Really, it was completely pointless for me to blur out the license plate on this picture...you couldn't see it anyway!
I admit I hate washing my car. With. A. Passion. I could take it to get it washed by someone by hand here in town, but that would require me to pay said person £15-£60...Really?!? People line up at that place. It's ridiculous. The reason I hate it so is because the roads we drive on daily over here are downright disgusting! My car will look this way within a day or two after washing it. We use windshield wiper fluid like candy over here. Sometimes I feel like I need to just let it constantly stream. If a tractor or any large vehicle is going to opposite direction or if I'm following one, I'll end up with big splotches of mud all over the windshield making it impossible to see. Which tends to be a problem while driving.
So yesterday I ended up giving in and washing the darn thing. Doug has been begging me for weeks and he's too busy to do so I thought yesterday was the best day to do it. The day that the wind was blowing 40 mph. I'm not sure why I thought yesterday was the day, but I did. And I have barely survived to talk about it.
- Problem #1: The wind is blowing...hard.
- The wind blew the bottle of car soap over spilling half of it all over our sidewalk right outside the back door. Awesome.
- The wind blew the gate shut repeatedly and I needed it open. I tried propping it open with a huge potted plant that is quite heavy. The wind blew that over and slammed the gate shut again making me want to drop to the ground and take cover.
- The wind blew the garage door shut. Don't ask how it happened, but it did several times.
- Problem #2: England has the dumbest hoses known to man.
- It took us several weeks to get the right connections for our hose.
- For some reason today I hooked it up and it decided to spray out of the spray nozzle and out of the connection area thus soaking me.
- Refer to Problem #1...it was COLD!
- I ended up just removing the attachment and using my thumb to spray the water.
- Refer to Problem #1...my hands immediately froze.
- I hate our hose.
- Problem #3: The car had approximately 4 months of grotiness caked on it.
- I washed the car once and then hand dried it.
- It was still dirty.
- The neighbors were sitting their warm house laughing at me.
- I washed the car again and then hand dried it.
- It was still dirty.
- I gave up.
I got a new car!!!
I had a good hair day!!
Or not.
I got clean hands after using the soapy water to clean the car.
Makes you wanna eat some fried chicken with your fingers, huh?
1 comments:
It's better to wash the car all by yourself, if you don't mind working hard for it. That way, you can easily scrutinize every spot you've washed. But if you're on a rush, a car wash is the way to go.
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