April 22, 2008
Holy Smokes, Batman!
Yeah, today was interesting to say the least..hehe. Well, lucky for you I have a story. So sit back, relax, and listen about the tale of the day that my car caught on fire.
Everyone knows our van, a maroon toyota previa, appropriatly nicknamed the space van. We’ve had it forever, that is until today. Anyways, so today we went to the eye doctor(I went last week, this was for Miles, Gage, and Zack). I woke up a little late, leaving us 5 minutes to get there.*smile*. So, mom was a little stressed out about being late, and then our dog got out, and we had to chase her down. Needless to say, mom was on the verge of a emotional breakdown. Fun. So we get there, and yeah. My mom and Miles and Gage got out and went inside, leaving me and Zack in the car. At first, we noticed the car was smoking. Just a little bit, so we thought it was normal. I was getting ready to put on my make up when we noticed it started smoking a lot. We just thought it was ok still( can you say stupid?) So then, me and Zack are talking, and I look down to see smoke coming from under my seat. Plus, I noticed my butt was a little hot. Then, common sense finally kicked in, and we got out. But by the time we got out, the smoke was HORRIBLE and you could see little orange flames underneath the car. Yeah, so then the whole staff of the eye doctors clinic was outside. Mom was freaking out, one lady called the fire department, and, well, it was just crazy. There really wasn’t much wrong, and I realized I left my stuff in the car, but I thought it would be alright. It wasn’t. About 5 seconds later, the whole car broke out in flames. I don’t want to seem pathetic, but I was balling my freaking eyes out. Mom was just hysterical, it was great. And one brave receptionist got a fire extinguisher, but it just wouldn’t do anything. And I’m thinking, “Where is the stupid fire department?”. Yeah, when the finally get there, our car is STILL in flames, smoking even worse, plus you have a bunch of hysterical people. Again, FUN. They finally get the flames out, and it’s still kind of smoky, and it smells disgusting. After all of that, I look at our pathetic melted bottomless car, and could hardly believe I was in it 2 minutes ago. We saved what we could from the wreckage of our use to be van. But it’s still crazy. Like unreal, it was so distorted. The plastic parts of the car was on the ground, the metal was twisted together, and the engine was o the ground along with verious wires. Then I look where I was, and see the ground. I’m happy that nobody got hurt. But it’s just crazy! This stuff happens on the news, not to you, ya know? Oh and here’s the best part, when me and Zack were sitting in the car, when it was smoking, I totally said, “Zack, watch this car like catch on fire.” and it did. Yeah, so again, craziness. We have a rental now, and it’s cool. I’m still kind of shooken up though. I seriously could have gotten hurt. Like badly. But it’s all gravy. Any who, tahnks for listening. By the way, now I think it’s hilarious. I don’t know why, I just do.
yours truly, Zoe
