Robert went out to pick up the mail this morning and right after he left, the phone went out. Four hours later I'm pacing the floor with a bad gut feeling that something was surely wrong. It takes less than 30 minutes to go to the post office and back.
I kept checking the phone to see if it was working and when it finally was there were several messages from Robert saying he had broke down and needed me to come get him. He was froze to death by the time we got the messages and was able to get to him.
He said several people had stopped and tried to help him. One couple went and bought him a brand new starter and even put it on for him. It still wouldn't start and they wouldn't let Robert repay them. Don't see very many people like that anymore.
We had to leave the car where it broke down until tomorrow. The postmaster said we'd be lucky if we had a car to come back to. I hope no one bothers it.
I had planned on doing some more Christmas shopping tomorrow but now the entire day will no doubt be spent on his car. I hope he can fix it and I hope it isn't expensive.
3 comments:
UGH! I hate getting stranded somewhere. My greatest fear is not having a cell phone and it being too far to walk. Hope the car was okay today. That sure was nice of that person to get him a starter and put it in. Those run over $100 here. Do you guys have AAA? I don't but John does. At least they tow for free. Not sure the cost but it's well worth it.
Let us know how it went and I hope Robert didn't suffer too much in the cold.
Love,
Sheila
Goodness......now i am going to worry about your car...i DO hope its still there and fixable cheaply. This time of year is TOTAL stresss!!!!
love,lisa
omg! poor Robert! he must have been frozen, what a horrible day, I hope it doesn't cost you guys too much this side of Christmas anyway! It is still lovely how those strangerrs tried to help him and would accept nothing, how cool was that! how rare! Linda xx
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