Two small stories that all started within five minutes of each other.
I try to tell the kids that I am the “smartest man alive,” but they don’t really get it…
Today, the other homeschool mother that has been helping me with the kids was going to take the my kids on an excursion to a homeschool group schooling event.
Even though we had spoken on cell phones previously, I made sure she had my cell phone number because…”I am sure nothing bad will happen, but just in case you lock the keys in the van and need me to come and unlock it for you…”
At 7:30 this morning, she took the paper and left with the kids.
At 7:35 am, I went out to my van. As I was getting in, I looked at the Sentra in front of me and remembered that I needed to get the 12V air pump out of the trunk. I keep one in each vehicle and noticed that mine was missing when I cleaned it out before I started my new job.
I opened the truck, and there were two of them in there. I grabbed mine and left. Mine is unique because I have a compartment in the side that hold a tire plug kit.
A few hours later, as I was driving in a construction area, I heard a clicking from the passenger side front tire. There is a lot of gravel on these sites and it would be normal to get a rock stuck in the tread. I figured that the rock would come out when I got on the highway.
As I hit the on ramp, my phone rang.
It was the woman with my kids.
She locked the keys in the van and needed me to unlock the it for her.
Weird.
WE laughed.
As I got to the locked van I pulled in slowly, I was still hearing the “clicking” noise from my van.
I pulled in and left it running so I could check the tire….having to roll it back twice to get the whole tire exposed.
There it was…
I 1 1/4″ hex head screw.
I was astonished that I had, just this morning, put my plug kit and pump in the van that had just picked up a nail.
I am the smartest man alive.
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