MOT Worries (Blog 277)

A few hours ago, I had my car looked at, to see if anything needs repairing. As I’m typing this up, I’m waiting to get a call telling me how much I need to pay and what needs to be done. Between you and me, I’m a bit nervous as I once crashed my car into a curb pretty damn quickly. Would it make me look less foolish if I said I did so at night? If so, thanks. Let’s be friends. If I haven’t messed my suspension up it will basically be a miracle, but sometimes miracles can happen. Either big ones or little ones. However, unless the rules physics don’t apply to my type of car (Vauxhall Corsas), I think I’ll need a massive miracle. What did I do to pass the time as my vehicle was getting checked? First up, I went to cash a cheque my dad gave me for my birthday. Yep, my birthday was a while ago. The last time I cashed a cheque very late, I was suspected of being a fraud for a good few minutes, but the most important thing was it was all ok in the end. Would I be accused of fraud AGAIN? Probably. As I gritted my teeth and got ready to enter the bank and perhaps even to have a brief chat with the police, I found it was closed down.

Never mind, there were a good THREE charity shops to browse for CDs in. Well one was closed despite the fact the opening hours said it should be operational. The same shop was also applying for volunteers. I’d love to work for a business that said it was open but never was. I wouldn’t have to do anything, and it would look great on my CV as long as I didn’t point out the real working hours. Would it be cheeky if I asked to get paid for working twice as hard as everyone else? That sounds impressive, but of course, twice as much as nothing is still nothing. Anyway, I found one CD I was interested in. I knew I had it already, but I wasn’t sure if the old case was cracked. So I bought it again, for £1. You can’t put a price on peace of mind… Hang on? Last blog I said peace of mind costs 99p, and this time it cost 100p. That’s pretty damn close. Far too close to be a coincidence. Let’s do the average and say happy thoughts cost 99.5p. I think that’s what you have to do, anyway.

After that, I went to the local Subway, and got a sweet two portions of hash browns. As I was so eager to eat them even though they were red hot, I later found I burnt the roof of my mouth a bit. Rather embarrassingly, I found that out when I ate some Skips crisps, and the salt or whatever stung me. If I said to someone the crisps largely aimed at children were too intense for me, I’d look like a complete fairy. To my great shame, I also enjoyed a Subway cookie. Yes, yes, yes, I said I’d give sugar up, but the junk food did help me through a rather difficult time. Of course it would be very bad practice for services of any kind to shout at and even physically threaten their customers for being stupid, but you never know. There’s always a first time and I didn’t want it to be me. Luckily when chilling out in the car establishment’s waiting area, nice and full of cooked potatoes, I saw a number of five star reviews saying things like ‘friendly staff’. Phew. Although, maybe all such customers had cars that didn’t need much servicing, and that’s the only reason they weren’t punched/kicked. Again, you never really know. Unless you ask, but how would that make you look?

When I got home, I found my old case wasn’t cracked, but I’ve noticed something interesting: The CD I just bought was by The Vaccines. Not only do I now have two CDs by the group, I’ve also had two coronavirus vaccines. Isn’t that funny? Maybe deep down I bought the extra album not for the sake of the peace of mind I keep obsessing over, but rather because subconsciously I need consistency. And when you take into consideration my music must be in alphabetical order at all times, that idea really isn’t so strange. Therefore, it should be physically impossible for me to discard my album clone. Unless of course, I go into the past and undo one of my jabs. And you know what? I don’t want to get rid of my un-needed new music. If I get a booster shot, will I need ANOTHER album by The Vaccines? I never thought this blog would be so trippy. Ah, I’ve just had the call. No I will need to spend a lot of money. Interestingly not on the suspension, though. Hm. Bye!