On the way to the SCVF meeting last night I was feeling kind of down because of my current personal predicament. As I was driving along I glanced down to the floorboard where my front passenger seat used to be (I had to take it out so I could fill the bug up with boxes so I could move my stuff into a storage unit) and there sat the old battery I had recently replaced but had had on the battery charger all day at work. The reason I had put it in the car and brought it with me was because whatever short in the system had been draining it of power when I left the battery cables on overnight or all day while I was at work, had done the same thing to my brand new battery and just to make sure that I didn’t get somewhere that I couldn’t push her to start her I had charged the old battery and set it in the floorboard. So there I am feeling blue and defeated, looking down at the old battery where my passenger seat should be, and it suddenly dawned on me that rather than feeling blue about the state of my car, my home, my life, my dog, my ex, my.... well, that I should be elated instead! That extra battery is a symbol of the spice of life - the trials and tribulations we all go through - especially with our beloved Volkswagens. After all, if Zen can endure what he has endured with Homer and always laughs about it, surely I can enjoy my cars aches and pains. Oh it may be frustrating when I have to suddenly pull over on the shoulder in the black of night with eighteen wheelers zooming by in the driving rain and lift my front hood to try and get a solid connection to put my headlights back on - but then it could be worse - I could NOT have my bug and that would be FAR WORSE than having one that was a lot of trouble!
