My Car Won't Let Me Be A Ninja

For the last month my son has not had a full week of school due to the weather. What's really crazy is that he would miss like one or two days for not feeling well and then the weather would turn bad giving him even more days off. It's going to seem like torture having to go a full 5 days in a row once the weather lets up.

Last week it was SUPER dooper cold but I was able to unlock all the car doors and open them to take Devan to school. So what's the problem you ask...the little mechanism that is triggered by the door handle to let me open the door and keeps the door closed didn't want to work. It let me open the door but then job over, it was done. "You want the door closed, hold it closed yourself cuz I'm cold so I'm done." Okay, I tell you what - ow! Wrists were not meant to be contorted in that manner and then hold a car door closed while you are driving! After I dropped Devan off I decided to give it one more try to see if the mechanism was done giving me attitude. AAAAHHHHH (that was an angel chorus in case you didn't know) it worked! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! I was very glad because I was getting on the freeway, oops, interstate in a block...that would have been weird trying to hold the door closed going 70+ mph. Not to mention that fact that my wrist would have gotten stuck in that crazy contortion and I probably would not have been able to use that hand at work all day. Like when you carry a heavy grocery bag for a long time and your fingers are curled around it for so long you can't uncurl them....you know what I mean.

I do love my car, it's great. It runs, it has a crack free windshield and new tires and it's paid for. Best of all, it has 007 on the license plate. How can I not love my car? I treat it nice .....and yet it still gives me grief..grrrr...like when it is cold and wet and the weak front locks won't work. The driver's side doesn't like to open on cold wet days. Maybe it does this when it hasn't gotten to drive anywhere fun or interesting in a while. hmmm. Most days the passenger side likes to copy the driver's side (it can never come up with it's own ideas, but always along for the ride - hee, hee) but the back door is my friend. The back door (not really a hatch back or tail gait so not quite sure what to call it) will always open for me, much love to the not tailgate door! so I end up crawling the entire length of my car, over the back seat, and between the front seats to get seated and start the car - this repeated maneuver has lead me to a deeper understanding of myself and my inability to be an acrobat...or a ninja. While I'm not sure I ever wanted to be a Ninja, just knowing I really wouldn't be successful at it makes me kind of sad that I can't be one. I wonder who is entertained more by me trying to crawl through the car in my heels and work clothes, my car or my neighbors...

Random observation - we have a lingering Christmas decoration - the mistletoe that the kids duct taped above the entry to the kitchen is still there. eeee, hee, hee, it's almost as if it's saying "kiss the cook!"