As soon as we figure out how to get our new (new to us) car out of the parking area across the street from Mimi’s house, I will tell you all about the blogger’s evening we had there. Apparently, the car battery is dead as a doornail because it would not hold a charge enough to allow me to get into reverse after two jumps.
(Today I am skipping ulpan in order to try to get the car leasing/rental company, which owned the car up until last week and still has the car in their name, to figure out how to get the car back to Modi’in. Ha ha ha, funny! Also funny is that Taxman, to whom this purview really belongs, will be HIKING MASADA in a SHARAV today–no dust, just unseasonably hot.)
Thanks are in order for Baroness Tapuzina and her husband, who helped reassure me and Baila (my intrepid companion) and Robin that we were not going to electrocute ourselves when we connected the car batteries (owner’s manual to the car in English! awesome!), some random strangers in Petach Tikvah who lent us their jumper cables, and A Mother in Israel, who continued to check up on us late into the night.
But the biggest props of the year go to Robin, who was on the other side of the jumper cables THREE times, used her mad Hebrew skillz to try to get us a free ride or tow, and finally (after listening to some amusing cell phone chatter between me and Taxman), drove past her house, essentially, to give us a ride to airport so we could hop a cab back to Modi’in. We are still figuring out how, exactly, we are going to repay our enormous debt of gratitude to her, but in the meantime, please pop over and see her blog and her cool photos and maybe say thanks for saving Kate’s tush. See her account of the evening’s proceedings here.
[…] Several bloggers had transportation problems. Abbi got off at the wrong exit and ended up on the opposite side of the city. Sarah from Oh So Arty’s bus had stopped running by the time she got to the bus stop so she ended up taking a taxi home. And Kate, who was giving Baila a ride back to Modiin, found her car wouldn’t start and was ultimately rescued by Robin. (See Kate’s account here.) […]
Wow, I had no clue! Glad you managed to make it home okay and hope things work out with the car.
Not getting electrocuted is big. Very big. And hey, we even learned some mad new skillz ourselves. And we learned why it’s important to not forget to buy the new, better jumper cables and to throw out the completely disgusting old ones that don’t work anyway. (Must do that TODAY.)
And besides, as I just commented on Hannah’s blog, the whole sordid story was my fault anyway – I never should have left without that oh so critical bye-bye peepee (why yes, I do have young children, how could you tell?). That’s just tempting fate in ways it should never be tempted. Sorry Kate.
It was great to meet you and everyone else last night, and I’m glad to see that you guys finally made it safely home. Hopefully our next meetup will be a bit less dramatic.
My friend Magda, of Ask Moxie, put this on the record:
“One of my guiding principles of life is that when given the chance to use the toilet, one should. ”
However, last night as I was in the homestretch (10 feet from my apartment) I realized I had failed to as well.
Maybe we should all meet at the airport next time. It’s hard to miss, easy to get to. Too bad the good food court is on the inside!
PS I feel the same about the non-electrocution. That’s better than the owner’s manual in English!
I am sorry we left shortly after the car was recharged. We should have stayed and made sure you could move the car. I am glad you made it home safe and sound.
No worries–there was really no reason to think it wasn’t going to work! It went against everyone’s prior experience. If it’s not the battery, it’s the alternator, which of course can’t be fixed with a jump…
I think “huzzah” is my new favorite word.
Excitement all around! Glad you are non-electrocuted and home safe. Good luck getting the car back…
And yes, I am a firm believer in the preventative pee…
Hope you had an uneventful day and that your car is back safe and sound. I had fun, both during and after the blogger’s event. Thanks for the lift!
Hey, small world, the Baroness and I are related! (Hi Michelle!) Sounds like you guys had fun even with the car woes.
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