updated 7.19.06

so, yesterday was sort of an eventful day...i guess. we had a lot of errands to run and things to do. we had to go to the valley and run to a couple different stores. then costco to have pictures taken for our visas to india. we are planning on going sometime in the fall (hopefully, everything will work out). after that, we had to go to tri-state to return something, so we headed on down that way. we hit some traffic and waited to take a left turn. the person in front of us made their turn, so i took my foot off the brake and applied it to the gas pedal and. . .nada!

the vehicle just shut off. no spikes or drops in the gauges. "that's odd," i tell rin. so i turn the key and crank the engine, but it doesn't turn over. i try again and nothing. "great!" so i get out and pop the hood. i start poking around, looking for what could be the culprit, but nothing is waving it's hands at me and pointing at itself. rin tells me that she called her dad and that he is on his way. "ok."

i see that an off-duty kc sheriff pulls up behind us. he climbs out of his rig and is huge. that is one sheriff i wouldn't want to deal with on the wrong side of the law. but he is courteous. he askes if everything is alright and i tell him i don't know, but someone is coming to help. he gets back into his pickup cruiser and waves to us as he leaves. after that, a family that we just saw at costco (whom we know through church) sees us and stops. they inquire as well. but i tell them the same. they wind up leaving and another person asks if he can help. then a female cop comes and waits with us until rin's dad shows.

we get it pushed to the side of 95 and start our journey of the engine compartment. i pull out my phone to call someone and a voicemail is waiting for me. it's from someone i work with that saw me on the side of the road. he lets me know that he is on his way to help too.

after being broken down for about two hours, we were able to get it towed to a mechanic. but the mechanic informs me that he is booked up for the week, and the soonest he can look at it is next monday. but there's a chance that someone will cancel. while we were there, someone did in fact cancel. their appointment was for today at 8 this morning. so, hopefully it will get taken care of this week. . .

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well, i had to take it to a dodge dealer for it to get fixed. apparently, i need to have a new computer put in. of course...right?!?! anyway, it's supposed to be up and running by tomorrow. . .