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December 05, 2004
hitch
This was a fun, but ultimately stressful, weekend.Susan came to visit. We watched several movies, hosted a dinner party, played photo touch at a bar, pinochled, caught up on old times and skied. Ben, Rian and Ryan joined us for various entertainments. We should have called Casey and Aaron too, but somehow life got ahead of us.Disaster struck Sunday night. After pulling over to remove the chains from my tires on the way back from skiing, I found my engine unwilling to start. Twenty or thirty minutes of sitting in a cold dark car later, the engine woke up and we made it back to Portland without a hitch. We even made it to made it to dinner without a hitch.Then we headed to Susan's downtown Portland hotel. Hitch. Hitch. Hitch.Hitch one: The hotel wasn't where mapquest said it would be.Hitch two: Circling downtown, the car died again.Hitch three: After rebirth, the car died AGAIN before I could even get home.Ben proved to be the hero of the evening. He rescued us from the broken down car, took Susan to the hotel, came up with a stop-gap measure to get my car driving again, escorted me to the dealership, drove me home, introduced me to black Russians, and showed me some very silly dances.So it looks like I'll be in a rental for a few more days. Whatever bill accompanies this next round of repairs will surely not be celebrated with a splurge at the grocery store. I'm trying to stay upbeat. This was an fun weekend with a good friend, followed by a nice night with a nice guy. Not so bad, really.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at December 5, 2004 11:59 PM