unknown

We go into the unknown. This was the beginning of my last post and I don't remember if I had any point at the time.  I do know that I just wanted to post something and was called away.  I titled it unknown as a temporary title but now, what the heck, it's okay.  I went over to MSU Surplus just to get away and maybe find a nice bargain.  I bought a box of 150  test tubes for $5.  Didn't want to leave empty handed. The car wouldn't start as I was trying to leave.  The Jimmy was having this problem lately and I thought it was a water in the gas problem. I walked to a Quality Dairy about a mile away and got some gas treatment.  I put it in and waited a while for it to take effect.  It never worked and as time went on I had to deal with the fact that they locked the parking lot up at 5:30. I got some guys from Libya to push me beyond the gate, so I sat there in the rain waiting for the car to suddenly work.  I had no cell phone and the location is pretty remote.  Across the street, there are several dumpsters where people leave their assorted recyclables.  Most were women and I thought I would frighten them if I approached with a story of a broken down car.  When the rain slowed and there was a family over there, I tried starting one more time, and got out and walked over to the young couple.
They were very friendly and let me call home.  No one answered so I left a message and went back to my car.  Five minutes later, the nice family was back.  Brooke had called them and they drove back out to let me use there phone again.


Brooke called Patrick O'Brien, an old boyfriend of Emma, and he was glad to come and pick me up and take me to Days Inn.  This motel has a pool.  There were religious groups there and A business group of some kind.  I had a cup of tea and watched TV from bed.  I had gotten cold in the car so it felt good to warm up. Someone pulled a false fire alarm at 3:45 AM so sleeping was interrupted. 


I had to call for a wrecker and garage on Saturday. So it wasn't until about 2:30 PM that we got back home.  


This was a minor inconvenience compared to many of the life changing things that lurk in the unknown.
For example, an ambulance was called to the Days Inn to take one of the motel guests to the hospital.


Have a good uneventfull day.