Fun times in the snow!

Not sure if you could tell it, but that title was supposed to be dripping with sarcasm. I went out to the car this morning to clean the snow off it and take it down to the gas station because MommaCat has a doctor appointment at 10:30. I got halfway to the gas station, and realized that thumping noise was not coming from the song on the radio. Yup, I had a flat. :banghead: There were a few bad things about this: 1. I had nowhere safe to pull over, 2. I didn't have my phone with me (stupid move), and 3. The spare was already in use. My only options were to find some place to pull over and hope a cop would just happen by, or to nurse it on in to the gas station and risk damage to the tire/rim. I chose option 2 cause that gas station is one of the few still around town that has a garage and a mechanic on duty. Luckily, neither the rim nor the tire was damaged so they were able to jack it up, get it back in position, and air it back up. It could have been much worse (accident, stranded for god only knows how long with no phone, etc) and I was only charged $4 for the service. Happy New Year to me!