2/365 - Road Angel
2009 didn't start very well for me: my dad (78) called me and told that my mom (84) was confined to bed with a severe bout of sciatica. So I proposed to come over and cook dinner for them. I went round the corner to pick up my car which is parked in an indoor parking lot at a few minutes walk from home... only to find out that the battery was flat. Crap! I had made the mistake of leaving the car idle over the two past weeks (I commute preferably by underground) during which we've had uninterrupted freezing cold temperatures.
My housemate's hubby drove me to my parents who live 10 kilometers (mumble miles) away and I came back home in the afternoon by foot and metro. Anyway, this morning I phoned the call center of my mobile repair company and the lady operator promised me a technician within the hour. I couldn't believe it! So much so that I took my time to putter about a little before I set out to my garage... and ran after the technician's yellow car that was already driving down the street!
I opened the automatic door to let him in, he parked his car next to mine, connected the battery to his charger and the engine started off nicely. Phew! I thanked the guy profusely and asked him if I could take a picture of him and his car. I explained it was for a photo challenge bla bla bla... and he kindly accepted, apologizing for his overalls smeared with sludge. I assured him that it didn't matter at all, that I found young men in greasy fluo overalls soooo sexy... okay I never told him this, of course *giggles*.
The shot is horribly shaky because I was still panting and puffing from my run, but I was sooo happy to come up with a story for my 2/365!... :-))
2/365 - Road Angel
2009 didn't start very well for me: my dad (78) called me and told that my mom (84) was confined to bed with a severe bout of sciatica. So I proposed to come over and cook dinner for them. I went round the corner to pick up my car which is parked in an indoor parking lot at a few minutes walk from home... only to find out that the battery was flat. Crap! I had made the mistake of leaving the car idle over the two past weeks (I commute preferably by underground) during which we've had uninterrupted freezing cold temperatures.
My housemate's hubby drove me to my parents who live 10 kilometers (mumble miles) away and I came back home in the afternoon by foot and metro. Anyway, this morning I phoned the call center of my mobile repair company and the lady operator promised me a technician within the hour. I couldn't believe it! So much so that I took my time to putter about a little before I set out to my garage... and ran after the technician's yellow car that was already driving down the street!
I opened the automatic door to let him in, he parked his car next to mine, connected the battery to his charger and the engine started off nicely. Phew! I thanked the guy profusely and asked him if I could take a picture of him and his car. I explained it was for a photo challenge bla bla bla... and he kindly accepted, apologizing for his overalls smeared with sludge. I assured him that it didn't matter at all, that I found young men in greasy fluo overalls soooo sexy... okay I never told him this, of course *giggles*.
The shot is horribly shaky because I was still panting and puffing from my run, but I was sooo happy to come up with a story for my 2/365!... :-))