so much for this month's budget...

I was having a nice, relaxing three-day weekend until *AUGH* struck Monday at 6:00 pm.  First, I went to my car and was greeted with a lovely parking ticket.  *grrr* I knew the stupid "no parking" rules are in full effect even on holidays, but I couldn't find a spot on my usual street when I got back at midnight.  *slaps self in head*  In my vacation-enjoying head, I didn't even think why there was so much parking available on that particular side of the street.  

I shrugged that $35 annoyance off and went to get groceries.  After shopping, Ayame wouldn't start.  Lucky for little cellphoneless me, there were about five AAA trucks parked outside the Starbucks.  So yeah, I had to pay over $100 for a new battery for my car.  *sigh*  At least my stereo is still working (I don't have the card or whatever you need to restart the factory installed stereo once the car has lost complete power) but now my moon roof light is flashing and closes when I hit the "open" button and opens when I hit the "close" button.  That doesn't happen to be the factory original so who knows what I'll have to do to fix that.  

I had no problems starting Ayame when the AAA guy was there, but I was having difficulties starting it after I turned it off at the gas station.  I'm not exactly in the mood to tackle that at 8:00 pm on a holiday so I'm just going to hang tight.  Tomorrow's the first day of class and I'm taking the bus to work.  It's at times like this that I wish I could get away with having no car at all.  But I can't face that reality, either.  *sigh*