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So I think that the universe is laughing at my attempts to exercise more.  That's gotta be why I found myself trying to run last week with my shorts half falling off and my phone not working to play music.  I was that girl stopping every 30 seconds to tie my shoes or pull up my shorts or restart my phone.  I decided to start off slowly by running around the track near my house, mostly because it lets me take Mia out with me.  I don't see her really hanging in there for a run but at the track, she can just chill and be in the general vicinity without having to run every single lap.  Well, I was also the girl walking around the park later yelling for my dog who was all the way over on the other side (about as far from the track as she could go) eating garbage by the picnic tables.  

I think it's also the reason I found myself with a flat tire coming back from yoga last Sat.   So far, I have yet to have a stress-free workout.  Missed classes because of kid-related stuff, me being stupid and taking every wrong turn/exit I possibly can even tho I've been to this studio now a half a dozen times, and then a flat tire.  At least the flat was after the yoga class, so I had that going for me.  I was just leaving when I saw that my tire pressure gauge light was on in m car.  The only reason I knew what the light was though is because it's gone off in my car before.  And the guys at Subaru told me that it's just an issue with the gauge.  Sometime about the sensor getting off during cold weather or something.  

Well, last Sat was definitely not cold, but I figured it again must have something to do with the sensor.  So I ignored the light and figured I'd take it into Subaru soon.  Ignored it, that is, until my car started to rattle on the freeway, and I pulled over to realize that I had a flat tire.  To make matters worse, my phone was completely dead.  Can someone please explain to me why this sort of shit happens to me?  As I was walking out of the house that morning, I even said to G, "Oh my phone's almost dead.  But I guess I don't really need it.  I'm coming straight back after class."  Universe laughing at me, amiright??  What else? 

Anyway, did you know they still have all those call boxes on the freeway?  You didn't?  Well, guess what, if you ever find yourself with a flat tire on the freeway without a cell phone, those yellow call boxes still work!  There I was driving 5mph on a flat tire, wondering what the hell I was going to do (I had started walking initially but f- that.  There's only so much exercise I'm willing to do) and suddenly, there it was.  So I used it and the operator was able to send AAA over to fix my flat.  

Then on Mon, I spent all morning trying to get the tire replaced.  There was a big old hole in it, but I had then managed to blow out the whole tire by driving on it, so I was pretty sure it wouldn't be a quick patch.  I first went to Costco, where the guy told me that since I had all wheel drive, I needed 4 of the same tires, and they didn't carry the brand that was on my car.  He took a look at my tires and said the other 3 looked pretty good, I might even be able to get away with just one tire.  

I went to Sears next and the guy there told me essentially the same thing, but said he had to sell 2.  They didn't have this tire in stock tho and he'd order and have it ready by the next day.  

Strike 2.  I went to yet another place, where the guy told me Subaru required that I sell all 4 tires.  With AWD, it was a liability issue and he could not sell me just one tire.  OK, so I admit.  I'm not a car gal but that sounded pretty fishy.  Not only that, he then tried to convince me to get a credit card so that I could get a rebate.  I came back to my car and called Subaru, who called BS.  And also told me that I probably had tire coverage on my prepaid maintenance plan.  So after a morning running around, I ended up getting a free tired at Subaru!  Not bad for a day's work, I guess.  I gotta thank that scammer because otherwise, I wouldn't have even thought to call Subaru and never known about the tire coverage.   

But dude, guess what I did not do on Mon again?  Go running.  I'm telling you, some one clearly does not want me to exercise.