I'm a big believer in karma, I really am. I believe that everything you send out into the world, good or bad, will eventually come back to you. TJ and I are also believers in paying it forward. Last weekend, it was paid back to us.
As you all know we have moved, and if you're a Facebook friend, you really know this because we haven't been shy about how much we love it here. So now our small mountain town with our friends and theatre family is about two and a half to three hour drive from our new city. This last weekend we attended the Golden Apple Awards, Tehachapi Community Theatre's annual pot luck and awards ceremony. We took our large SUV since we knew we were picking up my daughter from her dad's, and because it's a lot more comfortable than the Mini (sorry TJ). We get up to T-Town, pick up my daughter, have lunch at Kelcy's, our favorite restaurant, get TJ and the boys their hair cut (yes, we love our stylist that much), and went to Albertsons to pick up some food for the pot luck and as we get back into the SUV, it won't start. All we hear is clicking.
Oh crap.
So I'm trying to think of my limited car knowledge and I begin to think it's something major, like the starter. TJ is checking the fuses and looks generally confused. A kind lady stops by and asks if we need roadside assistance, but of course that will cost us, so we decline and call TJ's parents, hoping they're coming into town soon. Nope, still an hour out.
We're so screwed.
Then a kind older gentleman walks up and says, "Hey need a jump?" He proceeds to get in his SUV and parks it in front of ours, and connects the batterys. We let it charge for a few minutes, and then attempt to start our SUV. Nothing. So the good Samaritan offers to take TJ to Auto Zone to get the battery checked, and I walk the kids to McDonalds (same parking lot as Albertsons) so they can play while I try not to freak out.
It is weird how things work out though. One of the reasons we go to Kelcy's is that there is a waitress there that we absolutely adore, and she's also a member of our theatre family. She was not at Kelcy's that day and we were bummed since we didn't know when we'd see her again. As I'm waiting in the McDonalds a familiar face walks into the Playplace area. I couldn't believe it, it's our friend! So thankfully I had someone to talk with as I waited nervously for news on the SUV.
TJ took the battery to get tested and as it turned out, it was completely dead. He bought a new battery and the good Samaritan took him back to the SUV and helped him put it in. SUV still would not start, so they went back to Auto Zone for connectors, and then back to the SUV to install them. This did the trick and I cannot tell you how happy I was to see TJ pull into the McDonalds parking lot.
Thankfully we made it to the awards in time and had a great evening visiting with our theatre family. TJ even won two Golden Apples, one for Best Actor (It's A Wonderful Life) and one for Best Blooper (A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum).
I'm also happy to report, the drive home was safe and uneventful.
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