My Poor Princess

My day today. 6:30 AM- My first alarm goes off 6:45 AM- My second alarm goes off 7:00 AM- My third and last alarm goes off. Snooze, snooze and snooze! Finally, I curl out from my blanket at 7:30 AM. First thing that comes out of my mouth, whenever I get late" Oh shit". Such a bad way to start off a day. I had changed it a little bit and practised saying "Aai ga" [Oh mother], but that did not happen today. Sheesh! had an inspection in the lab at 8:00 AM. I am going to miss it.. 7:45 AM- In the shower. Come out. Finally, get ready to leave the house at 8:30 AM, after wearing my winter clothes. Reach my car. Damn thing does not start! OMG! Here another day going down the drain. Mental images of everything that I am missing in the lab comes in front of eyes. Top of that, the guilt of sitting at home on a weekday. I hate my car. But I love my car. I hate her only when she breaks down and poor thing is not able to take the intense cold and its battery drains down oh-so-often:( Poor thing, has a new battery and a new alternator. She has been looked at by all the "eligible bachelors" [Read:Mechanics]. Still none understands her. I practically, know its psychology. I kinda had a deja vu that this was going to happen. Whenever someone enquires about her, as in "How is your "little girl" doing", the next day she behaves like a vain princess:( No time for a jump start either. Think hard. Finally, I went to the University of Nebraska Campus, which is walkable distance from my place. Even that took me a good half hour today. From there, I could take a bus to my school. It was 9:15 AM already. Damn! missed my 9:10 bus. Next bus: At 9:45 AM. OK! standing there in the biting cold weather for half an hour did not seem like a good deal. My thoughts race back to lab and then to my car. Need to do something to fix her. I do the first thing that comes to my mind. In a confused state of mind, I start walking from the bus stop. Totally oblivious of the sorrounding weather and when I realized the cold doesnt seem too cold, I decided to go home. If I went to school, god knows when I would return and then again, my car will be lurking there and tommorrows day would be screwed too. My day is already screwed up, so let me not waste tommorrows day. These were my thoughts en route home: {Oh how I miss the BEST bus route number 313. The one that went from Kurla station to Santacruz. Every time, we saw a bus passing by, another would be on its way. Oh, how I miss the wonderful "Dukkar gadi". Dukkar means a pig, in marathi. This is one peculiar 10 seater hybrid vehicle between a rickshaw and a matador.We went to the college in this vehicle and it cost us mere 5 bucks and college was just 10 minutes away from where I lived. Situation is exactly similar here. My school is just 10 minutes away from where I live here. Neverthless, transportation is a huge problem. No trains, buses or rickshaws here, that are convenient to me. I did not drive a car then, still felt like a princess. Never did I get stranded anywhere. Here, I have a car, still if you dont have a trustworthy car, you better pray each time you start your vehicle in the morning} Called up a friend of mine, on the way. Usual conversation. Him "How many times, have I told you, just buy a new car":O As if buying a car is like buying eggs and bread and come on, thats the last thing I want to hear today. Called up my sister and she says "Why do you need a car to go to school?, why can't you just WALK". Well, I can walk 6 miles to and fro but I really dont think with those files and bags and snow,I want to do that. Else, I would become invisible. Ok, then "Why dont you buy a new car?" Aah! here we go again! Ok! fine.Maybe the time has come. Few tips from my friends. They all know a lot about cars. "You should buy a Toyota or a Honda. All desis buy those. They are trustworthy and reliable" {Me}:"But, dude I have a Nissan. That is supposed to be trustworthy too!!! "But, you should buy a used one. You cant afford a brand new one." {Me}:- "Of course, I know that too" "No! there is no point in buying another used car. Why dont you buy a new "Hyundai or a Kia" "You can get one for 8000$. Pretty Cheap!!!! {Me}:- "Dont know since when Grad students started finding a car worth 8000$ cheap:O "No, but you know these Korean cars can't really be trusted on" {Me}:Aaaghhhhhhhh!Please talk about my existing car! All I need right now, is a jumpstart. We can buy whatever we want provided I move from this place!!!! Its 4:30 PM now:- My car did not jump start either. Its ready to be towed.