So when I talked to the lady on the phone for unemployment I managed to understand that I need to register with Michigan Works. I had no idea what this was but I was damned if I was going to ask this lady so I did a little research. To explain the just of it....it is a place that they might find you work. After talking to my sister I discovered that even if you register with them; they never call you. Okay I am going to make a trip to this place and nothing will come of it but I will go and maybe something will ( I am trying to learn to be a optimist :) ). The Michigan Works place is in Lapeer and I am running errands anyway so away I go.
Okay now in order for the story to continue you need to know this....I get lost very, very, very easily.
Now on with the story. I am driving down I-69 ( a normal freeway around here) and my car is shaking as it has been lately whenever I go 65mph or higher when the car next me rolls down its window. I paid no attention to it then but in retrospect they were trying to tell me something. Window down, driving the same speed as me even though they are in the other lane. I had blown a tire but it was not until I was going up the exit ramp and smelled that rubber that I realized this. OH MY GOSH. Now I know how to change a tire my dad taught me when the driving trainer teacher told him to but that was like 10 years ago and I have never done it without him. I panicked for a quick minute then realized I have a whole bunch of people that would come to my rescue.
First I called the boyfriend, even though I knew he was at work, he said that he would come if I really need him but asked if I could find someone else. Okay I will...Next was my sister. I called her cellphone and her work phone both were busy. Next my grandma and her phone was complete off. If i didn't know better I would think everyone was avoiding me. Finally I called my stepmom....Success. She would be to my rescue after my sister finished making her eggs. WHAT? I giggled a little at the fact that my rescue would be here after my 9-year-old sister finished making her egg. And then of course there was the fact that I had been on the way to the unemployment office when I blew the tire. As far as I knew tire weren't cheap and now I would find out the true price. So there I am laughing on the side of the road while waiting for my rescue to come.
Thankfully a half hour later they did come and got the spare on and I got to go register at Michigan Works. Thankfully my stepmom also came to my rescue when it came time to go to the tire place. Which when we got there not only did they say that I blew the tire so bad that I was lucky I didn't flip the car and that I need four new tires. $373 later I have four new tires and second long day of unemployment. Man this is harder than going to a job everyday.
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