Fate, Coincidence, Intuition, or Higher Being?

Feb 17, 2008 | Tags:

Thanks to my small bladder, I had to go to the bathroom for the second time during my four hour drive to Pittsburgh on Friday.  After many miles, I reached a service plaza 40 miles from my destination and did my business.

I got back in my cool vehicle, turned over the ignition, and was about to drive off to continue my journey, but I felt funny. Something told me to get out of my car and check my tires. Listening to that something, I put my car in park and got out to do a 360 degree inspection. Look what I found:

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Yep, that’s a big bubble on my tire along with a slight tear on the side.  My eyes popped open and I debated what to do. I emailed Jeff a picture of the tire. He replied saying that it was a sign of a tear in the inner tube and that it was very possible that the tire would blow soon.

I was in the middle of nowhere! I decided to keep driving the rest of the 40 miles, but I put my sidekick down and held the wheel really tightly. Whew, my hands hurt from holding the wheel tightly, but I made it to my destination! The first thing I did was stop at Goodyear tires and told them I was “stranded” with a tire that was about to blow, so they made my car priority and changed my tire in less than 30 minutes! Yes it emptied my wallet a bit, but at least I didn’t have to risk a big blow driving back home.

The question is: what was that “something” that told me to check my tires? I don’t know, and it’s open to many interpretations, but I’m glad there was a “something.” Life works in funny ways.

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6 Comments to “Fate, Coincidence, Intuition, or Higher Being?”

  1. erin says:
    February 18, 2008 at 8:39 am

    YIKES! so glad you went with your gut instinct! Honestlly i can’t fathom what would’ve happened if that happened to me. Though I’ve had a flat more than once solely because the guys at the oil change place screwed up the thing that you use to pump the air into the tires. and caused a leak (lesson learned..don’t go switching places cuz it’s more convienent, i went back to my old place).

    it happened twice ont he way to baltimore last year, and on the backroads! AGH! and one morning we woke up only to find my tire completely flat. when he tried to change my tire, the jack that came with the car was piece of crap, couldn’t hold the car up! so from then on, boyfriend made me get big mo-fo jack that sits in the trunk of my car taking up valuable space. Now that i have it, i’ll probably never put it to use. Better safe than sorry.

    *knock on wood*

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  2. M-B says:
    February 18, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Fate that you had to pee!

    Intuition for you to check the tires.

    Goodyear receives an A+ for their service, and you receive an A+ for convincing them to do it ASAP!

    Yay for small bladders in this case. :)

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  3. Carrie says:
    February 18, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Yay – glad you listened to that something/instinct/GALJC/inner voice!!!

    All I can say is that at this point, you should stay away from cars.

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  4. Sazzy says:
    February 19, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Yes Carrie, the universe is telling me I need to go back to a FORD huh!? :) :)

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  5. Joe says:
    February 20, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Just read this…. That something is called yer Spidey Sense. Peter Parker had the gift, and now u do too. Jeff has no idea he’s with Sawah the Secret Spideywoman!

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    Jamie Foxx released histhird studio album, Unpredictable, winter 2005. It positioned at #2, selling 598,000 copies in its first week….

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