Glen Tow

 So do you want to hear the short story or the long story?

Short Story... 

Our car is SO dead!!!

Long Story... 

We brought the car to the shop on Monday to fix a few small problems...   

• Our driver side window doesn't always roll up.  Now it doesn't ever roll down!!
• An air hose had a hole in it.  They patched that up just fine.
• No problem with the rear view mirror but they must have bumped it pretty hard because they left superglue in the car, the mirror is in a different spot on our windshield, and it fell off when we were driving home from school today.  We super glued it back again and hoped for the best.
• Pick up has been slow.  They figured it was the gear box and recommended another mechanic who specializes in automatic cars.  We are in the process of getting his phone number and making an appointment.  They said to be careful but that it should be ok to drive for a week or two.  

Are you surprised they were wrong?  We're not.  On the way home from school it just fell out of drive into neutral.  Carl got it working again for a few km but at a speed bump cross walk we stopped for pedestrians and it refused to go any further.  We were in the middle of downtown during rush hour.  Good Times!!  Thankfully Carl was driving because I would never have been able to be as calm.  Double thankfully Glen, a man that owns a computer store in town and whom Carl knows well, stopped to help and towed us home. 

So there we were.  Getting towed through downtown because our gear box gave out.  Hoping like heck that the rear view mirror wouldn't fall down again.  And unable to signal oncoming traffic on the drivers side because Carl couldn't roll his window down.  Felt like a Seinfeld episode.   And we are very thankful that we made it home safely. 

 Jolly times at the homestead though.

 

Theo is thoroughly enjoying the world as a walker.  3 is his personal best and he couldn't be more pleased.