Truckin'

Y'all, I feel like I have been all over the Southeast! I kind of have, though.

A few weeks ago, my car had a flat tire. "No big deal. I'll just go get it patched," I thought. My tires were only about three months old, there was no way I would have to replace one.

I was so wrong. After three hours, it was decided I would let the Honda dealership in Auburn replace the tire and I would have to take the tire to Birmingham to the Acura dealership when I went back to Birmingham again. I would just get a ride to Birmingham and stay there for a week and a half, probably renting a car somewhere in the mix.

I never rented a car. Priceline did me wrong, but they fixed it, kind of. I bid $20 on a car, they accepted, but charged me for $27 or $30 or whatever, just several dollars over what I bid. I called Priceline, explained what happened, they refunded me and cancelled the order, and I went back to the website to re-bid. Well, you can only make an accepted bid once every 24 hours, so since my accepted bid of $20 was messed up, I couldn't bid $20 again for 24 hours. Forget that.

So, a friend in Junior League gave me and the Gem-bot (my puppy) a ride to the 'Ham, my mother borrowed my grandmother's car, I borrowed my mother's car, and for the next week and a half I traveled all over the beautiful state.

I went to a concert (New Edition), attended the beautiful Sarah's 21st birthday party, celebrated Mother's Day with the moms in my life, did karaoke at the gay bar, attended a bachelor party (yes, bachelor, for the groom), went to Nashville with my mom, went to another concert (Jason Aldean/Luke Bryan), went to my friend Ian's commissioning ceremony at Birmingham-Southern, drove to Oakman to present a scholarship in my grandfather's memory, went to Casino Night at Nana Funks for Do Dah Eve festivities, went to a wedding in Pell City, and got taken back to Auburn by Mom, who spent two nights with me.

Yeah, I'm totally in catch-up mode.

I do have my car back, and a friend is taking the tire to Birmingham for me Tuesday, so hopefully I will be traveling back to Birmingham on Friday, in style, in my new, fabulous minivan (more on that later).