Spent Thanksgiving with my family – had a pretty nice time. The highlight of the trip was painting with my niece – we made place-mats for the thanksgiving table. She really enjoyed the painting and it was a really neat bonding experience.
We didn’t do a lot over the holiday, mostly just ate and played games. Good to just relax for a bit.
As I was packing up my car to head home, I noticed that the key fob wasn’t working to open the trunk or the doors. I figured it was the battery in the fob and opened the door manually with the key – then noticed that the lights didn’t come on. I tried the key in the ignition and it wouldn’t turn over. Turns out I’d left an interior light on when I’d parked my car Wednesday evening and didn’t notice.
I got out the manual and my Dad and followed the strange instructions to jump the car – except that the horn sounded each time we tried it. Finally got it started and let it run for a little while before shutting it down. It had enough charge to get going when I left and fully charged on the way home.
I expected some traffic on the drive back, but not seeing three accidents – or almost being a part of 2 more. There were two separate times when traffic in front of me went from 60 to 0. I had enough room to safely get stopped by standing on the brakes, but the cars behind me had to swerve out into the shoulder to get stopped. In both cases, traffic got moving again with no apparent cause – though now that I think about it I’m wondering if it was a reaction to deer. A third time we all had to hit the brakes, but by this point we were all so gun-shy that everyone had plenty of room to get stopped.
I was glad to make it home and put my care safely in the garage.
Got some shopping to do – both online and in the real world. Guess I’ll need to brave the crowds some evening this week (wish me and my patience good luck) – my family is celebrating Christmas early this year.