This week my parents came into town with my lil sister emma.
Always it is so good to see the family!
The trip began on Saturday and we were making our way to the exotic Lyman, Utah. Us hip young cousins were not thrilled about going to Lyman, here is a picture explaining why
Saturday my parents were picking me up and it started with a bang. I knew my dad was coming into town and that my car was in a less-than-pristine condition. I knew this would be unacceptable and would result in nuclear warfare so I went to the gym and the car wash.
this car wash will soon be reported to the BBB because it was the single greatest disappointment in my life. i put a dollar into a super vac and it did nothing. i just stared at it for a minute trying to reason with it.
'like seriously this is insanely unprofessional. i paid you. do your job!!"
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"alright well you are horrible"
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So i lost a dollar and then i used the other super vac. I was vacuuming one side and went around to the far side when suddenly the hose ripped out of the giant vacuum.
Sometimes when i get angry i start doing things super fast. so i ran back to the giant vacuum and starting jamming the hose back in while loudly directing negative comments at the machine.
I finished vacuuming...ish and then pulled my car into the wash area.
I entered 1.75 in quarters...SEVEN QUARTERS and then pulled out the washing gun. I pulled the trigger. Nothing.
At this point, i was not ready to admit defeat. Instead i became defiant. I was DETERMINED to make that machine work. So I collected another 1.75 in quarters and, smartly, put it in the same stall.
nothing.
BYU bachelors of science in economics people.
this is what i have to show.
grumbling, i got in my car, drove around to the next stall, and submitted ANOTHER $1.75.
this one worked and i thought i finally was teaching this car wash/dump a lesson. i carried the water gun in one hand and the scrubber in the other (which turned out to be a brutal bicep workout) so that i could wash my car completely in 3 minutes and 45 seconds without entering ANOTHER QUARTER.
it worked. and also i think i looked a little like jason bourne. precisely how he is shown here.
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| Jason Bourne with a gun |
i finished with no seconds to spare.
i threw the tools back where they belonged, and gleefully i went to get in my car.
then.
drivers door: locked
right rear: locked
shotgun: locked
left rear: LOCKEDD
HOLY MOTHER
i was probably feeling rage by this time, and i think someone was pouring lava over my head because i was getting really hot really fast.
reluctantly i asked the girl in the stall next door if i could use her phone...mostly because she was decked in BYU gear and so naturally would be nice.
she was.
we chatted for a bit after i used her phone and i found out she is my legit neighbor. too bad i am so anti social that it takes me getting locked out of my car and stuck at a random car wash to meet my real neighbors.
gotta work on that
well 30 minutes later my good friend AAA showed up. (if any of you remember Ray, AAA also helped me out on that one. AAA is reliable and trustworthy)
in the meantime i laid on the cement and stared at the sky. i was totally unplugged for 30 minutes and it was quite possibly the hardest thing i have ever done in my life. i just had to wait--unentertained--for thirty minutes! I was getting so bored so then i decided i should think about some stuff.
thinking was actually a pretty cool experience.
and less boring than just laying there.
AAA guy Frank took a whole of 30 seconds to get my door open. and then he walked away and i didn't even get to say thank you. i stood there sort of dumbfounded hoping he would come back so i could properly thank my rescuer. but i never saw frank again.
be safe out there friends.
Additionally, this post is now entirely too long to talk about my vacation as well, so expect a riveting narrative of that experience soon.
Love Alaina
Hilarious version we all have had....or is it just me? Lol
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