My Exciting Key Adventure
Yesterday morning, I get up, shower, enjoy a yummy breakfast of Penguin Puffs and coffee, looked over my Semantics homework, packed my lunch and the headed to school.
There's something special about my car. It would seem, if you don't disengage the alarm, even if you key into it and put the key in the ignition and turn it, you can't start the car. Knowing this, you can imagine my dismay when I parked, got my stuff out the pack and hit the button and nothing happened.
I hit it again.
Nothing happened. I smacked it against the back of my hand which sometimes helps and I hit it again.
Nothing happened.
Then, something happened. The car had been idle long enough that it set the alarm itself. Fuck. Only one thing to do now, lock it with the key and worry about it after Semantic Typology and Syntax. So, that's what I did.
Now, this was not without pretext. As I've said, sometimes its helpful to smack against the back of my hand. But, I thought it was just temperamental. And, the light was coming on when you pushed buttons, indicating that the battery wasn't, at least, all the way dead.
After class, I went out to the car to try to get into it. I set the alarm off. Twice. Fuck. So, I walked back out of the parking lot, thinking I could take the bus to the student housing nearest me and then walk to my place, pick up my spare keys and walk back. Walking back I came across Dora. Thank Goddess for Dora. She offered to drive me to my place and bring me back to campus. So, we walked. And, talked about Halloween (she invited me to her Halloween party, which is awesome, because I think this year only classicists will understand/appreciate my costume.) But, first, you troll the drug and electronic stores on campus to see if they have any batteries.
They have many batteries. None of them are the right size.
We get to her car. I get my keys. We get back to campus. Presto, I'm back in my car. Thank Goddess for sister's who remember to return your spare set when they're visiting. So, it has to be the battery, right? And, where do you get new batteries for this sort of thing? Best Buy, right? They install stereos and alarms and things on cars, right?
Not right.
Best Buy has one battery kiosk that advertises all sizes of batteries, including wee ones. But, not the wee size I needed. So, I had to find the radio shack. They did have what I was looking for. So, I took apart the keyless entry remote, replaced the battery and hoped for the best.
It worked. Now, if I could only remember what I did with the pieces I removed so that I could get to the battery.
