Current score: 1 phone call.
This morning was interesting. Due to the
problem I mentioned, previously, it's necessary to disconnect the battery any time the car is going to be parked, for a while. Well, last night...we forgot, and the car was dead, this morning. Amanda had a field trip she was going to miss the bus for, so she and Janice were panicking, as I sleepily tried to make sense of the confusion I had woken up in the midst of.
I hauled the battery out of the Thunderbird to jump the Oldsmobile off (the battery has only ever been connected once, so it's basically still brand-new), but after a few tries, it became apparent that the car needed a running alternator in addition to the charge from the battery to bring it back to life. Fortunately, the stepfather of one of Cristin's friends (her friend is, confusingly, named Kristen, so just feel lucky you're reading this and not hearing it verbally) was home, and pulled his Mustang over to jump the Intrigue off, which it did, in pretty short order. Amanda made it to her field trip on time.
I ate breakfast, drank tea, and then made the mistake of reading, which rendered me unconscious in a fairly short period of time. I was part the way through a bewildering dream when the phone rang, and who should it be but...well, one of you. I don't actually know who, because the number isn't programmed into the ID on my home phone. At first, I assumed it was Liana (
intransphonemia), having
taken me at my word, (I mainly thought this because we had just exchanged phone numbers, last night) but, since Liana was quite baffled when I later thanked her for calling me, I am assuming it was not. Unless she is playing a TERRIBLE MIND-GAME with me. This was about 9:45. Whoever it was, I was astounded by the fact that I was both conscious and happy to be so, so I showered and shaved and put on different clothes, and called Janice on her break at work, and...you know, lived.
I'm going to go for a walk, now, and then I'm going to call a friend of Janice's about a job doing transportation for the hospital.