Today sucked. Up until today I wasn’t finding the isolation at home too bad, but then I had a Bad Day. I should have stayed in bed. My tech wasn’t working, and it seemed like everything I touched was turning rogue.
I decided it would be a good idea to update the maps on my car sat nav. Wrong! First the Toyota app does not make it easy - you need some sort of superpower to work out how the hell you download the thing. And then to update it, I learned a very hard lesson. You need to keep the engine on whilst trying to update it. None of this trying to be a bit eco, with the ignition on but engine off. Suddenly it was if the car was possessed, lights flashing, warning lights on the dashboard lighting up for fun, and, most alarmingly the brake pedal doing weird stuff as though the anti crash gizmo was trying to stop me even though I wasn’t going anywhere. I declared it had gone rogue, and went in to get help.
Hubby agreed the car was possessed, so we decided best to leave well alone, except I couldn’t lock it. In light of the fact that the car wouldn’t lock I called the AA. No point leaving thieves an open invitation... AA man came and from a distance (2m or further away at all times) got the car started. The best thing about all this was that he prescribed A DRIVE! After not leaving the village for two weeks I took the car out - it felt so naughty and dangerous and exciting! I kid you not, I drove through 2 other villages...that’s just the kind of cool kid I am. I even stopped to spin a couple of poke stops! (I am sadly addicted to Pokémon Go, level 39 if you are interested). I also called in at an actual shop to pick up some bread. An ACTUAL SHOP with a REAL PERSON at the till, 2m away watching as you scanned your own shopping.
So, the car is fine, I picked up supplies.
The kids are bored and squabbling. The news is depressing and frightening. And one of my cats was sick. And my work tech didn’t work. Crappy crappy annoying day.
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