Alabama Tracks

Lucie (my car) that is.  Yesterday after I dropped the loaf of bread off at my friend’s house (everything went fine and I enjoyed the brief conversation we had) I decided that I would run and go get gas before I went home again to cook dinner.  After all, it would save me time in the morning and I wouldn’t have to run out again later that evening.  As I left the gas station, I headed up one of the busy parkways not far from the house.  She jerked and the spedometer started to decline steadily.  I made it to the shoulder just before the turn lane started.  I shut her off not knowing what in the world had happened. 

I called my husband and then called AAA to request a tow truck.  While on the phone with AAA, an officer stopped to make sure I was okay and that someone was coming by to help me.  About 15 minutes later, my husband arrived, and 45 minutes after all this began the tow truck finally came.  Dripping with sweat, thirsty, and tired, we followed the truck to the garage to pick the keys up.  We ended up going to Firehouse Subs for dinner as now my emotions were all over the place and I had no energy to spend time in the kitchen.  Upon finishing dinner, we drove to a coworkers house to ask her to pick me up in the morning (I didn’t have her phone number) and then headed home.  7:45 and I was home. 

I tried to make my evening useful by doing a load of wash (I didn’t have anything else to wear today) and then I took some pictures of my scrubs I want to sell on Ebay.  I ended up about 45 minutes later crashing on the couch watching my husband play a game.  By 9:25 I couldn’t keep my eyes open.  I slept there until 10 and then got ready for bed. 

I’m anxiously awaiting news from the garage today as to how much these repairs will cost.  Its so frustrating when just 2 weeks ago she left me stranded with groceries in the trunk and this time she put me on the side of a major busy road in rush hour.  I suppose we’ll try to fix her again and hold out hope that we can get more mileage out of her and hold off on buying yet another “new” car.  I don’t drive her very far but its hard to have faith in a car when she keeps breaking down.  So nonetheless, I will wait for news and pray that the repairs are not astronomical.  I am very thankful that my husband was just getting off work, no time was missed, I was able to get to the shoulder and that no one was on my tail when she suddenly jerked and decided to go on the fritz.  I’ll keep you posted.

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