Praise Be To the Universe!

[lavendertook]

It is amazing how absolutely elated I am because I just spied a free parking spot in the parking lot before my building--the lot was all filled when I got home and every time I checked the window since I got home. So I raced (or kind of hobbled speedily because my knee is hurting) down the stairs to my car down the block, looking over my shoulder constantly lest the spot be taken before I reach my chariot, got in, drove safely but quickly, and parked in the miraculous spot before any one else got to it. Score!!!

OK, I do have good reason for my demented joy this time: I have to take Moo to the vet for her yearly checkup first thing in the morning, and I was not looking forward to boxing her, leaving her, going down to get the car and parking with blinkers in front of the building and running back up to bring her down on a very cold morning and the extra 10 minutes that could involve--sucky for both of us. So my life just became soooooo much BETTER! I have brought down a mastodon and now my tribe will not go hungry! I am an awesome slayer of parking spots!!!

But it is really amazing the amount of stress and relief there is in my life over finding the rare specimen of a close parking spot after 4pm. Days are sometimes planned around this quest, especially before an early morning with things to carry out, and most especially before trips and vet appointments. Some days I get home in the evening expecting the worst (OMG!!!) and I will have to park across the main street, or I'm coming home with groceries and will have to put on my blinkers and park the car in front of the building, get the groceries all upstairs in a couple of trips, and then move my car to that Distant Land of Utter Dejection--oh the agony! And then sometimes I come home late, with no expectations, no glimmer of hope, and I have to pull all the way into the parking lot because there is no way to see if all spots are taken without driving all the way in, and then dulcet voices sing forth and THERE IS A SPOT OPEN BEYOND ALL HOPE!!!! And all of a sudden I am sooo happy!

This is my eternal quest. Not unlike my fervent prayers that the coin washer and dryer in the basement will be free when I need it. Life is so strange and filled with unexpected struggles, torments, and joys. Just thought I'd share.

Comments

[hederahelix]

Yay for a close by spot. It astounds me hoe much parking stress gets to me, so I hear you on this post.

[lavendertook]

Oh yes, parking stress was horrid when I was teaching and had so much to carry--it's terrible. And of course the lack of priority parking of any kind is another reminder of how as an adjunct or lecturer you are second class and a beast of burden. *hugs*

[spiralsheep]

I celebrate you, O Slayer of Parking Slots! (It's the little things.... :-D )

[lavendertook]

Thank you, bb. It is indeed. (-:

[crantz]

your mastadon sounds delicious. Excellent work, mighty hunter

[lavendertook]

You got to tenderize it just right. (-:

[untonuggan]

parking achievemt +1337 points

[lavendertook]

Yes--I leveled up there.

[zlabya]

::rejoicing with you::

And what a perfect day to get a parking spot right by your front door!!

[romeny.livejournal.com]

Tee hee, no you're not crazy. I have a GF when we go somewhere, she doesn't pick me up because she wants to park directly in front of her house. So when I get there, she'll move her car for me to pull into her spot and we repeat the drill whenever we return. I'm used to it. But I know where you live and completely understand. And you told your story with such dramatic flair, I appreciate the chuckle befor bedtime.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hon. Glad you enjoyed! Just the daily struggle to make life a little more manageable. (-:

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray! \o/

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I tell ya . . .

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

You just made my day brighter with this post. I giggled all the way through . . . although perhaps I shouldn't be laughing at your woes.

Good luck getting those mastodon ribs in the oven.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I know you're giggling WITH me, not at me. O_o

It takes a special technique. (-;

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I have known people who have to fight for parking spots (ugh, was so frustrating visiting my friend in LA when she lived in a place where it was just street parking). I felt enraged and frustrated and that wasn't even my life. I am SO lucky to have an assigned space parking space where I live now (under a carport).

SOO glad you were able to snag that spot for you and Moo! That will make the morning easier!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't live downtown in a city. Seeing my uncle's parking situation in the Bronx stresses me out to think of. It really helped in the morning, and with my knee being bad again, it was really needed.

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

To Park or Not to Park .....that is the question.......



Really can relate. Tho i do have a reserved space now, did not when it was needed most: when the kids were little. And, because they went to school a long way away from where we lived, we'd sometimes come home so late that I'd have to carry the youngest because she'd be asleep and we'd have to park so far away. Our car was broken into twice because I was too tired to carry items inside upstairs.

At least we didn't have to face snow or bitter cold conditions, but parking situations are no joke. "Little" things mean a lot. People often don't think details matter, but they very much do.

Here's to many more instances of Parking Nirvana for you, and a smooth-sailing day for Moo!

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb. Oh you know--how awful that was for you dealing with little kids--hard work!

My knee has been hurting since I shoveled in the big storm, so the closer spot in the morning really made a difference--my cow kitty is over 16 lbs. And it was bitter cold, so the less i could have her out there the better.

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

how did the Moo-kitteh's appt go?

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

her blood work is all good, thank goodness, so she is over all healthy. Her 2 problems are tartar build up on her teeth--vet wants me to bring her in for a cleaning again soon--it's being a yearly thing. And she's a butterball and I need to work on changing her diet which is going to be a long tough process.

Thank you for asking. I hope you are having a good weekend!

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

gee, maybe she and i are related:

tartar buildup ....check...(wait are we talking about teeth, or that gang of hooligans that roamed that....tartarian earth, way back when? no buildup of those in my life)

butterball......check.....(and i know we ain't talkin' turkey.....)

blood work.....well....almost ....check....

my weekend: well CHECK this: last night, against the advice of my shy self, i went to an Oingo Boingo trib concert....and guess what? I won The World's Coolest Pink Beach Cruiser.

Yes maam. that's a good weekend.....i'll see if i can send a pic.....

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Hey, hey, watch it on what you say about Tartar's--there's a theory I like to believe that a good part of Ashkenazi Jews, of which I am one, came from the kingdom of Khazaria, largely a Tartar people who converted to Judaism in the 8th C. *eyes you*

Oh congrats on your concert outing and big win!!! *twirls you* Very exciting! That's a bike, right? I'd love to see a pic. (-:

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

well, i thi9nk i like tartars.....so there you go....

pic: you can see on my f/b page....

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156842427535221&set=a.10150418191225221.636732.846495220&type=3&theater

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

The link won't open for me.

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

ok, well, i will have to try qanother way. do you have a f/b account?

[addie71.livejournal.com]

All hail awesome slayer of parking spots!! Seriously, I know it has to be bad for you if there are so few spots that you have to sometimes park across a main road. May your future be blessed with lots of open parking spaces. *hugs*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It's not a that big a road--just the main street that goes into my section of the town. It's about a block--not horrible at all, but definitely not a distance i want to carry heavy things, especially with my knee acting up, and certainly not my 16 lb cow kitty in the cold. Thank you, dear. *hugs backache*

[shirebound]

*celebrates with you*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you! \o/

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

We learn to celebrate the little victories in life. They matter a lot. I'm so glad you got a good parking spot, so you didn't have to face a very complicated and time consuming problem when it was time to take your kitty to the vet.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I don't do mornings well, and this was a cold one, as you well know, and my knee is not happy, so every little bit helps. Thank you, hon!

[febobe.livejournal.com]

*yaysnugs!*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[ancalime8301]

Oh, parking woes... the struggle is real. :-p

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It's so real. I take it you have the problem currently at home or campus?

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

Little things matter a lot, I know this too well. Though were I live I have no problem with parking lots but it's different in our district town (a very small town with only few parking lots). You have to walk much to get from one shop of doctor to the other - but that's life. I'm glad I can walk :-)
So congrats to you, my dear.