December 28, 2006
-
It really is all about the “little things”
I received a lot of lovely presents this holiday. Some were the awesome practical type – good coffee, sewing tools – some were the “spoil me” type – Aveda gift card, jewelry – and some were the “I totally needed that!” type – new robe, Sirius radio. But above all, I think the best thing I got was a set of new windshield wipers. My old wipers were just pure crap; I’ve been meaning to replace them but it just never was convenient. Well, thank the goddess my sister and I went for a drive in the rain.
See, my sister is a bitch. Not the “screw your boyfriend when you’re in the hospital” kind of bitch. Sarah is the “not used to living in society and therefore currently ignorant of said society’s norms along with a need to control everything with in five hundred miles of her” type of bitch. This means that although she absolutely infuriates me about a fifth of the time I am around her, I know deep down that within a few hours we’ll be cool. And then a few hours later we’ll be pissed again and so on.
Anyway, Sarah and I went to Auto Zone – Yay! to them for being open Christmas Eve – and bought a set of new wiper blades. It was raining, and since Sarah’s bitch-mode had been quelled by my conceding that in fact, she was right, and I did need new blades, she stood in the rain to put them on my car. I’ll add here that she had a raincoat and I didn’t, but she was still awesome for doing that. So, I held the instructions up to the windshield and she installed the wipers.
Dude, what a fucking difference! It was like I had a brand new car. I had actually quit using my wipers and was relying soley on Rain X from months ago because using them only made things worse. But now? Now I’m wiping at rain, bugs, fuck, I’m wiping at air with my shiny new blades!
Moral of the story: If you are having a rough time, bad day, whatever, try new wiper blades.
** Side note: you have the option, when buying blades, to get either the rubber refills or whole new blades. The rubber inserts are only a few bucks cheaper and are a BITCH to install. Go for the whole blades, dude.
Comments (2)
Little things!
It’s hard to remember to do all the mundane things that should be done, what with everything else happening.