Zel-kun’s Words

Well, for a working automobile anyway…

My car, which is a ‘97 Chevy Blazer, has been nothing but trouble. The sad thing is, its the newest car I’ve owned, I paid more for it than any other, and have sunk more money into it than I care to think about. My car is like my own personal demon, intent on eating my wallet and devouring my dignity.

Today, a co-worker and I went to lunch, I drove. The car started right up, and we went to Chipotle. Which, if you don’t know, has some fairly decent food. Not the best, but not bad. We ate, and then got in my car. I turned the key, and nothing happened. The engine wasn’t getting electricity, for whatever reason.

So, of course, now I look like a dumbass. I can’t figure out why the car won’t start, and we need to get back to the office. I got lucky, a guy walked past and asked if I needed help. I asked if I could trouble him for a ride. He obliged, and took us back to the office, where I could figure out what to do next.

His name was Ed. Ed drove a beat up car likely as old as I am with Florida plates. Ed helped out a stranger. Ed had an MST3K decal on his window. Ed is an awesome guy.

Ed, if you’re reading this (not likely, but eh), thanks again. May fortune find you.

I got back to the office and called my stepfather, he came out and we looked at the car. The battery has charge, but a connection isn’t getting to the engine. Either the terminal is bad, or my wiring has a short…

A new battery is $50 or more.

I don’t even want to think about the price of having a mechanic test the electrical system and finding a short.

Well, I’m probably going to try to buy a new battery, that’s the cheap route… and it just might work. I’ll have to do that later on tonight. There was a little good luck among the bad today. Maybe I’ll get lucky again.

Wish me luck.

Zel-kun out.