I pushed to get Earl (that's the car's name: Earl Grey. It's gray. Hey, I didn't pick the name).
So before I let the boy get in I gave the ignition a twist, just to make sure.
And don'tcha know: damn thing started. And I just started laughing. When I tried to start it up New Year's Eve, I was still digging it out so I just poked my body in the door and turned the key. The car didn't turn over because I have one of those idiot-proof standards that won't start unless you depress the clutch.
Duh.
In four days of not driving I had forgotten how to start my car... That's just sad.
So that's Working From Home Lesson #268: If you don't go out perodically you will forget how to drive.
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Oh, yes, and by the way: this post means I'm blogging again. It's just time, I've been off long enough, and we're going to have a hell of a playoff run to document!
See you soon. (all 2 of you...)
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"See you soon. (all 2 of you...) "
what? there's somebody else??
earl grey? excellent. my last car (finally sent off to charity last summer) was named "al", partially because he was green.
as alf would say, "ha! i kill me!"
:~)
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