Car Madness

So I feel like I have to recount my stupidity of last week. Especially since it was followed up by a great Alexis comment. Last week there were storms galore, but Sunday happened to be a very nice day. While Ben was spending his day fishing, I decided to take Alexis and Max to East Cobb Park. On the way home, Alexis wanted the sunroof opened so I opened it. We pulled back up to my mom's and I parked behind her car. In the morning, she asked me to move the car so she could go to work. Mind you, it was storming and gusting wind Monday morning. As soon as I opened the car door, I saw the flood. I forgot to CLOSE the sunroof after the park. So I put the keys in the ignition and turned it....nothing. I turned it back a few times....nothing. I tried to take the key out of the ignition.....nothing. The darn key was stuck. Now, not only could I not move my car, but I couldn't close the sunroof. I put a tarp over it, called Ben. He had to come home from work. But he couldn't do it either. We called AAA, but they said it would be $150 to take the key out. So we asked for a tow. In the meantime, Ben tries to hook up jumper cables, but nothing is happening. Finally, we get a second set of cables and Ben is able to get enough power to get the key and then jump the car. Hooray! Sunroof closed and car moved. Unfortunately, the car kept needing to be jumped so I had to get a new battery. Apparently, the water coming in had blown the fuse on the rear air conditioning so the air turned on and stayed on until the battery died. Needless to say, I won't be using my sunroof for a while. Alexis found the whole ordeal rather humorous. This leads to the next part of the story....

Driving home from dance class yesterday, Alexis sees a car on a flatbed truck. She says that the car must be broken. I said, "maybe so". She says, "They must have left their sunroof opened." I'm glad it made such an impression on her!