Wrenches.

Sometimes a wrench is thrown into your perfectly planned day. 

All you can do is to keep from crying, and stay calm while you sort out the problem.

"Don't panic." You tell yourself over and over again. 

"Think logically about what needs to happen."

Those were exactly my thoughts last week when I got my first flat tire.

Here's how it happened...

I was driving to the gym after school like usual, but got stopped at a red light by a construction zone. 

And that's when everything fell apart.

The truck infront of me had stopped short, leaving a bucket and some other things to slide out of the open bed and guess what?

The bucket was filled with giant 2 inch diameter screws. The workmen scrambled to pick it all up before the light turned. But they forgot one.

And I found it. 

With my right front tire. 

After a quick, panicked call to my father we decided that he should come up.

And he did. We left his car in the gym parking lot and headed for the tire store.

But we didn't even get half way before the tire was completely out of air.

We turned into a parking lot and called AAA.

And all I can say is this, if I hadn't had my AAA card we would have been up a creek. Dad didn't have his! 

The lesson here is, no matter how unlikely you think it is, it will happen.

Be prepared with a AAA card and have up to date car insurance. Not to mention a full sized spare and a 4 way lug wrench.

Because you never know, it could be you next time.

Keep it classy,

~E