It could've been worse

I was just getting back from my weekly comic book run when my car started to act funny. It all started with a fwipping noise coming from the right hand side of the car. "This can't be good!" I thought. Then my power steering and coolant went out. All while I was cruising down interstate.

After navigating my auto to a tire/oil change venue I was informed that my Serpentine belt had snapped. Sure enough, there it was, snapped in half and wound around my engine. "Crud!" I thought. But I was glad (and this may change later) to find out that I would still be able to get around under my own power and will get it into a proper garage Monday.

Now, here is the silver lining: I was just in Chicago, 5 hours from home, attending the Wizard World convention. Sunday was looking pretty bad, as we were lost like CRAZY somewhere in the Outer Rim that is the Chicago suburbs. Signage: Non-existent. Someone from that area might be missing one of these:













Now, in hindsight, I'm so glad that this was the biggest of my worries. I can't even imagine having that belt give out whilst JT and I were desperately trying to Escape From Chicago and rendezvous with Will at the elusive O'Hare Oasis.

P.S.: Here are some photos from the trip. Stayed at a place called the W City Center. Very swank (see the razor they sent to my room). The bartender was smoking hot and I want her to be my wife. Seriously. Anyway, thanks for looking out for me. You know who you are.