This is a fun one...

For those of you who haven't kept up on my blogs, life in New York has been a roller coaster to say the least. Work is crazy one minute and fantastic the next, and my often recurring homesickness doesn't make things much better. Well, this past week has topped it off. After working a 16 hour day last Friday, I made the all too common mistake of leaving my dome light on in my car. Being in New York, I didn't see or use my car again until the following Monday, when of course I found it dead. So, after paying a towing company $40 to shock my mode of transportation to life again, I decided to add some oil. After completing this task I closed my hood, or so I thought, and headed for work. 10 minutes later as I pressed the gas pedal down while cruising on the scenic Sawmill River Parkway my hood made the suprising choice to open, violently. It cracked my windshield pretty badly, broke both side panels on the front end of my car, dented the roof, and the hood itself is wrinkled like a piece of paper. Will my crappy car insurance cover this incident? In the words of many New Yorkers, "Forget about it!" So there goes any fun I was going to have this winter. The good news is that noone was hurt during the incident, which could've been much worse. As it turns out, the latch that hooks onto the hood and holds it in place is in desperate need of some grease. Now I know. Lesson learned. See the pictures below and learn your lesson too.