Monday, July 7, 2008

Bad Luck!!

So I am finally not on the east coast anymore. And actually gotten to see my husband everyday! So I am supposed to based in Grand Junction, Co...last week on Tueday on July 1st Jeremy and I packed up our car and headed to CO. When we get into Flagstaff, AZ the car starts driving wierd so we pull over, and guess what WE HAVE A FLAT TIRE!! So we find the nearest shop and get it fixed. Back on the road again....everything seems fine. We pull over in a town call Kayenta in AZ for a restroom break, get back in the car and see that our battery light is on. Hoping that it is our battery and not our alternator we keep driving, seeing that I am supposed to be at work at 7:30 the next morning, and this is about 10:30pm when it happens. So we keep driving....noticing that our lights are getting dim and we are in the middle of nowhere, I start speeding up to try to make it to the next town. But right before we hit the AZ/UT border out car DIES at about 12am and with NO CELL PHONE SERVICE! Finally about 30 mins later a car pulls over and lets us use their cell phone (they have verizon) and we call our insurance company to get a tow truck, we thanked them and they left. About 1 1/2 hours later still now tow truck. But luckily Jeremy gets someone else to pull over to see if they have cell phone service....verizon again! So we call our insurance company back and they say that it should be here within 1 hour. So then I call work and tell them what happened and that I wont be able to make it but I will try my best, and called my parents to let them know what was going on. They leave.....about 30 mins later the tow truck gets there. Tows us to Farmington, NM about 80 miles down the road and takes us to a Ford dealership. We get there about 6am, so we had to wait around for about an hour for them to open. We tell them what happend, and they said they could look at it around noon. Ok...so they call us back around noon and yet...our ALTERNATOR WENT OUT and it will cost about $800 to get it fixed! But the part wont be here till tomorrow. So I call work and let them know whats going on and asked if there was anyway I could come back to Phx instead seeing that we now have no money to move. I found a flight to get me to Phx that night so I could work the next morning. Go to the airport and counld't get on the flight. I listed as a United non-rev (standby) but even though online it said United operated by Great Lakes Airline..it wasnt really a United flight. Called work again. And Jeremy to come get me with the Ford Courtesy shuttle. So the next day, Thursday, our car finally gets done about 6pm and we still have to drive all the way back to Phoenix. So we take turns driving, and I drove the last hour home and about 5 minutes before we get home I get PULLED OVER. The speed limit went from 65 to 45 and aparently I didnt see the first sign so I was still going over 45 when got into the 45 speed limit zone. In the end the cop was nice and only gave me a warning. That was our week last week...just filled with BAD LUCK! But my mom says its running in the family right now! But luckliy we are both ok and as of right now I still have my job. Plus I can't remember the last time Jeremy and I spent that much time together.
On the 4th of July we forgot about everything and hung out with our friends Amy and Dannon and their adorable little girl Payton! We went to Dinner, and back to their house and played Clue! We had a good night! :-)

2 comments:

Amy J said...

I guess all the praying Dannon did paid off, just kidding. Sorry you guys had such a crappy time trying to get to Colorado, I guess its just meant for you guys to stick around here with us for the time being :) Glad we got to hang out this weekend!

Spencer and Aly Larsen said...

talk about a crazy life! I got exhausted just reading it! Good to hear that you are seeing more of your hubby...that makes life good...most of the time at least! :) I am looking forward to Bonnies wedding too! yay! It will be fun to see you and everyone!