tripping
by bear
Saturday was supposed to be when we travelled to Lancaster to visit with close friends who we haven’t seen in a while. I’m guessing the “was” part clued you in as to the outcome :) We had the usual grumpy start I seem to offer for most trips – why I have no idea, part of it has to be the vastly different idea lainens and I have of what a schedule is, I’m sure.
Of course it couldn’t be me :P
So, after stopping a couple times, we were about ready to get on the road the car wouldn’t start. Joy. I’ve been through this before with the ford so I knew what to do: check the battery, clean the cables (they tend to accumulate that white crud), wait, offer a prayer to the nearest deity.
Nada, zip, no start.
After ignoring lainens offer to find someone who will jump- start the car, I finally found someone to jump-start the car and we drove to the garage where they tell us that the starter was bad. Not being a simple fix and realizing that the trip was a bust I drove lainens home, dropped her and her dad off at the house and drove back to get the starter replaced.
So, instead of a trip to meet friends and such, I spent the afternoon reading a book waiting for the starter to be replaced.
On the bright side I did manage to get some reading done :)