Lesson Learned: Goblin Can't Swim

Those who know me well, know that I am one who is always getting caught in some sort of mess. How do I manage to do this, I have no idea? I have always thought of it as being my way of learning life's little lessons....the hard way of course and pulling them off with grace (most of the time).




So with that said......



Lesson # 546



"Goblin Can't Swim"



This past Thursday I was driving to Kristen and Mikey's house to get some Ava giggles and stay the night before heading to Austin for my annual ACL adventures. I had finally told myself that even though my weekend ACL plans were not perfectly planned out that I would still have fun and I needed to take a chill pill and just go have fun! Something in my gut had been telling me something was wrong the whole day but I put that aside and got in Goblin with Deshka and all of my packed bags and headed to the Seamans' house. This would be a good time to explain who exactly Goblin is. Goblin, formerly the Red Goblin, named by my mechanic in San Antonio, is my lovely (in the inside), stubborn, and most of the time reliable car. :) She (and yes I talk about her as if she is a person) has been with me longer than most of my cars and I have grown to love her and will actually get very defensive when people make fun of her. Needless to say, Goblin and I are always getting into trouble. If you have been around us recently you can remember we just got a new booty put on after a minor fender bender, went to great lengths to pass inspection and at the end got a sympathy passing since our blinker is still hanging off the car, and have recently developed a hiccup while changing gears. So back to the story....



I was driving to Carrolton when all of the sudden I see this huge black cloud, which I am now driving straight into. I'm talking Independence Day, big black cloud!! So of course it starts raining and wind starts wiping around like there is a tornado or something so I take it easy driving on the access road until it lightens up. Instead of letting up, it gets worse, so I decided it would be a good idea to pull over. Now since I was going to ACL, I had tons of snacks packed so I grabbed some cheesy crackers and waited out the rain. Once it was safe enough to drive again, I jumped back on to the access road and was on my way. Well, once I was back on the road it started going in a different direction than the highway so I decided I want to get on the highway instead. I made my way back to the highway and was approaching the turn around under the overpass to get myself on the highway when I hit 2 feet of water!!! My first instinct was to stop putting my foot of the gas but once my car started getting sucked down further in the water I slammed on the gas and was able to get out. Goblin was sputtering and wouldn't brake right away so I knew I had done it this time. Does everyone remember Rescue 911?? All I could think of was, I was going to be the person on Rescue 911 that is sitting on top of their car with their little white dog, eating Cheez Its while water is rushing all around them.

Luckily, I was able to get Gobs to a Taco Bell where she spent the night to dry off. I was hoping cars were similar to cell phones that have been dropped in water in that, if you let me dry they might just work again.....

Hooray, Gobs is still alive!!! But now sounds a bit like a remote control car when she reaches 40 mph. I think this will subtract some months off of her life but for now I'm glad to still have her around and, not to mention, a way to get to work. No Dart for me, thank you!



So learn from my lesson, when it is raining cats and dogs stay away from underpasses!!!



Monica, I hope you enjoyed the ACL tickets!! I still don't want to hear any stories for about a month and if a flu breakout happens among those at acl, I will be the first to say "I'm glad I wasn't there"!


On a brighter note, I got to spend most of the weekend with my sis, bro in law, and precious niece!! Thank you Kristen, Mikey, Ava and Macy for coming to my rescue this weekend!! Love you!







Till next time, this has been your daily spill by spalli :)