So happy you bought this bottle of luuuuuuuuuuuuube!

Now I understand that that is a bit controversial, but wait until you hear about the past 24 hours I’ve had in Canada. As you may have heard- I busted my ass real bad on the mountain yesterday- so much so that I didn’t go snowboarding today. Instead, I decided to do some laundry and some sightseeing. First off- I tried to do this laundry last night, but I could not figure out the washing machine in the condo I am in. For starters- there are no numbers…anywhere on this machine. But the main knob used to simply push in, turn and then pull out to start the water- is not working at all. It is not pushing in or pulling out at all. Sounds a lot like a bad sexual experience if you ask me (I thought about not saying that and then I thought about the day I have had and figured what the hell). I had the maintenance guy out here in no time and he was like- yeah I have no idea what’s wrong with your washing machine. Super. Thank you for nothing, pal.

Now I wake up the next morning, tailbone still in shambles and I am off to the hotel to do the laundry that I can’t do at the condo. I find the laundry room…no thanks to the lady at the front desk and I do not have the correct change to use the washing machine. I now have to go back upstairs to get all ones- and yeah- ones here in Canada are coins and then go back down to the washing machine. Keep in mind that I am having a horrible time walking. So I have both loads of laundry going and I’m reading Eclipse..my new favorite book and YES it is the Twilight series. I love it. I notice that the one washing machine has stopped and the other is still going. I think this is odd because I started them at the same time – why wouldn’t they be done at the same time? Whatever. I put the one load in the dryer and just keep reading. 30 minutes goes by and the other washer is still not working. Now I’m just getting mad because so far things are just not working out. I walk back up the 3 flights of stairs and tell the front desk and they say they are sending someone down. A lady comes down and asks if I’m in 1064. I say yes and she says – the maintenance lady went to your condo and nothing is wrong with your washing machine. I’m ready to bang this woman’s head against the wall because I’ve just stopped ringing out a couple pairs of clothes from the broken washer. She see’s what I’m doing and says that they will give me money to run them in the other washer. So I do that and then put the wet clothes in bags and go back to the condo to use my own dryer. Again- this dryer has no numbers or instructions, but I figure it out and it’s running.

Now I’m on my way to the mountain to meet up with my brother for lunch. I get off at the wrong stop on the shuttle bus and have to walk FOR-EV-ER up a cliff it feels like since my back is in excruciating pain. We have lunch – the burgers are crappy but whatever. We decide that we’re gonna go and rent a couple movies and hang out. Zack and Miri Make a Porno and The Rocker were are two choices and we go back to the car and nothing. The key will not turn in the ignition. We’re both like- are you kidding me? So we’re texting our mom cause it’s her car, she’s trying to give us tips on how to fix this ‘glitch’ that seems to be very common in Nissans and nothing is working. I call AAA and Nissan roadside assistance – meanwhile thinking- how is all of this b^&*ls&*t happening to me right now? AAA says they will be there in an hour. Nissan calls me back to say that they will have to charge me $101 just to get it to the dealership and oh yeah- that has to be cash. I tell them not to bother. AAA shows up and the guy does not speak English. No worries. He tries the same thing that everyone else has told us to do- turn the wheel as far left as you can and shake the key with your foot on the break. That doesn’t work. Then he whips out a can of WD40 or some type of ‘lube’ and sprays it into the ignition. He then picks up a wrench and hits the ignition and then turns the key and POOF! It works!

Michael and I look at each other and I say to this man, “All it needed was some lube?” Luckily he didn’t realize how incredibly inappropriate that was and I’m just LMAO-ing. So now we’re on our way back to the condo and the conversation went like this:

Michael: “I can’t even believe how ridiculous that was. It just doesn’t even make any sense!!!”
Erin: “I know. I was ready to go to the Inconvenient Store and get myself a 40.”
Michael: “You could have gotten a 50!”
Erin: “Yeah I know. And it would have been 50% alcohol content.”
Michael: “I can’t wait for mom to get that text message: ‘We’re good. AAA lubed the ignition and it worked!’
Erin: “LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL” LUUUUUUUUUUUBE!!!!!!”

I hope you enjoy that story as much as we did. And oh yeah.. I never did any sightseeing.