I Can See! January 24, 2008

I have been without windshielf fluid in my car for about a month. It has been an interesting journey this past month. Trying to see out of the corners of my windshield because the majority of the windshield in under a quater inch of salt. With every swipe on the windshiled wiper my windsheild became more and more blulrry.

TOday became the point that drving was down right dangerous. I could not see a thing. I was praying that the car in front of me would some how splash some water onto the window and wipe away the salt. No such luck. I was driving by memory now. I could see nothing, just white. I thought about stopping at a gas station, but even if i bought windshield fluid…I had no idea where to put it in the car. What if i just  dump it over the window and pull over every 5 mins and repeat? I then mentally began to go through my cell phone address book, what boys do I know that would help me out?

I managed to make it home. My roomate had purchased a bottle of windshield fluid. I rolled up my sleeves and after some jerking and pulling, I figured out how to open my hood. I stood there for a few moments looking at the forgien world that lies beneath the hood of my car. I saw a silver box with a symbol of a hand with a big X across it, I concluded that I would not touch that. Then, I found it! A little cirlce top that had a windshield wiper on it and it said “Windshield Fluid Only!” Hoooraaaay! I filled her up and washed my windows.