What a Way to Start Our Day!

This morning, I woke up to my husband telling me his car wouldn't start. I work at home, so I tend to sleep later than he does. Also, we share a car, so with his out of commission we were pretty much dead in the water.

Luckily, his brother was able to stop by on his way to work and take Hubby to the parts store to pick up some Toyota parts. It's pretty easy to find the Toyota Corolla parts we need, since he has a newer car, so luckily he only had to go to the one place and wasn't gone long.

Actually, we lucked out in many ways, because the only thing wrong was the battery. This is the second time in two years that the battery has quit abruptly, with pretty much no warning. It's somewhat disconcerting to have it happen when we only have one car, and to realize how vulnerable we are without a second car.

Good thing we live close to a parts store I guess — technically we are close enough to walk, though it would have been difficult to walk it while carrying a heavy battery!

This just goes to show though that we need to get my car up and running. I have an older car that hasn't been running for the past couple of years — I really don't need it since I work at home, and it's difficult to work on a car without a garage, so I just haven't bothered. Plus, it's expensive to buy parts for these older foreign cars, and oftentimes we just don't have the money!

This is a reminder, though, of why it would be a really good thing to get my car running, despite the expense and the hassle!