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.