So I graduate from university tomorrow (Thursday). I’m going home for this extravaganza, because mum and dad want to see.
I left work and drove in to the city to catch the plane. At the first light off the highway, a random light (it said ‘HOLD’) started flashing on my dashboard. It stopped when I drove on. It happened again, a few lights later, but stopped when I drove. I arrived at my lovely boyfriend’s house and tried to park. I couldn’t reverse. It took a lot of effort and sounded something like “revrevrevrevrevrevTHUNK*roll a tiny bit*”. Repeat until in proper place.
I looked up the random light in the handbook (am I the only person that actually uses a car’s handbook?) and it means ‘the transaxle has an electrical fault’ DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR. oops. After a small freak-out, I left car, key, and insurance (I was going to take it with me so we could transfer the car to me) with said boyfriend. He’ll hopefully have time to get it to a Mazda dealership and get them to treat it.
We got to the airport and I checked in only to be told that no, my flight isn’t leaving at 9:15pm, it’s leaving at 10:40pm. And my knitting is in my suitcase, as the flight is only an hour, and I wasn’t expecting a long wait. bah. Oh well, we got a bit more time together than I thought, and now I have a good book to amuse me. Using the internet right now though so the book will last the whole flight.

boo.