Sounds pretty great, right?
30 minutes down the road, the gps sends us down a highway that is closed. Then we stop to check the air pressure in the tires and they start to leak air--3 of the brand new tires! With one almost completely flat, we begin the search for an open auto shop...on New Year's Day.
"We dont't do that sort of thing, man! We put out fires!" (That is a direct quote.) But another fireman had a tool we could use to tighten the air valves and all was right in the world. On we went...nearly 2 hours after we entered the industrial town of Hammond.
Is this an omen for how 2011 will go? I could choose to believe that and it would probably become true. Or I could choose to laugh at the incident, concentrate on the kindness of the creative fireman and the joy of getting time with my husband without the kids, and expect the best of the new year.
I choose the latter.
How did your New Year begin? Did it set the tone for what you expect of the new decade?
Happy New Year, friends! I wish you all many great writing days...and many smiles.
My New Year began with much less hassle than that but as someone long ago once said "Man can make a heaven of any hell or a hell of any heaven." So I like your take on it. Mine was cleaning and organizing and whisking away the Christmas tree and doodads and going to a really good movie - all in all perfecto!
ReplyDeleteOh man, what a ride! Well, I'm glad someone helped you. I spent New Years Day traveling as well. We saw the Hoover Dam and just kept driving and driving and driving...
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
CD
Michele - I've been to Hammond; what a place to need air in your tires....
ReplyDeleteI am glad you got home safely and that you have such a healthy, productive attitude about what happened. I wish you a wonderful 2011!
I have a hard time getting back on track when my day takes a turn like that! Glad you're back home, safe and sound. :)
ReplyDeleteJust think of it as getting the crappy parts out of the way early!
ReplyDeleteYou made a good choice >:)
ReplyDeleteCold As Heaven
Memories, you made memories (and writing backgrounds,perhaps). Every year you will talk of this on New Years and it will get funnier each time. Unless you choose to write a horror story, that is. ;o)
ReplyDeleteMine began with 5 hours of editing on something I should have gotten in the 31st, but I am happy with the end result. If the year means hard work followed by payoff, I will be okay with that.
ReplyDeleteSorry about travel troubles! (it just gets better from there, right?)
I love all of your takes on this--memories, writing background, getting the bad out of the way early on, making good out of bad...Glad I shared this with youall.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love that many of you write or edited, or cleaned or just had fun! Happy New Year!
Michele