not the best week ever

Okay, it's been a few days since I've been here. It hasn't been the best week. We got our butts kicked in softball again (more on that later). The guy who was going to do the BBQ for Family Camp Day dropped off the radar. Car issues, too. HAving car problems drives me crazier than jsut about anything else.

I'm at the parking garage at Barnes and Noble when it happens. The car starts fine, but the gear shift will not physically go from Park to Reverse. Uh-oh, I think. Not another transmission problem. What it ends up being is a minor problem but it causes major headaches. The brake light switch went out. a $10 part. But for a Jetta, you have to have your foot on the brake before you can shift into reverse. Since the switch was out, the transmission didn't know that I had my foot on the brake and would not shift. A minor problem, but a headache nonetheless. I took it to Letcher Brothers in Pinole and I was off on the road in 20 minutes.