Flat tire part 2!

Ok ok ok I know its been a LOOOOONG time since my last post. I'm sorry! I've just been sort of in a rut lately. I've just had a hard time making myself do anything. Its turned cold and I really really don't like the cold. I never have... but my hatred for the cold is a whole other post; all I want to say is cold makes me want to hibernate. The cold weather has thrown off my grove. I just wish I could kick it out through the window like the poor old man in Emperor's New Groove. (ps if you haven't watched that lately you need to!) Seriously though, I don't like getting out of bed and I don't like going outside. There, that said, we've been pretty lame around here. We haven't really don't a lot of exciting things.

I do feel that I owe it to you to tell you the end of my tire drama that started in my last post. Lets not forget it was raining. It was cold. It was a Monday. Ok just to let you all know, yes, I really did keep the girls home from school because I had a flat tire. My mom called me to check up on that little detail. I'm sure if school was 3 blocks away we would have walked. So...after getting back inside we all got back into our comfy clothes and hung out all day. I called Bret, who was out on location and would be until Friday. I knew I couldn't sit at home for the whole week because of a flat tire so I decided to solve the problem myself. I kept waiting for the rain to stop so I could go asses the situation. It didn't stop raining. By the early afternoon I decided to brave the rain and go change the tire... myself.

 

IT WAS SO COLD!!

 

I knew how to change a tire thanks to my dad- Thanks Dad!!- but I had never actually done it by myself. Nor had I taken a tire off without power tools! I didn't even know how to get the spare out from under my car. I got the tools out and just stared at them for a good 5 minutes trying to talk myself into actually going for it. Finally I pulled out the manual, went inside to the warmth and started reading. That wasn't any help! So I turned to YouTube, I found a video that showed me what to do and I got to work.

 

Thanks to all the horror stories I heard over the years at Burt Brothers, I was terrified to use that jack! I think that is what was holding me back, I really didn't want to use it.  

 

I did it! I felt so awesome! It took quite a while but I finally had the spare tire on. I was soaking wet, covered in mud and my fingers were so cold I could hardly move them. But it was probably the coolest thing I've done on my own. I'm not going to lie I was pretty nervous to drive my car afterwards. I did everything by hand and I wasn't sure it was tight enough. So I buckled the girls in nice and tight and off we went to the tire store. Of course the tire was beyond repair, it had a hole bigger than a quarter. We ordered new tires that are being shipped from Denver... they still aren't here. Nine days later and we're still waiting. But at least I can drive the car! Thanks to me! Yes, I am pretty proud that I did it!

 

Oh and while we were sitting in the waiting room of the tire store it stopped raining. Ugh.