Where are you Lady Luck?

Seems Lady luck has left my side for some time, thus the plateau of this blog. Unfortunately, I haven't been lucky enough to report anything new. On the contrary, there is one aspect in my daily life that seems to be going down the opposite direction.

It's been one week when hubby had a bit of a problem with our car. Thankfully, it all started as we were about to park in our garage. As he was waiting for me to open the gate, he noticed that his rear brake lights were still on, without him stepping on the brakes. He felt something fall from above his foot but couldn't be sure what it was.

As soon as we were parked, he tried to check what it was, and even tried to look for where it came from. But since it was almost 10pm, it was impossible with a handheld light so I thought he could just remove the fuse for the time being. We certainly could leave the lights on overnight.

The next morning, we immediately took the car to a nearby auto repair shop. The mechanic put the nut and bolt in, and the lights were off. You think it's over?? Of course not. A couple of days after, it happened again, but this time, hubby was on his way to work. He had to again stop at a small auto repair shop and they replaced his brake pads. Yay? Again, of course not. It happened again last Wednesday while he was on his way to work. This time, he took it to a known repair shop before going to the office. From there he took a cab to work.

We thought it would only last the day but just our luck, they said they had to check it overnight. Early next morning, hubby called to check if he could get the car around noon and again, just our luck, they said they weren't done with it yet. They finished the repairs around 8pm.

When hubby got home, I asked what they found to be wrong. Care to take a guess? Nothing. Since they had to do the process of elimination, they did replace a lot of parts, and the bill amounted to Php11k or roughly $350. Wow, that much for something that wasn't broken in the first place. Oh well.. at least, I told myself, it would be the end of all this unluckiness.

Not! Just tonight he had to stop at one of the exit points because his gears suddenly came loose. Good thing my brother-in-law, who's a mechanic was at home to help him. Together with my cousin, they went to where my husband was, at almost 11pm.

Now he's home safe.

Our car has been with us for more than 8 years. All these repairs started when the car audio receivers started to malfunction. After that, it was a series of noises from under the car which could be captured by one of those voice recorders. Within a month we replaced the car audio received and had the underchassis checked and repaired.

I hope this will be the last of it. Please Lady Luck.. where are you? Please stay by my side. I need lots of luck, or at least spare me from all these expenses. Thank you :D