One Sixteen/Three Sixty Five

Today

As I backed out

of the driveway

I realized I needed to move

the trash cans

from behind

Mikey's car

I turned my car off

moved the cans

ran back into the house

and then

as I got ready to leave

my car wouldn't start

so

I pushed it

as far off the road

as I could

and texted Sarah

for a ride

When she arrived

we both decided

that we should push it more

into my

neighbor's driveway

and out of the road

(I should add here that

pushing it back into my driveway

at this point

would be ridiculous

because

my driveway is at an incline)

And

in addition to this

I had no neighbors that

I knew of

The old neighbors

had just moved out

Mind you,

I had seen people

a couple of times

so

I left a note

on the windshield of my car

it said

"Battery died--Will fix

this afternoon"

I got home

to

my car

having been towed

I guess today was the day

my new neighbors were

moving in

and

although

I hadn't blocked his entire driveway

the fact that

I hadn't

"left my number"

was cause for

towing

because

I

"can't park in his driveway"

My neighbor and I

had

"words"

I asked what it would have mattered

if I had left my number?

The car wouldn't start

AND I WAS AT SCHOOL

no matter

Long story short:

It cost me

$294.30

to get my car out of the impound lot

and

since the battery was dead

I had to have it towed

to a repair shop

where it sat all weekend

and later

I found out

that

indeed

it was

JUST

the battery

but

it cost me $188

for service

(and battery)

Something that

had I been allowed 

to take care of it

myself

would have cost me

MAYBE

$100

ended up

costing me

nearly

$500

Surely

God has a purpose

for this

and also

Welcome to the Neighborhood

JackWagons

 We were at the

towing lot

from 4:50

until 7:00

The guy

who towed

my car from

towing lot

to

repair shop

was

amazing

(I used my

roadside assistance)

I have replayed

the entire

events

over and over

in my mind

and

I do not know

how I could

or would

have handled things

differently

I have since

gone

over

and welcomed

new neighbor

maybe

one day

he will

feel bad

for

causing me such grief

but

until then

I guess

I'll just

show him

what

a fabulous neighbor

I am