Talking about challenging...
Last week I had one of my dates in Amsterdam, one of those 'from another planet' dates. I love those other planets so that was not the problem. The planet I visit with this guy is one of the exciting kind, one where you get out of your normal slacks put on a sexy skirt with some holdups and sexy heels. Well... we aim to please after all!
Interesting detail is of course that my office is in Amsterdam, I hardly ever go there since I am a homeworker and who would want to be in traffic for about 4 hours a day? So not me. BUT.. when one has a date in the same city the office is in, suddenly it seems to make sense.
So.. I took all my sexy gear and stuffed it in a rucksack to get changed in at the end of the day. Took my lovely little Peugeot and went on my merry way to Amsterdam, it is almost weird to drive, I hardly do it, I am just too happy being able to cycle and I try to do that when it is dry (happens so much here!). Amsterdam is a tad too far though. The trip went great, went through a tunnel with those signs 'put on your lights' so I was being really obedient and then got distracted by the big planes everywhere must be Schiphol close.
Parked the car on the parkingdeck, used my park pass for the first time and felt so part of it all and jumped out of the car ready for a (can you feel a.. ) brand new day :-)
Anyway, after having had a great socially productive day, quickly wind forward to the end of it.
So.. I squeezed myself into my ever so tight skirt, ripped a holdup, cursed, got too hot in the small toilet cubicle but still after applying some makeup I thought I looked as good as it was going to get and took my sexy ass hiding under my very sensible wintercoat outside, praying I wouldn't bump into a colleague who would spot I changed from sensible slacks into sexy pins and get all sort of interesting mental images I didn't want to be a part of.
Humming 'I feel pretty' I half danced (yeah right, not on those heels I tell ya!) to the car, pressed my remote central locking security thing and NOTHING HAPPENED!!!!!
OH MY GOD.. pressing frantically now and thinking about my date who was waiting for me about 15 minute drive from where I was and couldn't get to now.
I suddenly didn't feel the cold anymore at all and started to look around trying to charm anyone into jump starting me. No chance though.. I think I must have asked about 50 colleagues but they all didn't have jumpleads. Normally I would have thought they just didn't want to help me but I got the idea that my attire did provide the motivation but they just didn't have the means due to all their cars being lease cars and them telling me 'just call the lease company' :-)
Pushing wasn't an option either because of the immobiliser that is in the car too so there was nothing left to do but call the AA and come clean with mr Date.
Not nice.. but.. I must say, they were both wonderful, mr AA said I am coming to save you and mr Date told me that he would come to keep me company while waiting since there was more traffic than I have even ever seen before.
It took about a very long half hour but then first mr AA made me very happy by starting my car up again and just when I thought I would have to drive about a 1000 times around the car park mr Date arrived, stepped into the car and made it all better.
I will leave the rest of the mental images all to your own dirty minds. :-)
Note to self, ask brother to repair 'lights on' warning sound.
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