Michelle's Adventure

I get to sleep in till as late as i want these days, no school for the time being because of the Christmas break in between semesters. After I said goodbye to Michelle yesterday morning though before she went to work and had fallen back asleep, Michelle called me because she had a flat tire. I gave her Geiko's phone number (our insurance provider) and they arranged to have a tow truck come and get her. We are glad our insurance covers that. We kept thinking of better places though that the tow truck could take her. First we thought back home, then Michelle thought of a tire store. Since our tires are under warranty at Pep Boys, i got their address and Michelle called Geiko and we made the arrangements for her to be towed there. She didn't actually get towed to each of the places we thought of, she just had to keep calling and changing the plans. So she eventually got to Pep Boys and they will fix the tire for free if it can be fixed. This tire could not be fixed however. We needed a new tire. Luckilly for us, we only had to pay 15% of the cost of a new tire (i did not know this but the cost of a new tire is 85% covered under warranty if something like this happens). So it was not very expensive to get a new tire thankfully. Michelle got into work finally a few hours late. Michelle had called and told them what happened and stuff so its not like she just showed up three hours late without them knowing why. Still quite an adventure though. All things considered, the whole ordeal went pretty smoothly. Not that you enjoy getting a flat tire at 7:45 am or enjoy getting a ride in a tow truck to a tire store or like waiting inside a Pep Boy's for an hour or so. But all things considered it all went well. You know how when things like this happen it is usually just a horrible experience and there are all kinds of extra costs for repairs. Well not this time. It was more costly for her to have missed the hours at work than for the new tire. The towing is covered by Geiko as well. So...like i said, all things considered it wasn't that bad. Poor Michelle though, she had to be out in the cold and make all the phone calls and arrange it all by herself. I was at home in bed the whole time. Since we only have one car i had no way of going out there to where she was to help. I would have traded spots with her if i could have. So that was Michelle's adventure yesterday. PS-if anyone is looking for car insurance, Geiko really is surprisingly really inexpensive. Like the commercials all say. When i was shopping for car insurance Geiko was like a couple hundred dollars cheaper than the next best company's price, and it is working out great for us so far. I sound like a commercial for Geiko now, don't I?