Oh my word… what an afternoon!!!
Well I was in college this afternoon and took my uniform so I could get changed in the toilets and go straight to work. I left college a little early as I finished my exam a little early, and this plank parked RIGHT behind my car so I couldn’t reverse onto the gravel, I had no choice but to go across the grass.
Only went a few feet and I felt a dip and I thought “Oh no” (well, words to that effect…) and I was totally and utterly stuck. I started off in 2nd gear, nothing. I thought I’d try once more and nothing happened, sat there for a few seconds then I thought 10 thousand birds flew over my car, the entire car was PLASTERED in mud.
I step out of the car into mud, bearing in mind I was wearing slip on shoes and black socks… my shoes turned into boats. There was this guy parked not far away and I shouted and asked if he would mind giving me a hand as I had work in 30 minutes and he said, “No you’re alright love”…. thanks!! So then I had no choice but to abandon the car and go back to the college reception and ask for her help.
On the phone, she called tutor after tutor (all male, of course!!), and most of them were still teaching except this one guy who said, “I have towed 20 students out of the mud today and I’m not doing anymore, it’s not my problem”… thanks to you too!!
Anyway she got hold of this guy and he and one of his students met me at my car. As soon as he got the tow ropes out the doors of college totally opened and everyone was pouring out, and it felt like my car was involved in a circus preformance! “Oh man, look at that car *sniggers*, totally stuck there”…
Anyway my car got towed out to a “hurray!” from the audience and I drove off to meet another carer who I was going to peoples houses with (I do home care). I had to take my socks off and rinse them outside the car, and she gave me some wet wipes to go over my shoes and trousers… “you can’t go in peoples homes like that….” …. I had no intention of doing so!!!
I was 30 minutes late for my first call, which of course then meant I was 30 minutes late for every call I had this evening.
To top it all I bought a sandwich from the college cafe and I didn’t have time to eat it. I got out of my newly coloured brown car after a draining shift and I dropped the sandwich on the floor. Excellent!
Haha Time for bed I think!!