It's just one of THOSE days... I wanted to get to work early today to grade papers, etc. However, when I went out to my car, it would not start - the battery was dead. No big: I just need to give it a jump and go to work. My wife keeps the jumper cables, but I couldn't find them and, as she was asleep, I really didn't want to wake her. How hard can it be to find jumper cables? 40 minutes later, I realize that I need to wake her up... She tells me where she keeps the cables. I find them. I jump my car and I go to work. I guess those papers can wait..... It so happens that today is the last day of school before vacation, so ALL of my colleagues are going to be out-the-door ASAP. Me? I agreed to stay late so a few kids who missed tests could make them up.... Well, I go out to my car to get lunch and the battery is dead - again.... Fine, I need a new battery. However, I also need a jump and nobody is going to be around when I need to leave - an hour after school is out... Fine. I have Roadside Assistance. I call to set up an appointment. They tell me that they need an hour-long window... Crap. If I set it to start while my kids are testing and the truck arrives early, I'll have to have my car run unattended for quite a while. Did I mention that So, I have to set the window to start about the time I think the kids will finish. In other words, if the truck arrives at the end of the window, I'll be leaving work two hours after school's out on the last day before winter break. And, then, I have to get a new battery before going anywhere. What a pain in the... neck.
The kicker? I have an car battery test shop through MartizCX scheduled for Wednesday. @#?!
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