I Am Thankful Today

 I am Thankful I put the garage door down before I stepped out of the car.

I am thankful I had to reach back in to get the RX out of the car.

I am thankful because it caused me to face the garage door!

I am thankful the garage was semi dark, the red lights glowed on the door.

I waited. They did not go off.

I got back in the car and tapped the brake pedal. Nothing happened. they Stayed ON!

I turned the car off and on.

I stepped in the house and said Bob, the brake lights are stuck in ON and will not go out.

While I dug for the book in the glove compartment, he was huffing and puffing and saying HBO words.

He is a retired auto mechanic, but he can't get on his knees, can't crawl under the car, or down on the floorboards.

While he muttered, I called Tire plus/Auto Repair because it was close to home, and I had seen it when we used to eat at Salems. Dale answered the phone, I advised the problem, he said bring it on down, I will look at it. Just Ask for Dale!

With keys in hand, I left The Man Muttering, in his chair with the book in hand and backed out of the garage. Gone before he could even ask where I was going, but I did hear words of charge you and arm and a leg.

2 miles, 5 minutes I pulled in, parked in front of this building. I walked in the glass door, up to the counter and said I talked to Dale, he said to ask for him. The man picked up the phone and the paging system said Dale, front desk please.

He came in, said are you the lady with brake lights on? I answered yes and he said I see it, give me your keys. Have a seat and I will look at it. I did not have time to pull out my phone to poke, I was digging it out and he appeared in front of me, held out the keys and said, you are ready to go, it needed a clip switch under the brake pedal.

My eyebrows lifted to my hair line, and I stuttered, its fixed? As I reached for the keys, I said how much do I owe you.

 NOTHING, IT WAS JUST A CLIP! I was spewing thank Yous like a machine gun, as he went back to the garage, he said, I'm glad I could help you.

I am adding their number to my contacts. 

Thank You Tires Plus! I am thankful good people still exist.