Humiliation Galore!
So this afternoon, I was rushing to get to my allergy shot appointment in Boston and was trying to find a parking space that wasn’t covered in a foot of snow. I did a few loops around our neighborhood and was pitifully unsuccessful.
Then I remembered the beautiful space that Casey and I (um, Casey) cleared out the other day… ooh, it is free- eureka!
Hmm… there is a bit of snow in the space… hmmm.
Oh I am sure I can get in if I get a good running start!
Oh crap. I am sooo not moving.
“Oh hello, Mr. Big Harvard Van… Yes, I do seem to be blocking half the road, don’t I?”
I jumped out of the car, grabbed my trusty little shovel and start trying to get my car out. I do a little dorky wave to the disgruntled Harvard guys and they look at me like I am the stupidest girl on the planet. Which, of course, I am.
Then, out of nowhere, my savior comes! Even weighed down with a gigantic backpack, he shovels like a madman!
Another guy jumps out of one of those F3000 trucks and helped push me out of the devil space with the help of Backpack guy.
And who says chivalry is dead in Boston?!
(ps- I told you I loved that movie!)
January 27th, 2005 at 11:52 pm
The book is good too! http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=0g3Go9qAr0&isbn=034543014X&itm=1
January 28th, 2005 at 12:17 am
Men like that.. the damsel in distress stuff. And sometimes it comes in mighty handy
I can’t imagine all the snow, here where I live near Vancouver (B.C.) snow is a rarity and when it flies the city shuts down. Which is nice 
January 28th, 2005 at 2:48 am
Aw…a random act of kindness…thank god their mama’s raised them right!
January 28th, 2005 at 9:49 am
I used to get allergy shots. Fun stuff. Silly Harvard Van just should have been more patient sheesh
January 28th, 2005 at 10:36 am
Amy, how cynical!
But, yeah, you’re right.
January 28th, 2005 at 11:13 am
Princess Bride is practically glued into my DVD player. I was just thinking yesterday that I should read the book…
I heard a story on public radio yesterday about the rampant practice of “reserving” parking spots in Boston with furniture. Has this happened to you?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4465962
January 28th, 2005 at 11:14 am
Oh that was lovely! That makes the heart warm—- there are so many good people out there– I have to remember that when I am surrounded by trolls . . .
January 28th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
Yay super snow man!
January 29th, 2005 at 1:21 am
Oh, how nice!!! I love random acts of kindness
January 29th, 2005 at 2:46 pm
Once, when I got stuck going around a bend in a snowstorm and didn’t have enough momentum to keep it up, a nice man in an SUV driving in the opposite direction rolled down his window and talked me through it. I felt like an ass, but was really grateful for the help!
January 29th, 2005 at 3:47 pm
I just read your title and thought to myself, “Hey, isn’t that a Princess Bride quote? I wonder if anyone else noticed…” And they did. I saw some mention of the book and I would dare to say that the book is almost better than the movie. Gasp. I know. It’s blasphemous to say that. Imagine it this way, though – read the book and get all the characters from the movie to act out the additional scenes in your head. It’s good stuff!
Ich – allergy shots! I used to get those when I was a kid – until I finally started reacting to the injection itself. I was relieved one day to see my arm swell up around the injection site and hear the doctor say “I guess that’s the last one for you!”
I hope your parking space situation improves soon!
January 31st, 2005 at 12:59 pm
Thanks for the laugh! I am picturing you with a teeny tiny shovel, scooping away like a little mouse until so bury Boston accented saviors arrive
PS Take the train!
January 28th, 2005 at 8:01 am
Frecklegirl tries the Warp-Factor-9 approach to getting into her re-snowed-in on-street parking space in Cambridge and, of course, gets stuck in a snowbank and blocks traffic: I jumped out of the car, grabbed my trusty little shovel and start trying…