Have you ever had an unpleasant experience that had a silver lining? I had one of these today.
After a long telephone conversation with my friend Rabbit, a buddy from KnittingHelp.com, I decided to go out and spend a gift card I had received. Did I really need to go shopping?
No.
Why not, you may wonder.
Well, because I am still studying for my certification exam. This test is going to be quite difficult, I fear. Social Sciences is a discipline that encompasses many areas of study…history, geography, and economics, to name a few. I am set to take this exam on Monday. I would appreciate your prayers. I’m gonna need them.
Anyhow, I need to study, but I really wanted to get out of the house for a bit. So, I trotted out to the car, eager to get back before the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics.
I turned the key, not really expecting anything because I, like most people, tend to take for granted that my car will start when I want it to.
Not so this time. It made a small noise and then nothing happened.
Uh oh.
I tried again. Nothing. I pulled the key out and noticed that the odometer and rpm thingy were going crazy, like they were possessed.
I tried a couple more times, praying that the car wasn’t possessed. Nothing.
Normally, I would expect Mr. AuburnChick to fix this; however, I have been blessed with an entire weekend to myself. Soccer Chick is headed across the state to a weekend training session with her team, and Rockin Rooster will be visiting his cousin, whose house is on the way. I opted to stay home, study, and keep the dogs company.
With the family gone, I was forced to turn to a friend. Thank goodness for friends who live on the same street.
Ring, ring.
“Hello, Friend, it’s AuburnChick, your ever-needy friend. Can I borrow your husband and his handy man-brain for awhile?”
Like the true friends that they are, they were at my house in five minutes. Within a minute, Friend’s hubby had discovered the problem. Badly corroded contacts on my car’s battery. Thank goodness for baking soda and water. He used both to dissolve the corrosion just enough to hook up the cars and get mine going.
And then it died again.
Great. Was I going to have to get it towed?
“Not to worry, AuburnChick. All Knowing Man is here to rescue you.”
Starting over, we went through the entire process again, and he got my car started for the second time. Friend sat in one car, and I sat in the other, revving our engines like the start of a NASCAR race. When the car didn’t die after a few minutes, they left for home, assured that I would make it to the repair shop.
I crept my way the two miles (remember that I live in a small place), praying that the car wouldn’t stop along the way. CHECK GAUGES was ominously displayed the entire time.
Yeah, you’ll get checked, if you can hold on for two minutes.
I made it there and was assured that it was my battery and that it would cost me a small fortune to fix it. I didn’t care. Just fix it. I’m not interested in bargain shopping right now. Mr. AuburnChick should pay for leaving me with a car that didn’t run. Shame on him!
So, the silver lining? I sat down and studied for a solid hour with only one interruption. Had I been at home, I would have been tempted to go online, write a blog post (like I’m doing now), or knit a dishcloth for my Olympic Dishcloth KAL I started over on KH.
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