Ms. Jinxed

What a day! It started off just like any other day - woke up, got ready for school, packed my lunch, and headed out to my car to drive to school.

It was 7:30 AM, and that's when it all started to go wrong...

My car would not start. Gave it a few minutes, prayed over the steering wheel, spoke to my Toyota in a soft, sweet voice, then tried again. Nothing but silence. Then, I noticed my headlights switch was on the "ON" position. "IDIOT! Careless, forgetful, IDIOT!" I suddenly remembered we own a battery charger; I hooked it up and "voila!" it started right up. I was instructed to keep the engine running for a while to charge the battery, and since I am already late for my first class, I figured I would just wait at home and leave on time for my second class.

8:30 AM - time to go to school! My car should be charged and ready to go by now. I walked out to the driveway and realized that I locked my keys in the car! Thank goodness for AAA; they arrived within 10 minutes and I was back in the car hurrying to catch my next class.

9:30 AM - I pull into the university parking lot. Upon entering the covered parking structure, I failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Can you guess what happened next? I got pulled over and received my very first traffic ticket. Oh yes. Believe it.

Worry was my company for the rest of day. I was plagued with thoughts of bad events waiting to happen. And I was right to anticipate, they just kept on coming...

I ordered an iced soy chai and received hot watered chai...

I presented a case study and stuttered for the first time in years...

I lost all 3 sets of my tennis game...

9 PM - I felt beaten and frustrated. How much longer can this bad luck go on? Then I thought, maybe it was just all in my head. The stuttering and the bad tennis play could both have been due to my lack of focus, NOT bad luck. Maybe it's all over; maybe there was nothing really there...

I felt better already.

I decided to snap back into life and get some homework done. I grabbed a textbook and sat down on my brand new, one-week old chair.

Getting all settled in and comfortable...

My chair collapses.

BROKEN.

Go figure.