Today the 20th, was my 24th birthday, and it sucked for one large reason:

I was planning on going to work, and decided to order an uber from where I had stayed the night all the way back to the area of not only my residence but my other client besides my mother. It had snowed over the weekend so I only had sandals to wear with socks, as it was all I was wearing before it snowed.

Once I saw the car for pick up was a hummer, I thought to myself "Oh, that's a bit large..." and was worried because I know those types of cars are hard to get into if you're disabled like myself. But when its a sunday morning in the boonies, drivers ARE slim picking so I didn't try to get another vehicle.

When the guy arrives, he pulls up to the SIDE of the house, not the front. Perspective: There is a somewhat (somewhat) even sidewalk in front of the house despite it being at the foot of the large hill that leads up to the house. All the way up on the side of the house there is NO sidewalk, and there is a sharp slope downwards. In retrospect it made no sense, why he parked the way he did. Even If I had taken the LONG route to his car by going out the side door, around the house to the front, and then down the hill to the sidewalk, there would have been no sidewalk going UP towards the car, AND I would have been going UPHILL on slippery, snowy terrain. He really should have just...parked...in front of the house like a normal person....

Upon reaching my apartment complex, the driver at least helped me all the way to the door, but he left after that and I had to struggle just to get in the front door into the lobby because the pain was THAT bad. Eventually despite my mom and a neighbor trying to help me walk, it was much too painful so I dropped onto the floor and started to crawl/scoot to the elevator on my knees and good side. It was awkward and probably embarrassing in theory but I just wanted to get upstairs and into bed where I could prop my foot up and rest!

Despite this all, other people were more angry at this uber driver once I told them the details than I actually was in the moment. I think its because I was in too much pain and in anxiety over having to call into work AGAIN since I had been out sick for a week and had to cancel two scheduled days....I just couldn't bring myself to get angry at the gentleman even though before everything I did have my "wtf" moment at him parking where he did. I should have banged pots and pans and told him to drive to the front of the house, but really when you're paying 30 dollars for the price of convenience, things should NOT be that inconvenient, nevermind the sprained ankle.