the case of the missing belt.

serpentine or fan belt that is. for my car. 

It has become apparant to me in the last few hours that when one’s car has no serpentine belt, NOTHING in your car works.

So, I was headed out with the little chickies to my grandma’s house for a swim and some relaxation in the sunshine.  I should have known this trip was doomed from the beginning. 

First, I could not for the life of me find my bathing suit bottom.  It was no where to be found.  It was here the other day… gone now.  So, I was going to take a quick side trip to Old Navy to grab a new one, since they still have the same style I like, I could just grab one in a different print/whatever.  About a mile or so away from home, I noticed that my battery light was on.. wierd, my car had started just fine.  A few minutes later, I realize it is incredibly hard to steer my car.  So me in my great wisdom decide, gee, maybe i’ll just try to make it Old Navy and if it seems to drive ok, then my grandpa can take a peek at it. ( sometimes i’m not the smartest when it comes to not driving a car I shouldn’t drive, duh!  I just WANT to go where I wanted to go too badly I guess..) .. so then another, I don’t know, 10th of a mile down the road I realize I am sweating to death because the air conditioner is blowing hot air at me.. so I opened the windows.  It is then that Maya says, "Something smells yucky out there." that I notice the burning yuck smell and the steam/smoke? billowing out of the hood of my car!!!  EEEEEEKK!!!

So I pulled into the nearest parking lot (Slick Willies/Eckerd/Franco’s pizza plaza for those of you around here) pulled my kids out, and ran them across the parking lot from the car that I was sure was going to blow up!

well anyway,it seems as if my power steering hose blew and then by spraying fluid all over my car it caused my serpentine belt to slip ( completely off since it was GONE!). 

So we spent the evening in the parking lot.  My mom and grandma came to pick us up and take us home, and my mom used her AAA to tow my car.  Also, my dad called me in the middle of all this and offered to pay to fix it! yeah!! Because I really don’t have the extra money right now.  We are finally able to pay off all our bills.

So that’s all.  For fun I definitely recommend an evening spent in a shadty parking lot in front of a pizza place with two toddlers.