You ever have one of those days???

Today sets an all-time record for suckedness!!!!

Let me explain.......

I woke up a bit early after tossing and turning with a million things on my mind. I just couldnt get to sleep. So I finally roll out of bed at 4:30a.m., go thru the daily routines and I'm out the door around 10 til 5 or so.

Well it's a bit of a haul but I have about an hours drive to work everyday. It's boring, but hey, I can listen to some sports radio !!

Well, I stop to fill the tank of my gas guzzling SUV and fill the tires. Their a bit low and I REALLY need to change all of them.

I fill the last one that is pretty low and figure its got a slow leak somewhere. It's the right rear tire. Well, I get about 40 miles from home and I'm noticing that the front is pulling to the right pretty bad. SO I over compensate and figure I'm just gonna have to drop the cash and get the 500$ set of tires all around. Just as I'm contemplating it, BAM!!!! The front left drops to the ground and its a smoldering rubber mess flying down the express lanes of Cleveland's east side!!!!

Well, to understand the rest of the story, you need to understand what type of a kid I was growing up. THE KID THAT HATED DADS SATURDAY MORING, EARLY AM , COME OUT AND HELP ME WORK ON THE CAR DAYS! I would constantly stand there kicking the ground griping about having to be outside working on a car when I wasn't even old enough to drive. I WAS 13 YEARS OLD!!!! I wanted nothing to do with the process. Luckily my younger brother paid attention and is usually able to help out!

So anyways, back to the story.....

I get the jack out and start working on getting the front tire off. Well, I get the tire off, go to put the spare on and low and behold, the car is too low for this task!! I try to get this garbage piece of crap, telescoping jack to lift it higher. No luck!

I get this nice lady to stop after waiting for 2 hours FOR ANYONE TO STOP!!!! That was the crazy part of it all. This is the busiest time of the morning on this stretch of highway and not one person is willing to stop. I had 3 city trucks go by and never stop. FINALLY, I get this nice lady who stops, lends her jack and after 20 mins of fidgeting with hers I get the tire on, bolt it on and Im ready to roll. T -2hours I have now lost. She gets the good cemaritian award and a crisp 20$ bill for her troubles.

I begin to pull away and "Vos is los?" The wheel is grinding and jerking. Oooo, great!!!!

I get the car stopped. And figure I better make the trek. I had to walk a few miles to the nearest gas station and had a few guys who were great and tried to get me a tow over to their shop. Well their guy was in Detroit and had to call another tow company. Company A.) 40$, Company B.)85$!!! Chaaaa-ching!!!!

Mind you this jack off has to haul me down a ramp, make a left, go under the bridge, and drop the car off at the gas station on the right. You know, THE ONE I CAN SEE RIGHT FROM WHERE I'M FRICKIN BROKE DOWN!!!!!!

So this tool shows up to haul me away, and whatdoyaknow!!!!! I had the tire on backwards!!! Don't mind the fact that it was freezing cold outside, dark as hell, and I have this lady pacing along a highway with cars rolling by at around a pace of 75 miles an hour.

Grand total for my tire change? A days lost wages, and 98$ to the garage for the tow and to put my tire on the right way!

Go ahead, lay it on me, I'm a reject that is lucky enough to know how to change my oil!!!

So the damage is not done yet. I now have to buy a new caliper, tie rod, and new bushings for the wheel.......

Boy, this is gonna be an expensive week, I can see it now!