Pulling out all the stops
Father's Day, 11:30 pm. Aaron and I were cruising down the 91 at a sweet 75 mph, chatting about this that and the other thing, when I hear him mutter, "That doesn't sound good". He was referring to our '95 Saturn's engine, not to the sound of my voice. Thankfully. (Just give it a couple years, right?)
We pulled off. The car died. We tried to restart it, and it sounded like hiking boots stuck in a clothes dryer.
"Hooray!" we chimed. "We're stuck on a late-night date in Corona! Any cineplexes around here?"
But really, we called AAA. Forty-five minutes later, our assigned tow-truck guy calls and says he's sorry, there will be a two-hour delay. I'm glad Aaron was handling the calls, because I may have said something rude to tow-truck guy at that point. Mercifully, we were able to get somebody else, and it was time for the waiting.
12:15 am: Aaron and Amanda sit on the sidewalk and look at Andrew and Megan's wedding album, illuminated by headlights.
12:19: Both people in this story realize that they really need to pee.
12:20: Both people realize that the bushes in their vicinity are really inadequate.
12:25: To distract themselves from their bladders, they decide to push the car into the adjacent park & ride lot.
12:30: Creepy man pulls his car up right behind their car. Amanda panics a little, because if he's psycho, they can't drive away from him.
12:31: Unanimous decision to take valuables and wedding album and leave the car.
12:32: Aaron calls police to check up on creepy guy. And the search for a bathroom begins.
12:40: Sav-On is definitely closed.
12:45: Hey! The light is on at Carrows! Carrows Cares!
12:47: Carrows is closed, despite all that talk about caring. But the contracter working inside wants to up his karma, so he lets the weary travelers in.
12:49: Feeling much better.
12:52: Aaron and Amanda's guardian angel elucidates how people hire him to fix stuff so their businesses can get one of those shiny blue A's on their front window. (Molca Salsa doesn't use this guy.)
12:53: Guardian angel hooks them up with some free Sierra Mist, and life doesn't seem so bad.
1:15: Tow-truck dude #2 shows up. He may have tattoos, but he can still listen to Vanessa Carlton. He's sensitive like that.
2:30: Home sweet home.
So this night was kind-of like old times for us. Except for the fact that we were forced to stay up that late. And we were intermittently accompanied by various men in their thirties.
We pulled off. The car died. We tried to restart it, and it sounded like hiking boots stuck in a clothes dryer.
"Hooray!" we chimed. "We're stuck on a late-night date in Corona! Any cineplexes around here?"
But really, we called AAA. Forty-five minutes later, our assigned tow-truck guy calls and says he's sorry, there will be a two-hour delay. I'm glad Aaron was handling the calls, because I may have said something rude to tow-truck guy at that point. Mercifully, we were able to get somebody else, and it was time for the waiting.
12:15 am: Aaron and Amanda sit on the sidewalk and look at Andrew and Megan's wedding album, illuminated by headlights.
12:19: Both people in this story realize that they really need to pee.
12:20: Both people realize that the bushes in their vicinity are really inadequate.
12:25: To distract themselves from their bladders, they decide to push the car into the adjacent park & ride lot.
12:30: Creepy man pulls his car up right behind their car. Amanda panics a little, because if he's psycho, they can't drive away from him.
12:31: Unanimous decision to take valuables and wedding album and leave the car.
12:32: Aaron calls police to check up on creepy guy. And the search for a bathroom begins.
12:40: Sav-On is definitely closed.
12:45: Hey! The light is on at Carrows! Carrows Cares!
12:47: Carrows is closed, despite all that talk about caring. But the contracter working inside wants to up his karma, so he lets the weary travelers in.
12:49: Feeling much better.
12:52: Aaron and Amanda's guardian angel elucidates how people hire him to fix stuff so their businesses can get one of those shiny blue A's on their front window. (Molca Salsa doesn't use this guy.)
12:53: Guardian angel hooks them up with some free Sierra Mist, and life doesn't seem so bad.
1:15: Tow-truck dude #2 shows up. He may have tattoos, but he can still listen to Vanessa Carlton. He's sensitive like that.
2:30: Home sweet home.
So this night was kind-of like old times for us. Except for the fact that we were forced to stay up that late. And we were intermittently accompanied by various men in their thirties.
posted by Amanda Lane at 2:27 PM
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