Spent Thanksgiving with my family – had a pretty nice time. \u00a0The highlight of the trip was painting with my niece – we made\u00a0place-mats\u00a0for the thanksgiving table. \u00a0She really enjoyed the painting and it was a really neat bonding experience.<\/p>\n
We didn’t do a lot over the \u00a0holiday, mostly just ate and played games. \u00a0 \u00a0Good to just relax for a bit.<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0I tried the key in the ignition and it wouldn’t turn over. \u00a0Turns out I’d left an interior light on when I’d parked my car Wednesday evening and didn’t notice.<\/p>\n
I got out the manual and my Dad and followed the strange\u00a0instructions\u00a0to jump the car – except that the horn sounded each time we tried it. \u00a0 Finally got it started and let it run for a little while before shutting it down. \u00a0It had enough charge to get going when I left and fully charged on the way home.<\/p>\n
I expected some traffic on the drive back, but not seeing three accidents – or almost being a part of 2 more. \u00a0 \u00a0There were two separate times when traffic in front of me went from 60 to 0. \u00a0I 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. \u00a0In 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. \u00a0A 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.<\/p>\n
I was glad to make it home and put my care safely in the garage.<\/p>\n
Got some shopping to do – both online and in the real world. \u00a0Guess 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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