been a few interesting events concerning the car the last few days…

a couple of days ago, on our way to work, my driving buddy was flagged down as she drove up my street by someone wanting a boost… not sure if you’ve noticed, but we have been having an extremely cold winter…

the young woman’s car had a problem with the car door and trunk which meant that her car light stayed on and drained the battery… apparently she was getting very efficient at boosting the car…

my friend’s car had a cover on the battery and we had to call her husband to figure out how to connect the leads… in the end it didn’t work, and the young woman said she had tried with a similar car and it had been unsuccessful…

today I had to drive to work and I haven’t had the car out for quite a while… it was very slippery and was slow going on the way downtown, but eventually I got there safe and sound… I had arranged to park in one of my colleague’s spots which was very helpful…

once I left work just after 5 I had to sweep the recently fallen snow off the car and put in the parking pass which another colleague had lent me as they are away for a few weeks and I am able to use their spot… my driving buddy is leaving for Hawaii in a few days so I was planning to drive during that time…

got into the car and there was a light on the dashboard which I had never seen before… yikes, what if it was the emergency brake, or some oil light, or that I needed windshield washer fluid… as I drove toward home I fretted about what it might be… my phone was nearly out of juice so I couldn’t even stop and take a picture and send it to my daughter or son-in-law who would likely know what it meant…

I decided that I would stop at Co-op and have them take a look at it… it is just a street over from home and right on the way… there wasn’t a car at any of the pumps when I drove up so I pulled into a spot by a pump but on the wrong side, because I didn’t need any gas… by the time I was out of the car, at least four other cars had driven up to get gas and so the attendant asked me to move ahead… when he had a minute he came over and looked into the car at my problem light and said…

“that’s the cruise control, you just need to turn it off”… easy for him to say.. I get back into the car, drive around all the other vehicles getting gas, stop and try to find the cruise control button he’s talking about… can’t find it, so I drive home and when I get into the driveway eventually, or maybe by accident, finally find the button and off goes the light…

phew, there were those big girl pants again…

think I might bring the manual in and look through all the pictures of what might show up on the dashboard, lol…