*longest sigh of my life*
followed by.....
*an even deeper exhale*
this week.
man oh man. when ol' folks talk about life having highs and lows who knew this was what they meant. So this past Monday was a wonderful day. Woke up early, got to my classes on time, did a lil research here.....relaxed around the apartment there. A leisure filled-productive sort of day if you will. Tuesday and Wednesday, quite similar. Wonderful starts to my day. Even got my first test results back from an exam I took last week.....96 out of 100. Just a wholesome start to my week. .....that is until Wednesday became Thursday. A general combination of events from then to this morning have left me in a weakened state of both emotions and patience. Thursday started out like the previous few days until I received word the area I as parked in was at risk of being ticketed if my car didn't have a student parking decal. I halted the experiment I was in the middle of, left the lab, proceeded to my car and after a 25 minute campaign of exploring potential parking spaces finally found a spot virtually off the grid. I mean like 10-15 minute walk back to campus kind of situation. I returned to the lab and finished up. In an hours time I was back at my parking space ready to leave and my car was gone. I was certain it'd been stolen. No way it was towed. I walked wayyyyy across campus to the police department to see if it was towed and sure enough it was. The ordeal of getting my car back cost me about $90 and 2 1/2 hours of my evening from orchestrating how to get my car back.
Oh well....life goes on. Or does it? The next day same typical start to my day. Headed to class then to the research lab. Parked in a different space from the previous day, but one I felt confident the car would be secure. After leaving the lab I headed to the car and realized it was gone. Called campus police and verified it was towed again. After speaking with an officer, apparently, the chancellor issued a new rule this past week that any car on campus that doesn't purchase a $300 dollar parking permit for the semester and decides to park in any campus parking space is to be towed. By this point I was angry, pissed, upset, broken, and more adjectives that describe someone who feels as though they can't win in life. Between talking with the ill-tempered police officer about where my car was towed, to asking my mom to help me get it out, to calling my friend for a ride getting there, to dealing with the shady ass tow truck guys who don't believe in receipts, it was all-in-all a horrific experience I still frown upon.
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