I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

This all happened between 9:30am and 11:30am this morning -

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I woke up early and found my boyfriend sleeping in another room. My coughing at night has made him temporarily move out.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

B wouldn't listen, and even though we were up early, I dropped her off at school 5 minutes late, only to be greeted at the gates by a grumpy school principal shaking his head and tapping his watch at me.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I headed off to work, and the traffic was shit from the get go..

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I got to the westgate fwy, and 200m before the bridge, my driver's side tyre blew out, causing me to ALMOST lose control of my car..

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

.. did I mention I was driving between two semi trailers?

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I pulled over to the side of the road, opened the boot and checked the spare tyre. That was okay.

But I didn't have the dooverwhacker that takes the nuts off the wheels.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I rang my friend Jim to see if he could come help..

me: hey where are you?
him: I broke down just before the bridge..
me: wtf? I have a flat tyre, I'm at the bridge too!
him: no, I'm coming OUT of the city.. you must be going in..
me: well I guess that means you can't help me come change my tyre then..
him: nup, I'm waiting for a tow truck.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I rang my friend Caz, she was on her way out, and then I rang mum, but she was in bed. She got mad at me for waking her up, and then yelled at me when I told her what happened coz now she was worried coz I was stuck on the bridge in peak hour traffic.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I decided that today was the day I was going to join the RACV, so I rang them and asked about roadside assist.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

They told me that it was going to cost $182, and that they'd have to tow my car to a safer place. There goes my free tow for a later date.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

My mum turned up, I gave her my keycard. I gave her my PIN. I said "please go withdraw $200 for me" and she did.

Then she lost my card.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I rang the bank and asked them to cancel my card. They said that's okay and then they noticed my card expired today. Wow. They asked if I already had a new card and I said no.

It's going to take 2 weeks to get a new card.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

The tow truck showed up, the guy towed my car. He moved it to a safer spot, right in the middle of a giant muddy puddle. The RACV guy turned up, he took my money & changed my tyre, and then he drove off.

I left to go to work.

My car got bogged in the mud.

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..

I unbogged the car, I got covered in mud, but I STILL had to go to work. I work in a bank remember?

I wish I'd stayed in bed today..