"Check Engine" Light and Chinese Lanterns

I am driving over Mt. Walker to play scrabble with my grandma before Volleyball open gym ( I beat her by over 100 points), when to my dismay my "check engine" light comes on. This terrifies me, because I blew up the engine to my 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 when I ignored that little ominous "check engine" light. I get to my grandma's and my husband meets me there and we check all the fluids. Nothing seems amiss, except for a glowing "check engine" light taunting me with its knowledge that it knows something somewhere in engine land is going very very wrong. Now I am trapped in my own chaotic dream dance surrounded by pulsating check engines lights and I am powerless to control my own destiny. Willow