I had a very exciting week. On Monday I took my car to the mechanic to get a once over before I drove up to Wisconsin next week. The mechanic said it need a new wheel bearing on the front passenger side assembly. So I had him do the work. Tuesday was the holiday so my husband and I just hung out at home and puttered. Wednesday morning was off to work. I was about half way to work when the bearing gave out and I got stranded at the side of Highway 30. Luckily, I am a very careful driver so I wasn’t even going the speed limit. The car pulled suddenly to the right and started puffing out white smoke. Of course, I pulled right over. Called work, told them I would be late. Called AAA and asked for a tow. And waited an hour for an “emergency” tow. I was in the middle of no-where, and only one fellow stopped to see if I needed assistance, and surprisingly, he wasn’t the sole cop who just passed me by without stopping.

The tow took me to the closest service station where I left my car. I had a coworker come get me and went to work. I called my mechanic and he said he’d have the car towed back to his shop. By the time my husband came to get me at my office, my car was still sitting at the station where it had been towed in the morning.

After several phone calls to both my mechanic and the service station, the car was finally towed to home late in the evening on Wednesday.

Thursdays, I work at home, so not having a car was not very inconvenient, which was a good thing. Late morning the mechanic called and told me that the wheel bearing was shot (duh!) and he also had to replace the spindle and the hub assemblies. Around 4:00 I got a call that the car was finally ready. I asked the lady to send someone over to get me. By about 5:15 I was starting to get nervous because I had to pick my daughter up from camp before 6. Just before 5:30, my car drives up, all repaired.

Yesterday, I was so nervous driving to work, worrying that there would be a repeat of Wednesday! Thankfully, nothing out of the ordinary happened. But it was a very stressful week!