HOW DID YOU END YOUR WEEK? HERE'S MY STORY.........

On THURSDAY my VOLVO wouldn't start, so I took my ANTIQUE CAR - the 33-YEAR-OLD JAGUAR that I inherited from my MOM OVER 20 YEARS AGO. I LOVE that car!!

On FRIDAY, forgetting that it wouldn't start, I got in the VOLVO to go to PT. Ooops! I then hopped in the JAG and ended up stopping at the grocery store on the way home. When I came out of the store the JAG WOULDN'T START. I turned off the AIR CO and RADIO and tried again, but no luck. I called AAA and put in 2 orders - one for each car!  Thankfully my sister was able to come to pick me up at GIANT. When she arrived, I tried one last time and got it going!  I guess I had merely flooded it.  PHEW!

So, on my way home I got a call from AAA confirming where GIANT is located (I had already given them the address of course). I canceled that service call but kept the one for the VOLVO. He was supposed to call me 15 min before arriving - this gal said he was 5 minutes away. I got home a moment before his arrival.

I backed the JAG into the garage in case someone would have to work on the engine and/or battery. Thankfully, it started right away - so FINGERS CROSSED!

A serious THUNDER and LIGHTNING STORM was headed our way and just starting to make some noise as the AAA rep checked the VOLVO.  He gave the battery a jump and VOILA! 

So the battery WAS dead. The terminal connectors were so corroded he was afraid to change out the battery in case the connecters broke from being eaten away by the battery acid, which he couldn't fix. He suggested I run the VOLVO for an hour outside to charge up the battery, bring it back into the garage and take it to my mechanic for repair on MONDAY. 

He got into his truck, I turned off the garage light - closed the garage door - and the door into the house was LOCKED!!  

My dog CLOVER!!! is a FREAK when it thunders and lightnings, so she obviously jumped on the back door from inside and hit the lock.  

NOW WHAT?!

You know how your mind races to come up with a solution? 

I opened the garage door again, and thankfully the AAA rep was still there. Somehow he was able to get my HOUSE KEY off that dreaded KEYRING that was keeping the VOLVO running. I'm not sure I could have done that myself - those keyrings are TOUGH!

I tried the key and it worked on the DOORKNOB, but NOT the LOCK above it!  

He said there was another key, which he then got off of the KEYRING and YIPPEEE!! It worked.  

I closed things up again and set my PHONE ALARM for 1 HOUR so I wouldn't forget to bring the VOLVO back into the garage.

In the meantime, the THUNDER and LIGHTNING STORM came in with a VENGEANCE!! The cracks were the loudest I've ever heard/experienced. I gave CLOVER!!! more "RESCUE REMEDY" drops to calm her down..... 

Then we heard/felt the LOUDEST CRACK of all, which sounded like it was right over the house! It immediately triggered my SECURITY ALARM to go off. I turned the sound off on the security panel just as my phone started ringing - the SECURITY COMPANY was calling to tell me they got an alarm from my house that indicated the basement water sensor shows high water.  

So, I head down to the basement. Nope - no water, THANK GOODNESS!

I came back upstairs and the alarm went off AGAIN. 

This time it said there was no phone service for my house phone. Yup! The phone was dead........ back down to the basement to reset the VERIZON BOX and ROUTER.  CHECK!

When I got back upstairs my cell phone alarm was ringing - time to bring in the VOLVO.  I pulled it into the garage and turned it off. In a moment I turned it on again, just to make sure it would start......  NOPE, NO LUCK. 

OK, I'd say it's now time for a glass of WINE!!! Does anyone want to join me after reading this??

JOAN