God has a sense of humor

What a day. Up early (I’m NOT a morning person!) and driving to the hospital by 7:00 am. Arrive at 8:00 and got Dave checked in ok. Then the long day of getting everything ready, hooked up, plugged in, okayed, checked out and started! Then you sit and watch it drip into your body. Wow. I am so impressed with Dave…he never ceases to amaze me. He is so wonderful, so spirit filled and so strong….I just don’t know how he does it. We hate the chemo, but are grateful we have something to kill the cancer. All in all…the day went well. He did good and felt okay throughout the day. Taught him how tomake rosaries…he is getting the hang of it pretty well! Hope he sleeps well tonight. We were both tired, so I decided to head for home right after his dinner at 5:30.
I got out of Lafayette…into Brookstosn, took a right and traveled down highway #18 for awhile. Suddenly, I looked up and wondered where the heck I was! Ever lose your place in the middle of no where??? Did I miss my turn at road 300? Had I gone too far? Not far enough? What was I thinking about? How did I get lost going straight? Nothing looked familiar (well, duh…it is all corn fields! And one corn field looks about like another corn field!). So…in all my wisdom, I decided to turn around and go back to find road 300.
Sounds easy and smart enough, but when I tried to turn around, the car stalled and the power steering went out and it was like driving a truck…I started the car, managed to man-handle the thing and turn around…but now something is dinging – very loudly – and I see a red light …hummm looks like a little sail boat with jagged water under it! What is this, I ask myself? And why all the dinging? So I reach over…pull out the drawer under the passenger seat and start leafing through the owners manual…while trying to steer this semi-truck….and finally find the page with all the symbols meaning TROUBLE on it!
Oh yes, I found it…the little boat means …..”your engine is getting extremely HOT” ! Oh boy, that scares me…guess I better try to pull over and turn the engine off. I think I am lost!! Where the heck am I??? I’ll call my friend Barb….maybe she knows where I am!! Hello, Barb? (hey, Pat). I think I am lost and my car is overheating and dinging and it is hard to steer…(where are you?) Good question!! Where is highway #18? I left Brookston and thought I went too far and missed 300, but now I turned around …with much difficulty…and now my car’s engine is getting extremely hot and I am lost!! (Are you headed to Delphi?) Heck’s fire…I don’t know where I am I tell ya!! Don’t you know where 18 is? (ummm well, yes, but I don’t know which direction you are even going?) Neither do I…the compass says I am going south….dang…why am I going south? (well…good question, Pat…you should be going north). Oh dear, I better turn around again! OH SHOOT>>>>>I can hardly steer this thing and now the engine is on H!!! (Pat, you better shut your engine off it is heating up!) Well, I think I know where I am now, but there isn’t any place to pull over……I’ll call you back.
Oh yes, I had actually turned onto 300 and was going north…but didn’t realize I had made my turn…so had turned around and was going back the way I came. Well…I figured that out. But now my car is dinging and getting too hot…I have to shut it off…I can SMELL it now! I pull over…can’t get all the way off the road because of the cornfield!! Now what? I shut off engine (sure can smell it now) But I still a little bit on this country road…very dangerous I tell myself! But…can I move it? And where do I move it too…….? I can’t drive into the cornfield!

I’ll call the dealership in Monticello …only about 15 minutes away….ough-oo…it is 6:30….service is closed, but I can get a sales man…(I know a couple of them!). Poop…I don’t have their phone number.
HELLO? Barbara? It’s Pat again! L-o-n-g- pause……. (where are you now?). Well…I know where I am, but I need a tow truck and need Chrysler Dealership number…can you look it up for me? (SURE! And she gives me the numer)….thanks! Bye!!
Better call Dave at the hospital and make sure he wants me to try to call AARP Motor service for the tow instead of calling a tow truck myself. Finally get Dave….he was strolling down the halls in the hospital …had to have a nurse go track him down! He is fine with it all…encourages me to call AARP first. OK…I do that! I DO have their number…
Hello? AARP? I need a tow truck! I only have 2 bars left so have to talk fast.! I meant that my cell phone was low and only showing two bars…not that I was hitting the bars!! …and my charger cord was in the other car! Great. The AAARP guy says
they have service out of Lafayette..and Logansport…wow…that is an hour away…it is going to be dark! I want someone from Monticello I tell him! Well…he finally gets me a tow truck from Lafayette. Now I wait. But first…have to call Chrysler Dealership and let them know I am coming and try to get a loner car! Where is that number Barb gave me? Here it is…..dial dial…hello? Oh..??? Wrong number?? Dang. Better call Barb back…Hey again Barb….I think I wrote that number down wrong…can you give it to me again? Thanks!!.....okay, hurry up …now it is getting later…..call Chrysler. Hello? Is Doug there? NO? Oh…HI Joe…what are you doing there in Monticello? Thought you were in Logansport? Oh…you just started working there, hu? Well…I need some help! My car overheated and has to be towed to town….I have a tow truck coming will be there later…can you get me a “loner” car (no pun intended!)? Great! Thanks a lot! Bye.
Whew…that was good timing. Wonder what this piece of paper was that I was writing all the Chrysler numbers down on? Open it up. Oh brother…it is a work order on a letter head with all the phone numbers on it from…….(you guessed it!) Chrysler Dealership! Should I call Barb and tell her? Think not!
Now just sit and wait for the tow truck. But I really have to go to the bathroom!!! Wow. What is a gal to do? I won’t tell you that part!
Actually …all went pretty smooth after the initial panic of being lost and having my car overheating and difficult to steer and not having phone numbers handy and my cell phone about out of BARS!! Called Dave and told him everything was under control. Called my son Davey and told him I would be a little late getting home!
Tow truck arrived, got us to Chrysler dealership, got a “loner” car and got home safe and sound --- a little late, but safe! Called Barb again….Hello Barb? (yes, Pat…did you find your way home?) YES!! I’m here! (are you sure you are at YOUR home?) Well…the dog barking sounds like Scruffy and it looks like my son on the couch with him…so I think I am in the right house! Thanks for your help I say as we are both cracking up with laughter!!
Does God have a sense of humor? I think so!