Laughing at myself and blaming my sister!

So, I have to write this down because I don't want to forget. Last Friday started a little on the crazy side. I had tons and tons of laundry, needed to go to the store, make a dessert, and pack an over night bag for Mace and I, plus my visiting teachers were coming over to see me. I wasn't too worried, I had plenty of time to do everything. After showering, my sister called me to say that Lynnie's van was dead (Whitney nanny's Lynnie's family.). I thought I'd be a nice sister and help. I drove to her house, chatted for a bit, and played with my sweet little niece and crazy nephew. We thought we had some jumper cables, but turned out we didn't. We said "Oh well. Chad will be home in a while and he can help." I loaded Mace in the car, but as I went to start my car, I saw my headlight switch was in the on position! I couldn't help it, I bust out laughing! I came to help my sister, to rescue her, but instead I only made the problem worse! We now had to dead batteries to figure out! I called my sister, who only laughed more. She called Chad while I called my visiting teacher! Both were willing to help out. In the mean time, I thought I could start my car by popping the clutch. The driveway was angled so I thought I couldn't fail, but my steering wheel locked and so that idea didn't work very well. Chad got there soon after, calling the incident "Classic." We got my car working in a matter of seconds! We had a new problem when we couldn't figure out how to get into the garage to fix Lynnie's car. (Whitney took up the whole garage when she parked.) Luckily that was when Amy came. She brought a portable battery. It wasn't very strong, but at least we were able to change the car from parked to neutral. We let it roll back and Chad was able to get his car close enough to fix the problem. All in all, a big chunk of my day was gone, but it was nice to be able to laugh for a while! I only blame Whitney because if she'd turned her lights out in the first place, I wouldn't have needed to help her! :)

Moral of the story: If you are going to help someone out, make sure you have the necessary tools, and you don't do silly things, like leave your lights on, to make the problems worse!