flat tyre, bus, walk, singing and Chicago winter

On the way home from Thanksgiving dinner at Erin's

I caught a ride from Kristina. She just bought a second-hand car for real bargain

and it's been a week since she got a car.

I was wearing heels and when she offered a ride home, I was crying out in my mind

' THANK YOU!!!!'

Just when we got onto the road, we heard a weird noise.

Her front right tyre was completely flat.

Luckily we were right by the petrol station so we pulled over.

There were Kristina, her friend from California, Michal and Nadav. And a drunk guy who was

so eager to help us. I ended up having to give my packed thanksgiving food from Erin's place

to this guy, but still, he wouldn't leave us alone.

While everyone else was doing the "car-talk", I was standing behind them, feeling helpless and

unbearably cold. What a memorable Thanksgiving, I thought.

I remembered our family trip during winter onetime. I was 5ish and my family was driving to 

this hot spring in the snow. All I remember is that the road was very slippery and the car was running out of gas. Mom told us to pray for the petrol station, but even as I was praying, 

I was so dismayed. We were in the middle of nowhere! My dad was driving very slowly, kept telling us that everything was okay. After an hour or so, I saw this red light and that was the sign of petrol station. I was so relieved that I had to pee so badly!

We all came home without making it to the hot spring. But the shower at home was as good as any natural hot spring I could imagine. 

It was 9:30 pm, and Kristina decided to call a tow truck. 

Michal, Nadav and I decided to catch a bus home. While waiting for the bus, Nadav said,

" The Damen bus NEVER comes!"

and I said,

" All the buses, they never come, you know"

Finally we got on the bus and while Michal and Nadav were sitting together, warming each other, I stared at the window, laughing at this whole situation.

I got off.

I had to walk 2 blocks to my apartment. The street was deserted.

So I decided to sing. 

Really loud, too.

At first, I was singing to forget the coldness, 

but as I went on, I got a bit technical and I was like, 

'hmm, I am so bad as I thought I was'