DAY #1
I'll start by saying that I have a horrible memory and that being said I hardly remember non-memorable events in my life. So what happened yesterday, Friday October 12th and today the 13th, of 2012 will definitely be something to remember.
So this was a Friday night that I was not in charge of running anything as far as youth service is concerned and it felt really good. I was leaving my home about 1 hour before service right after getting out of work and recapping the sermon that my friend Daniel was going to give this Friday night. I was on the way to a notorious freeway in Houston, TX named Interstate 45 or I-45 going south. The time was about 6:30pm and I was heading dreadfully to this freeway expecting traffic as always from it and being amped at the same time to get to service! I typically drive somewhat fast and headed down the freeway at about 70mph more or less and then a hard bump I ran over! BAM!
This bump was intense and I felt pretty bad and even had that face like, "Oooh that was a rought hit" on. The only thing was that I thought it was a small pot hole or something and pretty much hoped that it didn't affect my tires much; giving the fact that my tires were in horrible condition knowingly. Five minutes later, my tire was completely flat and I barely noticed or felt it since I was listening to music pretty loud on the way.
LONG STORY SHORT....I immediately strive to pull over from the speeding lane while my car is practically galloping. I did not have a good spare tire at all, and a matter of fact it was a blown out one with a bent rim. I had no jack or tools in my trunk. I pulled over settling for a horrible position at an exit where the emergency lane was very thin and hardly enough space for my car. No money to pay for a tow truck. After a phone call I come to find out my AAA membership is expired. Youth service was in about 20 minutes.
LONG STORY EVEN SHORTER.
So what ended up happening was that I had a friend who called me and actually mocked my God and questioned my situation and I had to have my dad actually come to my rescue ultimately. I spent the next 4 hours with my father searching for open tire shops on this Friday night, which was a given that none would be open but we went out on a limb. So, we didn't find anything at all and had to leave my car in a hotel's parking lot, with permission of course.
Yes that was it....my hectic and friday full of mayhem!
DAY #2
SATURDAY CONSISTED OF placing orders of a BBQ sale that our church had of 17 plates all at work or my job. I placed the order around 9:30am and it was noted. Long story extremely short, the guys with the plates arrived around 1:50PM which was way after the desired time. You see at my job, lunch is a very special gathering and peaople like to have it on time especially. People that had ordered their plates were pressuring me AND I HAD TO KEEP MY INTEGRITY.
I made plenty of calls to the youth at the church to see what was taking so long and as expected, many different stories. The plates finally had arrived and were delivered and people were happy.
WHAT made things so much more awesome, was my best friend Daniel.
My best friend Daniel had coordinated getting my spare torn apart tire and bent rim, to be repaired and practically fixed like new. He got the tire and delivered my 17 plates all with an awesome smile and a great attitude and was ready to actually hear me out. I am very thankful for my friend Daniel and his efforts towards me as a friend as well. He brought my day to be so much better and it all paid off.
THAT is all.
