being grown up isn't always fun

We had our first "it's not fun to be grown up" day. I'm sure there's plenty more to come!!

I had a final to take at 1:00 today so I was going to get up and go study at my office early. Plus, I had to collect finals from some of my students at 11. After I showered and got dressed, I went outside to start the car and warm it up (not one of the fun things about living in cold weather) like I do every morning and it didn't start. It was not even close to turning over. Sad day. So of course, I woke Mikel up and made him go try and turn on the car and shockingly, same result.

I called AAA but I was going to have to stay with my car for 45 minute to an hour. I didn't have that kind of time- I had to get to my office, so I called our friend Brett (thank goodness for Brett and Megan) and he dropped me off. At this point, I had lost most of my studying time but was glad I wasn't stuck at home. Luckily, it's finals week and Brett didn't have anything to do today so he went back and helped Mikel get the car jump started. I heard this was quite a sight in our apartment parking lot.

Mikel was able to drive the car to Sears, get the battery checked and, of course, it was dead so we had to buy another one. By the time I was done with my final, Mikel had the car all fixed up and was able to pick me up.

Although it definitely wasn't the day we had planned, if our car was going to die, it couldn't have been a better situation. First, almost every other day Mikel and I are headed straight to work or school. Since I had some time before my students expected me, I wasn't late for anything. Second, it was finals week so Brett was able to help with very little disruption. Third, Mikel works at Sears and was able to get at least a little discount on the battery check and replacement. And last, this may not sound like a good thing but it didn't really matter that I didn't study for my final. Let me explain, after taking the final, the things I would have studied weren't on the test so I didn't really lose anything. Don't worry, the final was in a math class so it went fine.

That was our day!! Fun stuff. The good news is, I only have one more final to take on Wednesday morning and now I'm confident the car will be able to get me there! I can't wait for Christmas break!!