Everyone who's followed me since I first joined Weasyl knows that I don't post many journals but, when I do, it's usually because of something happening to me that I believe that everyone should know about. Well, here we go again.

As the title says, last week was quite a week for me. Monday and Tuesday weren't too bad. Nothing negative happened; however, starting Wednesday, my week went on a MAJOR downhill slide. Wednesday morning, I got ready to go to work, went outside, got in my car, turned the key, and the engine cranked and ran for all of 5 seconds. I couldn't get the car to crank afterward. I called a taxi to take me to work at about 5:15 am and it finally arrived at 7:45. I called my mechanic and asked to have my car picked up and checked out. When I got off from work, I was lucky enough to have a co-worker who could take me home.

The next morning, my co-worker picked me up and took me to work. At around 8:15, I received a call from Life Alert telling me that my 87 y.o. mother had fallen and the EMTs had decided to take her to the hospital. At around 9:45, my mechanic called me and said that the reason my car wouldn't crank was because the timing belt had broken and, because of that, the valves and pistons had been damaged. Total estimated cost? $3,500 and a two-week wait for the car to be repaired. When I got home, I noticed that the back door looked funny. It seems that the EMTs couldn't find the spare key to the house and had to bust the door in.

Friday, my company had its annual holiday luncheon. Just before the luncheon, I was driving my golf cart into one of the zones and didn't realize that the gate I was about to "enter" was closed and locked. I struck the gate and, as a result, I had to contact our safety man and fill out an accident report, take a drug test, and had to be suspended for the rest of the day.

Needing a car to drive, I went to Enterprise to rent a car only to be told that it would cost me over $600.00 for one week; money I didn't have. My co-worker took me home. Later that night, I got a text from my supervisor telling me that the co-worker I was depending on had contracted CoVID. I went back to Enterprise yesterday and was able to rent a car for a week because I had received my year-end bonus (I had forgotten about it the day before.).

And how was YOUR week?