This is just my luck. I mean seriously, this happens to me ALL the time. I went out to the truck to get something out of it, and whaddaya know? The battery is dead on the truck! Now, OF COURSE Luis is out of town. He is always out of town when things go wrong. Thank God I have my friends here in Chattanooga that can help me. My friends husband is coming over to jump it later tonight. But, let me just give you some history on my experiences with vehicle situations when Luis just happens to always be out of town.
In 2006, our first year in Chatt, I had driven down in the Grand AM to meet him in TN after Spring Training. He had been on a road trip and wasn't going to get in till that night. Well, when I got to Chatt, I went to the Apt that we were going to be staying in and proceeded to go into the apt and let the girls out to play and all. We had been in the car for about 7 1/2 hrs from the drive from Ohio. Now, the car is packed, and I mean packed. My youngest daughter was only 1 1/2 years old. So, I take the girls inside and I come out and open the passenger side door to find smoke pouring out the side of the car. Now, I thought that I had smelled something burning on the way down, but, it really wasn't strong at that point and nothing was smoking. I had taken the girls inside to chill for a few and came back out probably about an hour later. SO, when I see that there is smoke pouring out, I take the girls back into the apt and go back out to try and figure out where the smoke is coming from. I wasn't sure if the car was going to explode at this point or what. So, I needed to call 911, but I didn't know the address yet cause this was my first day down there. SO, I call the apt office and they called 911 for me. What had happened was I had stuffed a pillow under the dash when I was trying to pack the car and I had hit the lights on in the car too and the pillow had leaned up onto the light and actually caught on fire. So, here I am trying to keep the girls back, take things out of the car and clean the smoke stuff off all by my self. Then carry all that stuff into the apt which was 2 flights down stairs. And you see how much stuff we have, too!
The next thing that happened was that the same season, about a month later, Luis was of course on the road and I was taking the girls to the Children's Discovery Museum in Chatt and I got 2 flat tires. Both on the right side of the car. I had to call AAA to come and help me with that one. Don't ask me how it happened, I still to this day have no clue!
The next thing was a year ago Christmas week. Luis was in Venezuela for winter ball. I was still in the grand am and I was driving home from work when my car runs out of gas. I didn't know it cause my car read 1/2 tank. So , the gage wasn't working right. I walk to get gas and I come back and the car is gone. I only went 5 min to the gas station and 5 min back and they had towed my car. I had left my blinkers on, too. So you know what happened when I went to get the car the next morning...yep! Dead battery! So it cost me $120 to get my car out 1 week before Christmas. And had to call AAA again to jump me. Boy do I love that AAA membership!
I know that Luis doesn't plan to be out when these things happen. He always feels really bad about it too cause he is totally helpless. I seem to always be stuck out somewhere and with the girls. There are more things that I can remember, too. But gees, I'd be here all night! I think this all just makes me a much, much stronger person! I can think of other way to become stronger that would be better than car situations, like the gym! ! LOL
