MinJungKim.com Braindump v 6.0 Gah. I’m still doing this?

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

That’d be me today.

Also,

Lucky. Lucky. Lucky.

8:30 AM - leave for work from SF

9:22 AM - low fuel light goes on

9:30 AM - arrive at work in palo alto

11:30 AM - move car - stupid palo alto purple zone

2:30 PM - move car - stupid palo alto coral zone

4:30 PM - move car - stupid palo alto green zone

6:30 PM - leave work

6:31 PM - low fuel light goes on

6:36 PM - dig through purse

6:39 PM - pull over into gas station. pop open trunk

6:45 PM - ransack trunk to realize that wallet must have been left at home this morning

6:47 PM - get back in car, start up engine, decide to drive up el camino slowly and do approximation math on how many miles i could go before running out

6:52 PM - call friend to see if they’re in the area and could spot me some cash. busy signal.

6:53 PM - swear. profusely

7:00 PM - start praying

7:10 PM - start digging around for spare change

7:22 PM - contort oneself to check other car pockets for change

7:31 PM - count in one hand the amount of change available to purchase gas.

7:36 PM - pull over into gas station. recount change.

7:37 PM - spill exactly $1.87 onto counter of cheapo gas station

7:38 PM - fill up exactly 0.72 gallons into car

7:40 PM - recalculate approximate available milage and approximate distance home

7:41 PM - pray. again.

8:10 PM - arrive at home. rummage through apt and find wallet.

I’m one *very* lucky kitten.

You could have called me - I live in Mountain View!

Oh man, I had a similar experience once coming back to SF from SJ really late at night on 280. Low gas light goes on in the middle of nowhere on 280 hella-late at night. I had money, but finding a gas station was going to be a real PITA, plus I know nothing about the SV area. I think I drove 40 miles with the gas light on, sweatin’ the entire way. Thank you VW Golf! Congrats for making it without a crazy hassle…

i try and always keep a few bucks in the ash tray or glove box incase of that. enough for toll too, just in case.