Glad I am Not Superstitious

Things just sometime happen and it does not matter what day it is.



I worked at my regular temple assignment today. I was not feeling my best with trying to get over this sinus cold. I had to blow my nose several times to be able to breathe or talk. I had a lot of short assignments mostly half an hour. It sure kept me moving up and down from the main floor to the third floor.

I had a good lunch, though, a stuffed tomato filled with salmon. Oh, that is my favorite. fresh tomato over green salad with salmon like a (tuna) salad. I squeezed lemon over it and then put Ranch dressing over it. It practically smothered the salad and salmon, but it was very tasty.

When I was done for the day, I walked to the car and noticed how warm it was for that time of day, and how last time I was there three weeks ago it was cold and rainy.

Anyway I got to my car and it would not start. It felt like it had something to do with the heat and sitting all day, but what do I know? Several people came over that I worked with to help me start my car. One sister had jumper cables and we connected them, but not before a patron walked over to see if he could help out.

The car still would not move or start. It was just not connecting with the gas and electrical systems. By then the Temple security man came out to see if he could help and stuck his head under the hood to no avail. I had called Candice, then Aaron by then to see if we had Emergency road service. We do, so I found the insurance card and talked to the receptionist in Spanish Fork at our insurance agent's office . She was helpful and even looked up the number of our repair man in Orem. I called him, and he said he could tow the car on Saturday and look at since they are open half a day on Saturday.

More people showed up in the meantime; Jared had a few suggestions, but nothing worked and must have spent fifteen minutes trying to figure it out. We left the care there and I went with him (he coaches her team) and Madie to her soft ball practice, where Tracie picked me up and took me home.

I didn't know what I should do at this point. Then Tracie suggested I call K3 to see if he could do something to help. I followed what she had told me to do but he had just left to go to Idaho with his other grandparents. Lori said she and Hank would come get me. They did and I have posted what Hank put regarding this on his blog:


"Lori and I went out to dinner but first went out to help my mom with her car. She was at the temple and couldn't get it started. We picked her up at Aaron's house and went up to the temple to see what we could do. My guess was a fuel filter or pump or vapor lock. It wouldn't start at first, then I got under the back end of the car to try to find the fuel filter. Couldn't find it. I took off the gas cap, just in case there was any vapor lock or a vacuum in the gas tank that kept fuel from pumping to the engine.

"I don't know if that was the problem, but it started up after I did all that. Mom thought I was a hero. It was just dumb luck."


He is my HERO, he saved the day, and now I just have to get it to the shop to make sure everything is okay, and maintenance. What a relief it was to just be a vapor lock that caused the problem. But what do I know? I was impressed that Hank had the past experience or knowledge of the vapor lock to recall it in this situation. He did not discount it anyway, and it worked! Thank goodness. I really appreciated him and Lori coming at a moment's notice. It felt good.