October 17, 2012

This morning was a pretty uneventful morning. Rylynn and I played on the floor and we read some books. We went to pick Madalyn up from school because we were driving her to Hutchinson to drop her off with my cousin Chelsea. After Madalyn finally got all of her stuff together and Mya was home from school we all piled into Jen and Mark's car.... We made it to Hutchinson around 445 and talked with my Aunt and cousin for a little while. We parted ways and Mya and I decided we would eat at Culvers before heading back to New Ulm. This is when all the trouble started.... We went through the drive through because Rylynn also needed to eat. So we sat in the car in the parking lot eating. As we were eating, the radio shut off... I though well maybe the radio station went dead, and we proceeded to eat. I fed Rylynn and put her back in her carseat and jumped in the drivers seat. I put the car in reverse and pushed the gas peddle to have all the gauges go to ZERO!! So I put the car in park and turned it off and tried to restart it....NOTHING!! So here I am in the culver's parking lot in the cold rainy weather with Rylynn and Mya in the car...in Hutchinson! ( On a worse note my phone had died before we left New Ulm so I was charging it on the way, but it was almost dead!) I called my mom to get my uncles number who lives in Hutchinson. Thank GOD he was home and was able to help! He came and tried to jump the car, and it started right up, but I tried to turn the lights on as it was getting dark...and the car died again! So we piled into his truck and he took the battery out so we could go get a new one. After getting the new battery my uncle was so kind to put it in for us! The car started right up and we were on our way...FINALLY! After going down the road a little ways into the country, I called my sister-in-law Jen and asked her if her lights were always that dim, she said "ya I think so, we are just so used to it." I proceeded to tell her I still think something was wrong with the car that I was going to go but to stay by the phone just in case. Well we made it back to New Ulm after feeling like I was driving in the dark blindly! Mark looked at the car the car and the alternator is bad :( needless to say I will not be driving any more of the Isenberg's cars!!