This is too good not to share. Yesterday, Thursday, Nick drove to Logan to pick up his money from the credit union. His SSI check is direct deposited & so he gets it the day before the first of the month. He told me he was going & I thought, since he was going to Logan, he would take the '09 Impala. No, he took the '92 Camaro, ( not sure on either of those years, but it's close enough on both of them ). He called me telling me he was stranded in Logan & would I come & get him. I figured there was enough time to go get him & be back in time to take Mother to get her hair done.
I was not dressed & I had not taken my pills. I hurriedly got dressed, took my meds & ran to the Conoco to wash the windshield of all the bird poop &, of course, to grab a refill of Mt. Dew. He called to see where I was when I was at the Conoco. He told me he was bored. I told him I'd be there as fast as I could.
I drove past ComputerWise & thought Nick had probably planned to go there. As I was driving along, I thought, "If it were me, I would start walking." Actually, I thought, "If it were me, I'd take the bus." But, I also knew Nick wouldn't be comfortable taking the bus. It is just not something he would do. So, I saw someone walking & looked over & there was Nick. He was about 2 miles from Wal-Mart & the credit union. I got over into the next left turn lane & made a legal U-turn & back on the highway. He had made it to the Logan Keller Tire driveway. I picked him up & took him to ComputerWise.
We went back & clocked his walk, 1.9 miles & it was .4 miles still to ComputerWise. I thanked the Lord that I had seen Nick. That He had put the thought in my mind that Nick might be walking & I would need to watch for him.
We came home. Nick said he was going to try to start the car before he & his dad would try starting it by pushing it & popping the clutch. Since it's a standard transmission, we figured that would work. Reminded me of an experience Nick & I had with my little blue Toyota Corolla up Mink Creek back in the late '90s, but that's a whole other story. It also made me think of the movie Little Miss Sunshine, where the family had to push their hippie van & pop the clutch with the whole family running along & jumping in.
So, we had this all planned out. Nick & I would go back to Logan & meet Don at the credit union when he got off work. Nick & Don would push the car & I was going to be the designated driver & pop the clutch at just the right moment. Don met us & Nick decided we would push the car toward the Kohl's parking lot, not toward the street. He told me to get in. At least I wouldn't have to run along & jump in. I really didn't know what I was going to do, besides pop the clutch.
I said a quick, simple prayer & reminded Nick he was going to try starting it before we did any pushing. He got in, turned the key & the little car just purred to life. "Oh, thank You Lord." Nick got in & roared off. The last I saw, Nick was turning onto the Wal-Mart street toward HWY 91. He hurried home & didn't hit one red light!! Don & I were each in our own car following behind. I kept watching for a little red Camaro alongside the road.
Tonight he was telling Zach (Kent) that a bolt had fallen out of the starter on Wednesday. It's amazing the car even started.
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