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Well, we didn't go.

I know.



All within a matter of two hours -

a) JUST as I was leaving to pick up my mother, she calls, in a panic: "I lost my MAC Card. I can't go anywhere. I don't know what to do; I can't just cancel it!", etc.

b) Torrential rains and flash floods, literally CLOSING the PA Turnpike. CLOSING IT. Any alternate routes would add at least half an hour to the already tight schedule - lots of flash floods, all around.

c) DJ: "My tires are terrible; you're going to be hydroplaning all over the place. You WILL die. You can't take that car."

d) FWIW, Pete - at LESS than, 'the last minute', agreed to drive and go, after much haggling. This included an oil change for his car, and a full tank of gas. Also, FWIW, he cancelled his plans to do this - with three minutes notice.

e) I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE IT WHEN STUCK BEHIND A BLACK SUV-THING ON THE WAY TO PETE'S. The type of vehicle? An, 'OUTLANDER'. Yep. I knew..Then and there, I knew.

f) His mother was freaking out, over the weather. Much with the stress. Making him eat a fucking hamburger before he left..

g) THE GODDAMNED DIRECTIONS FELL. OUT. OF. MY PURSE.

THESE INCLUDED THE CONFIRMATION NUMBER TO PICK UP THE TICKETS AT, 'WILL CALL'.


We discover this, after we'd left, in a mad rush.

h) So we decided to call DJ and have him read us the number AND directions over the phone.

THIS IS WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT PETE HAD LEFT HIS PHONE AT HOME..



Speechless, we turned his car around and came home.

End of story.
Can't get any more cut-and-dried than that.
Right now, it feels like the doors of Heaven have been slammed in my face.
I really tried!



Send in the guards
We are all new faces
I'm so sorry
But my reasons are wrong
My reasons are wrong

We are on joy circuit
The image fix
Rewind, cry
Well it's somewhere to go
Somewhere to go

Tell me of your pain
Love it, love it
Show me the new way
Love it, love it
It's so unusual
But all I find is a reason to die
A reason to die


'The Joy Circuit', Gary Numan

Date: 2011-09-07 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] breakableheart.livejournal.com
I don't know what to say. It's like the tail wagged the dog here, but there's not really any place you could have put your foot down and pushed through. Damn.

Date: 2011-09-07 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] indiwise.livejournal.com
Dood, I'm fucking SPEECHLESS, right now. WTF, really.

Date: 2011-09-07 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lunarising.livejournal.com
Well, if it's any consolation, there were some hugs from me in that rain. It socked us in all weekend and I was ready to jump the balcony and run just to get out of here.

Is it possible you could try to see it another time?

Date: 2011-09-07 03:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quixotic-elixir.livejournal.com
You have another chance at least! I will cross my fingers for you on the 12th.

Date: 2011-09-07 07:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] piratesorka.livejournal.com
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats horrible.

Do you still have to make good with the haggling with Pete?
Edited Date: 2011-09-07 07:02 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-09-07 12:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violentfemmebot.livejournal.com
O.O WOW. Awful! That's right up there with one of those nightmares where you're running late and there's always *something* new setting you back at every turn. So sorry to hear, but at least there's another chance! I'm going the 12th . . .can't wait!!

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