Oh My.. You'll Want To Read This One!!

Where to start...

It has rained here (poured, in fact) for DAYS... So, when I woke up Saturday morning (5k race day) and it was thundering, lightening, and raining (not hard, really)...I thought for sure that my race had been canceled, but.. I still got up, took a shower, and then stared out the window for quite some time. Then, hubs got up and turned the tv on.. and our little state map had storms all over it. Then, the thundering and lightening continued... So, my thinking was this....

Friday afternoon when I went to pick up my race packet, the timing chips weren't in yet.. So, I just thought I'd pick it up in the morning... Then, with the thundering and lightening...I just figured that the race was canceled and since I didn't have a timing chip to return...I stayed home. Little did I know... The race was NOT canceled!!! GRR.. My friend/running partner texted me to tell me her finishing time - a time that I would most likely had gotten too, since we run together and mostly the same pace...That time - would have completed my goal!! So, I was more than bummed! I was so, so, so mad! I cried. Yes, I cried.

That's about the only thing that's worth mentioning on here - that happened this weekend...

Now for the good stuff...

This morning, I was on my way to work and getting on the on-ramp for the interstate... and I hear a loud "swooshing" sound... I turn down the radio...and then look at my dash to see that my "tire light" is on.. So, I pull off onto the side of the on-ramp and check the tire pressure in my tires (it has a neat little button that I just have to push, thank God).. and my rear driver's side tire is FLAT.

So, it being 5:30am, I call my sleeping husband to ask what I should do. He tells me to push the OnStar button and get roadside assistance and he'll be right there... So, I do. Hubs shows up...begins to get my spare out from under The Beast.. and then roadside assistance shows up. They both work on getting my tire changed - all while, cars speed past us (we're on the on-ramp to a major interstate)... I had pulled over as far as I could..but it was still pretty close...

Then, I see blue lights.. Yes, a State Trooper... I'm thinking, GREAT... He comes to tell us that he's there for our safety and to keep the cars from hitting us. How nice. Really, it is nice. So they get the tire changed, and then the state trooper tells me... "Your tags are expired."

Um, funny story. No, sir, they're not expired. Actually, I had to get a new tag last week, because my license plate is 9 years old. Yes, I've had the same plate for 9 years. Anyways, I show him the plate and smile. He asks my husband to put it on - right there. So, he does... and finally, we all drive away... I was only an hour late for work, thankfully...

So, everyone that saw a Tahoe, Silverado, another truck, and a State Trooper (with his lights on) on the side of the on-ramp this morning.... That was me. What a lovely way to start the morning!

Thank God for OnStar, Roadside Assistance, GREAT husbands, and State Troopers... I literally was scared sitting there, in the dark, on the side of the interstate...