They Call Me Gimpy…

Okay, so last night I was sitting on the couch playing D&D Tactics on my PSP. It was kinda noisy because of the rain and the TV, so I decided that I should get my headphones. The thing was, they were in the trunk of my car. So, I go downstairs and into the garage. It is kinda dark in there, but I don’t turn on the lights.

I remember that the headphones are in the trunk so I go around the passenger side of the car. I get to the back and open the trunk and then grab them.

FLASHBACK BEGINS

Becca and I are moving her car into the garage. It’s a Saturday morning and we are going to rotate her tires and change her oil. She had just purchased some 4-ton jack-stands to go with the 4-ton rolling jack that we got as a wedding gift.

We lift up her passenger side after loosening the lug nuts. Getting the tires off and rotating them was easy, even though we didn’t technically rotate them correctly. She is not going to be having this car for too much longer. The first two tires go well. The jack-stands are cool, but the jack is absolutely awesome! It’s so easy to lift the car up and it has this huge long handle that makes it so you hardly have to bend down. The jack itself is about 2 feet long and weighs a good 100 pounds or so.

We move the car out and back it into the garage and start on the other side. After getting those tires rotated, we proceed to do the oil. With the front of the car hanging out of the garage a little bit, it is pretty easy. Even without a filter wrench. I just reach up inside from under the car and give it a good twist. Becca said the engine was being torqued pretty well.

We succeed! (lots of cheering ensues) The car is lowered down, started and running with no leaking oil. The tires look pretty good, except that they are a little bit flatter because they have the extra weight of the engine now.

FLASHBACK ENDS

I am walking back towards the door. My right foot crashes into something huge that does not move. I hear a snap. I am thinking “what in the world did I just stub my toe on?” Holy cow, it’s that huge 4-ton 100+ pound car jack. My foot just smashed into it and my brain just now registers the sickening crunch sound. My foot is throbbing and my toe is black and blue. Becca says it doesn’t look broken because I can still move it.

It’s hard to wear shoes.

I am such a gimp.