car repairs

So last week my car broke down. It was a good breakdown, as far as they go. I was able to make it to work and on time, called my mother, who just happened to be coming down to Des Moines with her friends and they hung out long enough to follow me home. Right away I stopped for gas and that was it, it wouldn't start. My mom helped me push it to the back of the lot at the truck stop, nothing like having your 70 year old mother help ya push a car. A nice guy jumped in & helped us, I suppose 2 women pushing a car is a hard situation to look away from. So I hardly even got wet although it was pouring rain and she had a candy bar waiting to sooth my nerves. Doesn't get much better than that...

I think it's the alternator although when my friend took it off the car, he noticed a fuse that seems to be melted right into the box. Great. Well we'll jump that hurdle another day. Sometimes more than one problem at a time does not want to fit into my brain.

So when I went to buy a new one, the guys at the car part store (and another shopper) talked me into taking it over to Ames & having it rebuilt. They say it's a better way, higher quality work and much cheaper. Goody, now I can afford to fix the starter too.

So both parts lay in my front porch waiting for mom's taxi to take them to the electrical repair place tomorrow. It's amazing how stranded I feel without my $250 chariot. It did motivate me to take my bike out of the garage to return my video tapes today. Gosh, I shouldn't need an excuse to do that. It was a foggy day & I was extra careful. Oh, the wonderful smell of spring air. And the tv news is recapping all the Iowa tornados today. Wow, they are up to 8! Passing street drains sounded like scenic waterfalls and the birds all seemed happy, happy, happy.! It's so nice to hear the birds singing again. Although I'm a bit jealous they got to go south & I didn't.