More adventures with Proclivity

My amazing automotive adventures continue! Tuesday I left for work early, as I had a long day of teaching duties, starting and ending with lots of bus and playground supervision. I noticed after I had gone about a kilometre, that my car is really making a lot of noise. I turn off the radio. Yup! Weird sounds coming from my vehicle. Remember, my engine light had come on again on the weekend. All kinds of doom and gloom thoughts about my car are careening around in my head. I pull into the parking lot of the arena, and get out to check around my car. You guessed it! A big FLAT TIRE! Instant panic! I don't know how to change a tire! I don't even know who to call! Well, I call the school's answering machine to tell them I have broken down, and someone will have to do my bus duty. Thank goodness I wasn't on the bypass! As I am sitting there thinking WTF, not WTH - this woman pulls up and says "Can I help you?" When I tell her I have a flat, she says "I can change your tire." Well, my chin must have dropped to my knees. Sorry to all you feminists out there, but I don't know any female who can change a tire. Turns out, she was waiting at the school bus stop in her car, with her kids, when her daughter saw me drive in and said, "I think that is Mme. So-and-So." This lady, who had said "Who is Mme. So-and-So?, had her daughter reply that I was a teacher at her school, and she was sure of it, when she saw me step out of my car. How fortuitous! Isn't it wonderful to be a teacher? Anyway, as it turns out the poor woman wasn't strong enough to get the lug nuts off, so my ever so Mid Bro told me to call my mechanic's garage, since they would come. And they did! I was on my way and got to school in time, donut and all, for my first class. Talk about doing anything and everything to get out of bus duty! LOL I have to do it Thursday, merde! Anyway, I have added "Learn to change a tire NOW", to my bucket list, because I am NOT going to pay $50.00 again. There are many lessons learned in this story and one of them is that (according to my sister, who CAN change a tire!) you have to jump, with your feet, on that thingamagig that turns the lug nut. You learn something new every day. I passed that nugget of wisdom onto my Good Samaritan, in a personal thank you note.