If you break down...

"Red lights are flashing on the highway
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight
Everywhere the waters getting rough
Your best intentions may not be enough
I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight

But if you break down
I'll drive out and find you
If you forget my love
I'll try to remind you
And stay by you when it don't come easy"
-Patty Griffin

This song doesn't really fit what I'm about to say either...but it was the only song I could think of related to car trouble...even though I'm pretty sure it's more metaphorical in the song...and I couldn't think of a song related to my stubborness either.

So for the last...I don't know...really long time my car has had this "quirk". I have had trouble getting it out of park. You know how you have to break to change gears, well, in my car it sometimes took a few tries to get the break and gear shift to agree and change, but I had the hang of it, it just took a special little kick to get it to work. It was something I knew I needed to get fixed, but honestly as long as I could get it to work...it wasn't a urgent need...and money had elsewhere to go. You see I was convinced that this problem would cost hundreds of dollars to fix...I mean it was something about the breaks and gears that just sounds complicated.

So today, actually this morning, I really had nothing to do, until I remembered I needed to go to the bank...so I look at the clock and it was 11am...the bank closes at 12. No big deal, I head out the door and get in the car...turn it on...start the ipod...hit the break...and try the shift...nothing...kick try again...nothing...kick...shift...nothing. I get a little frustrated and take a break. Try again...nothing...and again...nothing. I'll save you the rest of the commentary, but this went on for almost an hour and I was almost in tears. So I decided that IF I could get it started I was going to have to suck it up and take it in...and if I didn't, I was going to have to get it towed, but I couldn't take a chance that this could happen before work. Finally, what I am convinced was going to be my last try...it worked. So now I'm thinking...now that I finally got this to work I can't stop anywhere...what if that happens again. So I call my mom to see if she can call Honda dealerships to see if one is open for me to go to. So she gets me in but I have to go all the way over by her house.

Moral of the story is that after 15 minutes and $50 later...my car is fixed. I have been holding out on fixing this for months...Seriously?!