Why you can’t give me anything nice

Working Breaking at the Car Wash

Many moons ago, I drove through a car wash with the hope of cleaning my ridiculously dirty car.  All was going well until I heard a sickening snap.  Unsure of what I’d heard until I heard nothing at all,  I drove out and inspected only to find that my antenna had been the victim.  Hence- my lack of musical background.  I was not excited to inform Josh, who was equally unexcited to hear about it.  Evidently, you are supposed to turn off the radio in a car wash.  Bummer.

So, sweet Josh ordered a new antenna and spent hours installing it and jerry-rigging the thing to fit our make and model and actually retract.  The funny thing was that Rebekah noticed.  She immediately noticed a different shape on the top of it.  Crazy.  Anyway, Josh coached me on not only turning off the radio, but also shutting off the car next time.  Easy enough- I never, ever drive thru the car wash, so no biggie.

Then, Monday morning, I took Josh and his friends to the train station at 6am.  This involved clearing out the car of car seats and other items that served the role of hiding a disaster.  The car needed to be cleaned.  So, since I was up and the car seats were out, and I needed gas, I decided this was the day to vacuum it.  I drove to the first gas station at 6:45.  It didn’t open until 7.  I didn’t see a vacuum, so I headed to another one closer on my way home.  It was closed- for good.  Not opening at all.  So, I headed past our flat and to the one station that I knew had a vacuum.  It was broken.  Sigh.  So, I filled up and purchased a car wash.  I headed in and turned off the radio…and heard a sickening snap.  Shockingly, I still didn’t realize what had happened until I pulled out and inspected.  SIGH.  Definitely not excited to phone Josh about this one.  I berated myself on the way home and decided not to manipulate or whatever (by making him promise not to be mad at me, blah blah blah) and just come clean.

What I was not prepared for was Rebekah.

She greeted me at the door, looked over my shoulder, and headed right out to the car.  She said, “What happened to the antenna?”  I said in defeat, “I broke it.”  She looked me square in the eye, cocked her head, and said, “Again?!”

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