Mechanic Panic

I had to take my wonderful car into the mechanic today :( The airbag light came on a couple days ago and I just thought I wasn't distributing my weight enough so that it would sense me sitting in the driver seat. It sensed me all right, so need to fear of being too light (darn!). In fact, after I read my manual, it stated that either one of two things may happen as a result of the airbag readiness light coming on....neither of them ideal:

1) the airbag may not deploy if I were to get in a wreck

OR

2) the airbag may randomly deploy while driving

AWESOME!

Needless to say, I have been freaking out lately while driving; just waiting for my airbag to all of a sudden pop out and suffocate me and then end up making me crash.

I am going to my grandparents this weekend and they have a friend who is willing to fix my car [without ripping me off like other mechanics do - taking advantage of women that come into the shop and have no clue what they are talking about] so I was relieved to know that it will soon be fixed.

However, my manual said it needed to be fixed ASAP...does it really need to be checked that soon?

I had no idea, so just to make sure my air bag won't deploy as I am driving 70 on the highway, I decided to go get it checked.

I pulled into the parking lot of the Chevy dealership and immediately felt lost. There were so many doors, so many garages, so many cars, so many men....I definitely felt out of place.

So, right before I stepped out of my car, I took a deep breath and was determined to walk with purpose and make it sound like I knew what I was talking about.

I walked into the [correct!] door of the mechanic's garage and was intimidated by atleast 10 big men just standing there waiting for business.

I marched right up, told one of them what was wrong with my car, and asked if I really needed to get it fixed before I got my car serviced this weekend.

The mechanic asked if we could chat about my car for a couple minutes so that he could gain some ground on what he was working with. I was so nervous! I know NOTHING about cars. But to my surprise (and his as well) I carried myself very well and atleast made it sound like I knew what I was talking about. He even 'complimented' my car knowledge skills by stating, "Well, you DO know what you are talking about don't you?"

Yes, mechanic, I do...even if I had to do some extra research before I came in.

Good news - with my car being the model year that it is, the airbag will not deploy unexpectedly. It just won't deploy if I wreck.

So, in summary, I just have to make it to Plymouth (45 minutes away) without getting in a wreck...perfectly doable :)