Fun with Vehicles?

Sooo..  Somewhere along the way..

We've had some..

Issues?

With vehicles?

The old Intrigue wouldn't start one

day after driving it over 200 miles

from KC to Columbia and back..

Our Subaru conked out again..

And one night as I drove home from

Tyco, it was dark and suddenly..

There was a flash of light on

the right side of the car..

My car..

Was on FIYAH!!

Fire shooting out of the rear passenger

side wheel well..

I stopped as fast as possible on the

side of the road calling 911

and the fire department.

We JUST bought another engine for

it Tuesday afternoon.

Now?

I had just finished my work for the day

at the group home and walked outside...

To see to my shock and awe..

My left blinker was on..

And..

There was a head moving around

in the drivers seat..

I thought it was my husband..

Until the person looked up at me..

Definitely NOT my husband!!

I watched in shock while this

dude finagled a screwdriver and got the

Blazer started!!

Grabbed my phone - frantically

dialing 911 again and running back into the

group home just in case he had a gun.

 

One of my co-workers and one of our

clients ran out and scared the guy off.

Apparently - he couldn't get it out of

park and into gear to take off with it..

However..  He did screw up the

steering column and we had

to have it towed home.

Whew.

Yikes!

Ack!

Aye Carumba.

I would say that the bus might be

safer, but I have my doubts about that!

Whew for sure!

 The steering column damage..

 They punched in the lock

 on the passenger door..

 

Soooooo..

I think it's time for some of this..

: )..

And some peace and quiet..



Urban Groove..

It's been a crazy week.

My car finally gave out after a 200 mile trip

to Columbia, MO and back.

Since we are down to one vehicle,

I got to see a part of the Kansas City metro area

that I had always thought about investigating.

It only costs $3 for a day pass to ride the KC Metro

bus system, so I've been hopping from bus to bus

for the past few days.  It's been an interesting, cold,

tiring lesson though.  The first morning included a few

important tips, such as, not forgetting to walk a

couple blocks to catch the right bus, and that

some of them have stops on both sides of the street.

After riding the bus for a few days, I've gotten

fairly efficient at navigating the different routes.

I've met some very interesting people,

gotten to hear what I could only guess was a verbal

version of a tramp stamp (lol), and seen the good that is

still happening in this town.  I've seen passengers

offer seats to others, make sure that late arrivals still make

it to the bus before it leaves, and people hand over their

day passes to others when they were finished with it.

Hopefully we will have a "newer" car here in the next

few days.  I scheduled vacation for Wednesday,

and I'm waiting to hear about Thursday, or possibly

changing my hours temporarily so that they are within the

bus route schedules, instead of having to wait until 7am to start back home.

Here are some pictures of what I've been experiencing..

I've either been waiting for the bus, riding the bus,

working, waiting at work for a lift,
or trying to catch up on sleep at home.

It's been an exhausting few days.
Thanks to my co-workers who gave me a rides
along the way - they kept me from being
stranded at work over night..
Thanks Annette, Patty and Amanda!  : )..
 

 Is that one of my buses?

Nope..  It's the 106..  : (..

Brrrr..  It's cold..  Am I in the right spot?

Nope!  Ack!  Lemme run up the street..

 Downtown in the dark..

Early in the morning..

Kind of intimidating at times..

 I did find the AMC dinner theater downtown..

I'd like to try it out sometime..

Dinner and a movie?

Count me in.  : )..

Got to go over this bridge several times on a bus

that tipped and moved with every nuance of the road below..

That was..  not so fun..

Did I mention that it snowed one day?

Yup.  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..

Although - it was better than having to drive in it.

I got to enjoy my town during my adventure.

This has always been one of my favorite KC metro pictures.

Well, minus the beat up looking car in the middle.

Lol.  Anyway.  I'm sooo glad that it's my two days off.

Whew.  I can rest up for a couple more crazy days.

Yay.  Time for some wine.  : )..