For those who do not know, Murphy's Law basically means that "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." Welp, the past 2 weeks have been abiding by Murphy's Law.
Last Monday I received a phone call from the people I was supposed to stay with in Chicago for my Northwestern rotation telling me that I could no longer stay with them. Um, EXCUSE ME!??! It was 2 weeks away from me being in Chicago! So at that point I took to Facebook asking my friends to help me find somewhere to live... other than under a bridge in a cardboard box. Luckily on of my sister's has a friend living there who is going to let me stay in Wrigleyville for 2 weeks. Which by the way leaves me still homeless for the other 3 weeks but I'll deal with that when I'm in Chicago.
I spent the weekend in Gulfport with some fantastic Drake Alums. After enjoying a wonderful day at the beach and going out, I spent the night on their couch. Which I was awoken in the morning by their roommate's pitbull jumping on me. Sunday we got brunch at Stella's which is AMAZING. The day was even better after drinking my mimosa and getting a little bit of the "hair of the dog that bit me" ;). All day long Rachel and I lounged around their house and ate a ton of food. In the evening we decided to go see the Snow White movie. I decided to drive so that my car would be in St. Petersburg which is closer to Tampa than Gulfport. When Rachel and I got to the parking garage I put it in park and tried to turn my key. Oh well, JK because my key WOULD NOT TURN. My car was stuck in the on position. Fantastic. The rest of our group came over to my car and tried to help find a way to turn off my car. We tried jiggling the wires and the steering wheel. We had about 3 people searching on their phones to see if there was something on the internet to help us. Finally someone figured out that we could pull a fuse out of the fuse box under the hood to turn off my car. The problem was that in order to unplug my battery, we needed a special tool. Unfortunately we were messing with my car for 40 minutes so we missed Snow White. I was scared that if I left my car with the battery still hooked up that it would be dead by the time a movie was over. So I left and drove back to Tampa while the group went to Prometheus. Back in Tampa I pulled out the fuse to turn off my engine. A USF security officer came over and tried to help me unplug my battery but once again we did not have the correct tool to unplug it. So I said, "Whatever, I just hope that my car starts in the morning." Annnnndddd I went into my apartment and drank a large class of wine.
Monday Morning I woke up and showered. I got to my car and tried to press the clicker to unlock my car, but it wouldn't. So I walked back to my apartment and started searching for my spare keys. Of course I couldn't find it for about 15 minutes. FINALLY I found my spare key and went back to my car. At my car I manually unlocked my door, popped the hood, and put the fuse back. Once the fuse was back in, I sat down and tried to start it. SURPRISE, it wouldn't start. So Sunday it wouldn't turn off, and Monday it wouldn't turn ON. At this point, I called American Family and asked them for a preferred tow service. Luckily, we added towing on my car two weeks ago because I thought it was acting funny. I sat down inside the lobby of my building to wait for the tow truck. 45 minutes later, the tow truck showed up. At first I was planning on going to Sears because I do not know Tampa that well, but the truck driver suggested we look for a Saturn dealer. Luckily, there was a Cadillac dealer that is certified to service Saturns. $88 later, I dropped my car off there and they drove me to the hospital. After work the dealership picked me up and took me to the dealership. They were STILL not done working on my car. So I sat at a computer reading about treating sepsis. Yup, I'm that nerdy. One of the staff came up to me and said my car was almost done, so I should pay... $450. They had to replace my "cylindar and house." Basically the part you put your key had to be replaced and the part that it goes into. After paying I went and sat outside to wait for my car. Thirty minutes later I went inside and drank some water. Fifteen minutes later my car was FINALLY ready. When the guy got out of my car, I asked him if there was anything I needed to do or if I could leave. He gave me a wide eyed look and said "I'll be right back" and ran inside. After a couple minutes I walked inside and asked one of the staff if I could go... which I could.
Tuesday morning I got to the hospital and went to my seat... only to find my computer gone. The computer which my final presentation was on... AHHHH. I asked the secretary if she knew where my computer was because my presentation, which I had been working on for about three weeks was on. She had no idea, but asked the IT guy to find out if he could find my presentation. Around noon he finally was able to find my documents. So at least I now have my presentation, which I have on a flash drive and I emailed to myself.
I gave money to a homeless man last week, shouldn't I have good Karma!??! Hopefully my luck turns around! Hopefully you all found my misfortunes amusing.
xoxo
Caitlin
