 I like to start Sunday mornings with a nutritious breakfast (or someone does), a nice bowl of blueberries, fresh pineapple and Greek yogurt, so you can imagine my dismay (joy) when I discovered that there were no blueberries, no pineapple and almost no yogurt (apparently bacon and eggs were not an option).
 Oh well. It was time to put Plan B into action.
A movie. And a maybe not quite so nutritious breakfast of a Regal Crown Club Kosher Hot dog and a tub of popcorn. Called the M-I-L to let her know that it was movie day but got turned down, said she  was washing her hair or her dog or something like that. So no movie.
Was there a Plan C you ask? Why yes, there is always a Plan C.
 Today’s Plan C: TWWNCBUIP says it’s the perfect day for a picnic in the park. We will take the “fun” car says she, “the puppies love the wind in  their faces.”
The fun car is also known as the “Sunday” car for insurance purposes and doesn’t get out much so I thought I would make sure it had enough gas for the trip.
 Well, plenty of gas, but no battery. Dead as a doornail, which, in case you don’t know, means “quite dead.”
No worries, I am a great planner and am always prepared for emergencies, so I got my super charger for car batteries out and connected to my quite dead battery. Nothing happened. The super charger was also quite dead.
 Oh yeah, I remember now, we had used all of the super charger battery juice all up when the lights went out during Harvey.
Luckily there is an auto supply near the house. I was able purchase a new fully charged battery and install it before TWWNCBUIP was even  aware that Plan C was in jeopardy.
Got the car started and rounded up the dogs for their trip to the park. As we were backing out of the driveway I mentioned to TWWNCBUIP that I had replaced the battery this morning while she was getting ready. The look I got could easily be described as incredulous.
“You know how to install a battery?”
I’m not sure I want to a ride in a car that you have repaired.”
I was able to reassure her that I have some skills and after all, how hard can it be to put in a battery?
Off we went to picnic in the park, Linc, Lola, TWWNCNBUIP and Mr. Goodwrench.
 The Japanese Garden was just closing when we got there but we got to watch the sun set over the lake and the puppies never took their eyes off the ducks. Don’t know what they had in mind, but we have a feeling they might loose a battle with the birds.
And the moral is …. lost on me.
But I had a great day, got a new battery, and remembered to pick up some bananas and strawberries for breakfast tomorrow morning. |
