Floating Leaf

So... here I am, back home after the usual Christmas visit with my parents. Which was a bit longer this time, because my junk pile of a car decided to break down completely on Christmas Day, no less. Apparently the muffler incident was just a prelude. This time it made a dead stop in the middle of the road, about half-way between my parents' house and my apartment in the city. Luckily, I was just driving by a store, so I managed to make half a turn into the parking lot before the wheels stopped moving. I called my parents, told them where I was and then just sat there in the darkened car for about an hour, watching frost patterns appear on the windshield as the engine cooled down. Fortunately, my parents got there before my feet went completely numb. We pushed the car a bit more towards the curb and just left it there while they took me back home. ( Read more... )