Life in Bekahland...always an adventure. Here's the latest:
I left home after lunch yesterday and was headed to the gas station for my iced tea when I passed a guy who was digging his car out. One end of my block is apartment housing, and tons of students live down there. With 3+ people sharing most of the apartments, you can imagine that the street parking is a nightmare. So there I was, trying to slip and slide my car through double parked cars WHILE not hitting Mr. Shoveler boy. I thought he might not appreciate my 20-volume rendition of David Phelps' Star Spangled Banner, so I turned down my radio.
Then I heard it. This crazy loud not-good-for-a-car sound. That was weird. Wondered how long that had been grinding underneath my Phelps-fest. So I drove on to the gas station and the faster I drove, the louder it got. GREAT. I got my tea and drove back to the office. Same sound. Weird. As I got out of my car and walked behind it to walk into work - I saw it. A flat tire.
Trying to remain calm, I called Dad. That's what a girl does, right? Dad was sick. Mom suggested I call maintenance. Oh yeah. With four billion feet of snow on the premises, they sure have time to fix a flat tire. So I called my friend Amber. Her husband is a big strapping boy and with the school systems still out for the day, maybe he'd have time to look at it. She said she'd send him over. Well, he came over and told me that he had class, so he wouldn't be able to look at it until later.
I admit it. I cried. BAWLED. Not so much for the flat as for the asking for help. I hate asking for help. So I called my friend Jen, and between hiccups, I told her I had a flat. She said that her husband and son were out digging out sidewalks and she'd call them and send them right over.
They were there in about ten minutes. Sweeties that they are, they put the donut on my car and then followed me to Tire Barn. The guys there told me that they could fix my tire but I really needed new ones. I'd already known that but was trying to ignore it. So I let them get the tire mostly fixed (from the 1/2 inch screw that poked a hole in it) and THEN decided to spring for new tires. I could tell by the look on the tire guy's face that I was being such a girl. Sure! Let us fix the tire and THEN change your mind and decide to shop. Woops. Sorry guys!
So anyway, I was super thankful that the schools were out for a snow day so that Dwight and Nathan were not at work and school - and I was thankful they were already in the area and willing to help. In the absence of my Dad, I was also very grateful that Dwight could be there while I bought the tires - I trusted his judgement on which ones to buy and felt confident the tire guys weren't ripping off a stupid girl with bad tires. And even more than that, I'm glad I didn't go to Indy last weekend - imagine this little episode happening on the side of the interstate!!!
6 comments:
uggg! well at least you were cruising along at 70mph on the interstate and your tire blows out! due to a nail and yes i knew it was there!!
BUT MS. Bekah--I think we learned how to change tires in drivers ed!
Hey, your day sounded a little like mine. It must be this weather. Something will always go wrong in the most inconvenient weather, right?
Glad you got your tire changed and then replaced. I just replaced the front two tires on our van about a month ago. That would make the 6th new tire I've bought (on 3 different cars) in the last 2 years. Nice, huh?
Our little fiasco happened in our driveway yesterday. Emily's therapist came, did her thing and then left...or so we thought. A few minutes later, I heard a knock on the door and she told me her car was stuck at the end of the driveway. To make a long story short, she and I tried all that we knew to do with absolutely no progress and then called in the menfolk. Andrew came home from work and she called her boyfriend. Andrew got here first, so he and I tried to push the car while Sarah drove. We weren't getting very far, and then a male neighbor happened to be heading home, so he got out and helped. It took all three of us pushing (plus a face-full of dirty snow/kitty litter combo for yours truly) to get her going again. Now I'm sore!
So at least you know you're not alone with rotten luck!
Cara - Oh, was I supposed to pay attention in Driver's Ed???? WOOPS! I knew I missed something.
Christina - Bless your precious little heart! That sounds positively terrible! I'll keep my flat over a faceful of snow/etc!
Did we learn how to change tires in drivers ed?? I don't remember that!!
Glad it's behind ya. Pizza for game night? Grey's was awesome last night
I remember watching the tire changing demonstration in driver's ed. Of course I also saw it in Consumer Ed. But you weren't in that with me.
Pizza is good. Any other requests?
I'm scared to death for Meredith. Things did not look good for her in the writer's blog. They can't do this to us!
they can't kill the GREY of Grey's anatomy right?! She looked horrible when they pulled her out of the water!
I will talk to Cara and we'll get back to ya, excited for it should be fun!! :)
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