...check the small things first...

so, you know i have this "new" car

and i'm loving it, truly

i've known for about a month that i need a new hose for the turbo

which the guy who sold me the car is working with me to replace

and while that means that the "malfunction" light is on

no biggie

(although i'll need to replace it by winter at least)

so the other day i noticed a couple of times when i would climb a hill the car would seem to struggle

which i thought was probably a side effect of no turbo

and when a warning light came on a couple of times

i looked it up

it was the "anti-slip regulatory" light

the light that warns you that the anti-slip system has somehow been turned off or compromised

it said it could be related to the engine, braking system, or tires

since i knew there was an engine problem

(the turbo)

i just assumed it was related

thursday the car was acting REALLY funny

like the light came on and stayed on

i could barely make it up ANY hill

and on my way down it would skid -- like it was acting like it was on ice

i was terrified

ter*ri*fied

and of course called the guy who sold it to me

panicking

and asking him to PLEASE bump up the time of repairing this

because

surely it was related

ahem

i was on the way to a babysitting job thursday evening

driving like a grandma

partly out of fright

mostly out of necessity (it wouldn't go very fast)

when a car pulled up next to me at a light, beeped

and the person inside began gesturing wildly

and mouthed the words

"your tire is flat!"

um.

that could definitely be the problem

and sure enough

i stopped at the next gas station

it was flat as a pancake

i filled it with air

and have not seen that light again

sigh.

check the small things, lora

check the small things.

(this can obviously be related to many things in life besides car stuff...i'll let you make your own correlations)