Last week, I had the blessed opportunity to go to the beach for a few days with my family. The warmth and sunshine were so needed after such a long winter. It was wonderful.
Unfortunately, my return home was not as relaxing. I was welcomed home with car troubles. Matt's car had stopped starting while I was gone (thankfully he had mine to drive), and there was no indication that it ever wanted to start again. When I got home, it was time to do something about it, because we both need to drive this week.
So we went and bought jumper cables like real adults. Nothing makes you feel like an adult that has to deal with your own stuff like car troubles. My dad always helped me with all my car stuff... now he was 18 hours away (actually more because they were still driving home from Florida). The jumper cables did not work. They attached really strangely, and we did not like or trust them. We got new jumper cables. These ones we trusted. They looked legit. Nothing. We "charged" his battery with my car. Nothing. We began to think that maybe it was not the battery since this was not working. We decided we would have to have it towed the next day... we were out of options.
Our neighbor saw us struggling outside and came out to check on us. He offered to bring his jump starter box, portable super jumper thing, from work the next day (on the weekend!) ... this thing was supposed to start anything. I don't even know what it is really called, a jumper box(?), but it is supposed to start every and anything.
We woke up the next day, did some chores, started lunch and talked about when to call for the tow truck. We decided we would get the car towed after lunch.
Our neighbor knocked on our door. I hid, because I was still in my pajamas. He had gone and gotten his "super jumper" and asked us if we wanted to try it. I was thinking,
Of course, but it's a long shot... nothing else has worked. Matt went out and after a couple minutes I heard his car turn on! I decided it was time to get dressed. I went outside and saw his car running. The battery was so dead it even struggled to start with the super jumper, but it did start. We thanked our neighbor profusely, and left the car running (never turning that thing off again!) while we called around to see who had the battery in stock and could help with installation (VW's are difficult). Praises for Sears who was open and could help on the weekend. They got us in and finished right away.
Matt's car works again, thanks to an expensive new battery. Don't you just love cars?
Well, because of our weekend events, I decided to make this playlist one along the theme of driving cars, owning cars, having trouble with cars, being an adult, and the kindness of our neighbor (who certainly got a "thank you" note).
Hope you enjoy it!
