Staying In Tonight
It's been one of those days when I'm glad I got a good night's sleep the night before - I needed it.
I woke up early and was out the door with time to spare - my goal was to get to work so I would have as much time as possible to finish things before I leave next week. I was out the door and to the Jeep around 7:30* - good timing... and then things changed.
*This is about an hour and a half earlier than I need to be out the door for work... I really was planning to get some extra time in!
I couldn't get my Jeep to start. I figured it was just a dead battery that needed to be jumped, but I couldn't figure out why the battery had died... I didn't notice anything that might've been left running overnight. Oh well, my first priority was to find a ride to work and from there I'd try to find someone who could help jump my car in the afternoon - after all, I usually take Tuesday afternoons off so I can prep for school**. Today I'd just have to add jumping the Jeep to my list.
**On the plus side, the quarter is winding down and there wasn't a lot of prepping I needed to do today - particularly since I wasn't able to get ANYTHING done. I'll be working on that tomorrow night and Thursday morning I guess...
I found a friend who was willing to help me out so he drove me home and powered my battery... sorta. While I was able to get the engine to turn when I revved it (and his battery was connected to mine), once I took my foot off the pedal the engine stopped. Fortunately, David knows a thing or two about cars so he offered to help me pull the battery out and take it to Auto Zone to get the battery tested. We did that*** and found out the battery's dead... as a door nail...
***I make it sound like a simple procedure. First we had to trek back downtown to get his supplies (since no one near me seemed to have any) and then he faced the challenge of a LOT of corrosion. Add to that the mild rain and it wasn't as easy as it sounds.
Thank God for friends because I got a call from another friend this evening. Jeremy (yes, the same one who has helped me numerous times with my laptop(s)) offered to come and take a look at the situation. As David had left it, one of the battery terminals was jammed with an old, undersized and corroded bolt that didn't want to come out... and he didn't have a drill to get it out. Jeremy has a drill and has offered to come back tomorrow evening to help me get the bolt out, buy a new battery, and install it.
Angie has offered to drive me into work (again) tomorrow so I won't lose valuable time**** and I should be set by the time I have to drive to class Thursday morning.
****As much as I was tickled with the idea that I'd have an excuse to not go into work tomorrow, I've since remembered a lot of things that are going on that will need my attention. It's nice to have job security, but I wouldn't mind sleeping in.
It's been a frustrating day, but it could have been MUCH worse. I'm so grateful for friends like David, Jeremy and Angie who were willing to take time from their schedules to help me out... I would've been lost without them. Thanks, friends!
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