Twice as nice
At 7 this morning, Josh went out to start his car, only to find the battery was deader than Heath Ledger. So he took my car to work, stranding me at home with two children on Jack's first day off of school.
I had fears of violence and boredom and whining, but the day went surprisingly quickly and there was no blood shed. Tears, yes, but that's to be expected. We had AAA come out and they replaced the battery, but because Josh had the two carseats, I didn't have the ability to go anywhere. Not that I would have taken the kids somewhere in the car, but it looked like rain all day and I didn't want to haul them out in the stroller only to get soaked coming home. So we stayed inside and played and everyone had fun.
At 7 this evening, we left a local restaurant to head home for bath and bedtime, only to find MY car would not start. For the second time in two weeks. And no, we didn't get it fixed after the last debacle in the Target parking lot because AAA finally arrived 90 minutes after I called them and the car miraculously started. And since we shut it off and started it numerous times after that, it must be fixed right? Idiots, that's what we are.
This time we had two tired kids in the backseat, but thankfully our friend Matt was at dinner with us, so Josh took Matt and his daughter to our house in their car, then came back and got the three of us. In the meantime, I sat reading the manual trying to figure out if it was the starter (because it's not the battery, everything lights up and engages, we just get nothing when we try to turn the engine over) while one child sobbed, "I don't want to go in Mr. Matt's car" and the other sobbed, "Gooooooooo, gooooooooooooo." It was as much fun as it sounds.
Now we get to have my car towed to the dealership in the suburbs, where they will bend us over in seven different positions. But we have no choice because while we might need a new starter, it could also be some weird key computer chip thing and if it's that, then it has to get fixed at the dealership anyway.
What are the odds of having AAA come twice in one day to one household? Wait, don't answer that. Apparently, the odds are 100 percent.
If you have a money tree growing out back, could you please make a cutting for me so I can graft it onto a regular tree and grow a hybrid? I need one that sprouts $100s, but really I would take anything with a dead president on it.
I had fears of violence and boredom and whining, but the day went surprisingly quickly and there was no blood shed. Tears, yes, but that's to be expected. We had AAA come out and they replaced the battery, but because Josh had the two carseats, I didn't have the ability to go anywhere. Not that I would have taken the kids somewhere in the car, but it looked like rain all day and I didn't want to haul them out in the stroller only to get soaked coming home. So we stayed inside and played and everyone had fun.
At 7 this evening, we left a local restaurant to head home for bath and bedtime, only to find MY car would not start. For the second time in two weeks. And no, we didn't get it fixed after the last debacle in the Target parking lot because AAA finally arrived 90 minutes after I called them and the car miraculously started. And since we shut it off and started it numerous times after that, it must be fixed right? Idiots, that's what we are.
This time we had two tired kids in the backseat, but thankfully our friend Matt was at dinner with us, so Josh took Matt and his daughter to our house in their car, then came back and got the three of us. In the meantime, I sat reading the manual trying to figure out if it was the starter (because it's not the battery, everything lights up and engages, we just get nothing when we try to turn the engine over) while one child sobbed, "I don't want to go in Mr. Matt's car" and the other sobbed, "Gooooooooo, gooooooooooooo." It was as much fun as it sounds.
Now we get to have my car towed to the dealership in the suburbs, where they will bend us over in seven different positions. But we have no choice because while we might need a new starter, it could also be some weird key computer chip thing and if it's that, then it has to get fixed at the dealership anyway.
What are the odds of having AAA come twice in one day to one household? Wait, don't answer that. Apparently, the odds are 100 percent.
If you have a money tree growing out back, could you please make a cutting for me so I can graft it onto a regular tree and grow a hybrid? I need one that sprouts $100s, but really I would take anything with a dead president on it.
Labels: car trouble
posted by Amy at
7:56 PM
1 Comments:
when it rains it pours. You really need to write a book.
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