The Agape Auto-Social

Some days I have to intentionally start something crazy. Other days, craziness happens all by itself.

All we wanted to do was go bowling after Agape large group. That was it. I knew my car battery was dead (see Wednesday's post) so I asked Megan to come jump start it. Of course, when she arrived, we noticed her car had a flat tire. So we had an auto-repair party, where we all pooled knowledge of how to jump start cars and change tires so that we could actually leave. Once both vehicles were functional again, we were able to head out, a good half hour later than planned.

Bowling itself is fun, but probably not a bloggable activity. (Even if you do use the modifications of moonwalk bowling, or spinning on the floor as a group after strikes) However, that was not the end of the excitement for the night (Thanks, Shelby!). On the way out, my car wouldn't start again, and even jumper cables wouldn't help.

Awesome.

Fortunately, Megan had acquired the number of a mechanic from an RUPD officer, and she was able to get ahold of him. He said he had a battery that should work and could come by to install it (Extremely helpful, as it was already midnight). Since he had Megan's number, we all played cell phone shuffle, then the other car left to pick up late night food, while Michelle and I waited for the mechanic

Our hero arrived after only 20 minutes, with a new (used) battery!

He was able to confirm that the old battery was kaput, and removed it. The new battery, however, was a wee bit bigger than the old one. So, he reverted to the number 1 rule of car repair.

Rules of Car Repair:

1. If something doesn't work... Hit it with a hammer.

2. Blame the carburetor.

There was in fact a metal plate that just needed to move out of the way a little, so he just bent it out with a hammer, and the battery fit right in! Круто!

With that, Shelby was functional again, and we were able to get back to Rice! While things didn't work out quite like we had planned, the night was much more interesting this way. Lots of learning about car repair, lots more conversation time, and a much better story! Plus, I could get Shelby fixed just a few miles from Rice, rather than out at a rock the middle of nowhere (my fall break location of choice).

Life is good.