Saturday, January 26, 2008
The Van
So this is January 25th's picture because the van caused me trouble yesterday. Daisy called me about 10:30 because she couldn't stop coughing. So much so that it was hurting her tummy. So I went to pick her up, and noticed that I needed some gas. I went up to the gas station turned off the van, put $20 dollars of gas in. When I got back in to go, the van wouldn't start! It just made a clicking noise. Well, I don't have a cell phone, or Willie's work cell phone number memorized. . So I called our Aunt Norma. But she was not home, because she was out paying a few bills then coming to my house to pick up some address labels I had printed out for her. So then I called 411 to get the number to the office at Willie's work. Which I wrote down wrong (not being able to hear due to cars passing because I was using a pay phone.) and no one picked up. So I told the gas attendant what was going on. I was at one of those gas stations that are in front of a grocery store. I had Daisy, John, and Taylor with me. I took them over to the store and got them a drink and a corndog from the deli. After they where done eating I got some medicine for Daisy's cough. Then I went back to the pay phone praying that Aunt Norma was home. Thankfully she was. She called Willie for me and he got there about 15 to 20 minutes later. He found out that the battery had died on me. The whole ordeal took about 45 minutes to an hour in 14 degree weather. Which made John and Taylor late for school. But thank God it was just the battery and nothing more. Today we went to Wal-mart and replaced it.
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2 comments:
good thing you kept your cool, no pun intended.
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Yeah... thankfully my battery died outside Bobby & Jessica's and GD was home. He had it all taken care of (new battery installed) in less than an hour for me.
For future reference, just plan to change batteries every time you move to a different climate... has happened to me within six months of every major move. Each extreme climate requires a different type of battery. ;D
I'm surprised you lasted this long with the old battery! Glad all turned out well and there was some place warm for you and the kids to wait!
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