Today was a crazy, crazy day.
I'm not sure why these crazy, "out of the ordinary typical day" things keep happening to me, but today was another one of those days.
I was on my way to school this morning, I had been driving for about 20-25 minutes and I noticed that the needle that gages the temperature in the car's engine kept rising. I was getting worried and then it reached the H all the way at the top where the red part is. I thought to myself "...this can't be good" so I pulled over on the side of the road. (A highway, mind you) My car was smoking and I was so scared, and had no clue what to do. Just a quick recap, the day before my heat would NOT work for a long time, and I smelled something like maple syrup, and mentioned something to my mom because it was so odd, so I WAS on the lookout for my car being weird this morning
It turns out that maple syrup smell was the anti-freeze and that's why my heat wouldn't work.
So back to the highway- I opened my hood and there were green puddles of anti-freeze all over, so great. I called my parents, and AAA. I then called school to tell them I would be late for sure. AAA took about an hour to show up, and let me tell you, God has a sense of humor-He really does.
During the hour I was sitting there my parents kept calling, and I finished listening to the sermon I had started on my way from the good ole ipod. I noticed after about a half hour a car pulled off the road behind me. I thought that was weird but felt safe as long as he kept his distance. Well wouldn't you know he comes walking up to my car. I opened the door and he told me he was apparently having car troubles as well. He wanted to use my cell phone bc he didn't have one... I was so nervous he would like run away with my phone or something and the battery was already running low. He made one call which his people didn't answer, and I felt so awkward. THEN this VAN comes up behind me, and he said he was having trouble too. It was WEIRD, and what are the odds seriously..? I felt like God just wanted me to laugh at this situation because it was so peculiar. THEN AAA calls me back and tells me the vehicle they sent out to get me broke down, HA HA. Like whaaat?? That happens?! So they sent another one out.
Oh boy, it was a long time waiting, but it didn't feel as long as it was.
Eventually I called the school back and told them I wouldn't make it in at all. (I was super bummed :( ) I also called my supervisor to let her know what was going on. She was SO, SO nice to me. She even offered to pick me up at wherever the tow truck took me and drive me back home. I was SO grateful and it was SUCH a blessing! All the AAA people I talked to were SUPER nice also, which made everything so much easier. The school was understanding as well.
So later AAA towed me to the car dealer and I waited there for quite some time. It wasn't so bad because there were comfy seats and a TV with the news. There were about 4 or 5 other people in the waiting room and out of nowhere this guy looks over at me and starts talking to me about the news story that was on. haha. It just made me smile, like no one else was talking but here this random guy decides to talk to ME. It just reminded me how much I LOVE people. Everyone is so different and I love how some people just talk to complete strangers like they know them. He ended up leaving another half hour later and he even said bye to me. It just made me smile.
Eventually I did make it home, and I never made it to school today. I'm so thankful for all that God did today and that He was with me all day, once again. He just keeps showing up and giving me strength in the most bizarre situations. He just keeps showing me that He IS here. Always. Always.
It was frustrating that I had to be home even though I was seemingly fine, and I had planned to be at school....but sometimes things change.
By some miracle they actually were able to FIX my car today and I got to pick it up tonight, praise JESUS!!! :)
It did cost a lot of money though =/ The radiator broke.
I did talk to a girl tonight that student teaches at the same school and she comes from the same area. I told her I DID end up getting my car back, but asked if she might want to carpool anyway sometime to save gas. She sounded all for it, so that's something good that came out of today!
God is GOOD all the time. :)
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