Unexpected free tow

This picture shows baby bird Marty sharing a laugh with my Joyful friend at her home. Taking the baby birds places with me helps keep them social and makes them happier pets...and easier pets for the new owners. I am glad my friend was not put-out by me showing up at her door with a wild beast.

On Saturday evening my tire went flat just as I pulled into my parking spot at home....
a nail or screw from the street I'd assumed. This left me stranded since it was after closing time at Discount Tires here in Lemon Grove. And, the tire store is also closed on Sundays. Fortunate for me I have a friend who went considerably out of her way to chauffeur me to the bird club meeting Sunday night. Very good since I needed to be at the meeting to get parakeet Lucky adopted out there.

On Monday I realized that my AAA auto club membership had expired in April. Hmmmm, how was I going to get my car to Discount Tires? My spare (little donut) also flat. A pickle here. God was smiling on me today for sure, AAA renewed my membership by phone, Okayed towing without coverage gap, and had my car to the tire store just in time to get it repaired before they closed at 6 pm. Whew!

Not only am I grateful for the tow and easy AAA renewal, I am also grateful that the tire was fixable. It is a 6 year old tire that already has a plug or two from previous nails and screws (hardware seems to fall from the trees here) and the first thing the tire fellow said after noticing it had been six years since I bought the tires: "We can get a new one on there in a jiffy."

"A new one?" I repeated

"Your tire is very oxidized and has heavy Ozone damage," he said.

"Perhaps it can still be repaired," I suggested while trying to hide my panic.

"We'll try," was his reply.

Overwhelming gratitude flooded my heart when (about an hour later) a guy handed me my car keys and said: "All done."
Old tire fixed, newly balanced, no cost to me.

I am also grateful that I was then able to drive to the Bingo Hall where I accidentally left a small vacuum cleaner yesterday. No, I hadn't been playing Bingo. We hold our bird club at the Bingo hall once a month.
Had my tire still been flat this would not have happened. I was also grateful that someone turned the little vac in to the lost and found for Monday Bingo...rather than taking it home with them. It's the club's vac, not mine.

I am grateful that a wonderful and bird-savvy woman adopted Lucky bird at my bird meeting. He will have a privileged life. I will now have one less bird to feed and clean up after.

A pretty good day, I say.
Did I accomplish World Peace? No....but, I am grateful for every blessing no matter how trivial it may seem to others. They are big enough to me.

I thank God for another day.
I thank God in advance for tomorrow and the hope of finally getting some overdue paper work accomplished. Perhaps even getting some dirty dishes washed.

GratefulJoy