A blow out!!!
08/26/2005 09:43 p.m.
I took my daughters into Portland yesterday to do some school clothes shopping at the Mall....well, ONE of the malls, anyway. It was after 10:00 as we got on I205 to head back home, and my tire blew out. I mean, four holes in the sidewall, steel coming out the back blow out!!! What a scary thing.

But, being the AWESOME mom that I am - LOL - as soon as we had the car safely off the freeway (after pulling over, unsafe on the non-existent emergency lane on that part of the freeway, and nearly being hit by speeding semis who didn't see us or didn't care) my oldest daughter had the spare out the car jacked up (before we loosened the lugnuts, but never mind that....LOL) and the tire wrench working before I could even locate the roadside assistance number (which ended up not being in the glovebox anyway). I was very proud of her, and myself for always equipping her with the idea that we CAN take care of ourselves. I contributed the muscle, of course, by getting the lugnuts loosened and actually changing the tire. Very proud.

We had a blast at the mall. The girls shop so carefully, getting the sales and the clearance items, and coming home with LOADS of goodies for next to nothing.

I have a horribly sore throat today, and it sucks. But I'll live to tell....:-)


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I am listening to my sore throat