I hope everyone has had a better Christmas than I.
Being the lovely Jew that I am...I met the folks, my brother and his family at our favorite Chinese restaurant. On the way out there, I hit a small crater in the road but thought nothing of it (other than my car seemed to hit it kind of hard). We come out of the Chinese restuarant, I pull out of the parking lot and thing "Hey, my car sounds funny". I pull down a side street and low and behold...FLAT TIRE! Luckily my folks weren't far away (and thank G-d for cell phones!!!) so they picked me up and brought me to their place with my stuff so I could call Honda roadside assistance. I call...and...my roadside assistance (that was paid for 7 years ago) apparently expired on January 17 of this year
. But wait...they can send someone; I just have to pay out of pocket.
So $85.50 dollars later ($65.50 for the tire change and a $20 tip because it's cold out and it's Christmas) my tire gets changed to my donut, and I get home about an hour later than expected.
Oh well. At least it's 'fixed' for the time being (until I can get a real tire on my car that is) and at least someone could come out on Christmas.
I think what I need for the holidays is a lesson on how to change a tire so the next time this happens I can save $80!