Going Nowhere Fast

I've had some major transportation setbacks this week. Monday I went to the post office to ship off something I sold on ebay. Thankfully I made it there, but that was the last place I went for a while. Monday afternoon I came home and cleaned out the car. It was a mess, one bag of trash, one bag of toys, and one bag of blankets/spare clothes came out of there. I intended to use the steam cleaner to clean the seats, but never got around to it. So Tuesday I decide to take the boys to the science museum. I go to put the car seats back in the car and the car is locked, with my key's nowhere to be found. I was scared that they were in the bag of trash I had thrown out, or possibly the bag of blankets that was at that point spinning aroundt he washing machine. But they were in neither, they were in the locked car, along with my cell phone. So I was stuck at home all day long. Imagine locking your keys in your car, at your house.

Wednesday, keys in hand I attempted to go to the museum once again. This time I got in the car, car seats in place, kids buckled in. But the car wouldn't start. Dead battery! So we all go back inside, stuck again. This day was particularly bad. Chi was in a dreadful mood from the moment he woke up, and I really needed the car to drive him around so he would take a nap. We got through the day, and when DH came home he started the car just fine, go figure.

Thursday comes and I have a few errands to run. Library books due back, doctors appointment to go to. So we leave, and get past the garage. YIPPIE!!! But the car does hesitate to start when were leaving. Being aware of this I took the drive through option at McDonalds, and went straight to the library. We went in to the library, got some new books for the week and came out to head to a friends who I noticed was having a garage sale. The car won't start. Stranded at the library. I call DH who throws his half eaten lunch out to come and help me. We go to jump start the car. His little matchbox version of a vehicle starting an SUV for the second time in one week. Things are going okay. Matchbox car is sputtering because the air conditioner is on and it has problems with that. But other than that, things seem normal. Then there is this sound like a something sparking. DH goes into the car to turn it on, and I notice the battery is smoking! Check that, both batteries are smoking. So DH rushes to get the connections off the battery. Yeah, turns out we put them on backwards, nearly causing a fire. The plastic on the jumpers is completely melted away. Nice, I suggest going to the police station right next door for help. Problem is our registration has expired. Um, ooops. So Dh heads off to the store to get a new battery. Me and the kids go back into the library, Yoda crying because he wanted to go with daddy. Daddy comes back 10 minutes later to tell us that they don't have batteries of that specification at the store, and we would have to go to the dealership. So with new jumper cables DH jumps the car, successfully without any fires this time. We go to a car fixer place, and they manage to match the battery needed. So the car runs now. I'm going to try and take the kids out to do something fun lets see how far I get today.