When I got out of my car to go to work, I noticed that the automatic door lock wasn't working. I got out of the car, manually locked it, made a mental note to go to the dealership shop afterwork, and went to work. After work, the car wouldn't start at all. I fished out my AAA card, thanked my lucky stars for a few cell phone bars, and was told someone would come out to help me in the next half hour. I was also feeling quite smart for having AAA and thinking about how I really do need it at least once a year and how peace of mind is worth the membership price. (I am not being paid to say that.) So I got out a towel, sat on the grass, and made lemonade out of the situation by enjoying my new book. Also, it was a gorgeous day and this is what the sky above me looked like:
When the AAA guy came, I popped open the hood of the car for him to inspect. He immediately pointed out that one of the clamp things that attaches to the battery had popped off. He reattached it and ran his special machine to test it. I turned the ignition and the car worked perfectly. It took him less than five minutes to solve my problem and we were both off on our merry way. Until I started mentally kicking myself for being so totally helpless! Why didn't I pop open the stupid hood in the first place? It would have taken me a second, but I could absolutely have put the clampy thing back on the battery myself! It was a while ago, but I did take a whole semester of auto shop in high school, learned how to change a tire, change the oil, and other various bits. Ugh. Slightly disgusted with myself amd aiming to be more self sufficient in the future.
Then I came home to my sweet dog and the dozen roses HH brought to celebrate my birth. Back to happy times!
Are you comfortable popping the hood of your car and troubleshooting?
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I am sorry about your car that is so weird but at least you were ready with you AAA card and the photo on the sky and airplane is awesome! Love this post.
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Oh dear Vivienne. I hate when that happens, but here's my thought: maybe you didn't think to pop the hood, because subconsciously you needed that reading/lemonade/sky gazing break! It's a blessing in disguise m'dear. I am loving the puppy and the roses, though! What a sweet gesture! Is today your birthday?
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great birthday anyway. Car malfunctions always catch us off guard and can ruin a whole day. I was stuck in a parking garage on mother's day for 5 hours with a migraine. Yuck!
ReplyDeleteI don't even think I know how to pop the hood on my little Miata, find the little latch in front and make it stay up with that bar thing. I think I should go test it out tomorrow in my drive way. But, I wouldn't know what I was looking at under the hood anyway. ;) Now I feel dumb.
Beautiful sky shot!!
Happy Birthday! You do have a gift for making metaphorical lemonade and, whilst being self-sufficient is good, not ruining that gorgeous blouse is better. =)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have a clue what to do if that happened to me, actually yes I do - I'd call my brother or my boyfriend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an afternoon well spent xo
I'm totally a car person. probably because my family owns a car service. my car is really important to me and everything has to be okay. and I know quite much about cars and engines since I've spent many hours next to my dad or the other guys there.
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ReplyDeleteHaha, no I'm not a car person at all. That's why I pay AAA to do it for me! :)
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i don't know a thing about cars. and you were smart about it...you have AAA, you called them, you got to read a book. there is absolutely no shame in that! we can't know how to fix every thing!!
ReplyDeleteI do pop the hood but then realize I wouldn't know how to fix so I call AAA anyway.
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Happy Birthday! I don't see this as you being helpless. You were quite proactive; you had your AAA membership and you had a few minutes of solace, reading under a beautiful sky.
ReplyDeleteDon't be too hard on yourself Vivienne, it happens
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Happy birthday! Hey, at least you got that picture of the beautiful sky while you were waiting for AAA, right?
ReplyDeleteI love AAA! HaHaHa I can barely pop open a hood. Good for you for taking a class! I never did. Glad it wasn't a major problem. Electrical work is expensive. What a fabulous ending Vivienne. Your puppy and those flowers are too cute.
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Kind of have to out here. AAA won't come this far. Great pic of the plane.
ReplyDeletei'm kind of an idiot, more than normal, when it comes to car stuff. i never took auto shop. lucy & the roses are sweet. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm embarrassed to say that I'm not comfortable with car-related things. I'm not proud of it at all. ;/ You're not alone! :) But the sky looks beautiful! It's nice that you were at least able to enjoy a beautiful moment!
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Happy birthday! I don't know how to do work on my car, but I hope to learn one day.... in the meantime, I should sign up for AAA, huh?
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