My Summer So Far...

So I've been gone a while from blogging, but it's been for good reason. Well, bad reason I guess. Bad Luck that is. You may remember me referring to this year as my year (My birthday is 09-09-09 this year). Good things happening and yadda yadda yadda. Since that post I have not seen an ounce of that anticipated good luck. I'm not saying it's not going to happen, but it's gonna take a whole lot to reverse this year so far.
So it starts with me getting into a car accident. My fault, stupid move by myself with no one else getting hurt. (There's the bright side there.) My car gets written off, insurance isn't covering it and I am learning about being charged with a highway traffic violation. Now to go to court. I face up to my mistakes, only to find that there's no record of me anywhere in the books. I'm told that they haven't properly filed the paperwork and that they can still charge me again within six months of the incident. So now I have taken the day off work. My sister has come from out of town to support me and drive me there (still no vehicle yet) and all of that was for nothing?? Some think this is a good thing, which it may have been, until the Summons Officer starts knocking on my apartment door and calling over and over again. So this leads to the charge being laid (yet again) and the long process begins. Plus I have to pay someone over $600 for assistance with the legal side of things.
Now I manage to find myself a vehicle (with my Dad's help). A truck that I'm excited about. It's differen't, a little bit bad-ass for a girl and I like it!
Two days before my one month Anniversary of owning my truck, the drive shaft goes on me while driving 110kms on the 401. I must say that I am pretty proud of my driving skills and ability to stay calm and in control in those few moments. So I managed to limp the truck to a garage. I couldn't afford to be picky, so I picked the first garage I could find. They kept my vehicle for over 3 hours while I wandered the mall (*SIDE NOTE: There's nothing more cruel than stranding a broke woman at the mall with nothing to keep her company but her willpower). Finally they called me to tell me my truck was ready. Now I have already wasted my entire day; I was supposed to go into work for a few hours, I was then going out of town for the long weekend. I paid the bill (which was an extra hour of labor more than he quoted me - because he didn't know what he was doing) and decided to leave it all behind me and be on my way. Within 10 mins of leaving the garage, the same thing happend for the second time that day. | took the truck back and they told me they tried to save me money before and so now they would need to change another part. This would leave me with no truck for the long weekend, ruining my entire plan. They would keep my truck for the long weekend, and fix it first thing Tuesday. Tuesday they call and tell me the part won't be in until Wednesday and they won't have the truck done till end of day Wednesday. Lovely.
So After spending a few months begging, borrowing and almost stealing for a ride from here to there and spending countless dollars on cab rides, here I am again. It's a sad state, feeling so damn vulnerable and losing your independance. I'm not liking it and it will likely change me in the future.
I normally look forward to summer and I LOVE it. This year, not so much.
Have you ever felt like you're in quicksand, and there's nothing you can do but watch the horizon slowly raise before your eyes??
Thats the best way I can describe it.