The Good Samaritan...Late, but Good

Yup...that's me...changing a flat in the pouring rain. I knew my car didn't normally sit on a slant like that nor had I ever had such a hard time trying to steer. :( Luckly I was just in the parking lot of the assisted living center that you have to drive through in order to leave my house. I ran home to grab a different coat that would be more appropriate for tire changing in the rain and talked my roommate into holding an umbrella over me while I worked my magic with the car jack. (Did I mention that I was on my way to my job at Banana and was wearing my nice clothes?) Let me tell you, super glue is unneccessary for those bolts. I swear they were near impossible to loosen...I say near impossible because we finally got them off. Leslie and I had to put all of our weight into it, but finally we got 'em. I thought with the way I was pulling and throwing my weight I would end up on the ground, dirty and wet when the bolts finally gave. Fortunately that didn't happen. I just want to send a thank you out to the priests in my ward growing up...every combined activity that they were in charge of for mutual involved car maintenance-they couldn't think of anything else to do apparently, but it paid off. I'd also like to send a thank you out to the 7 cars that went out of their way to maneuver around me to get out of the parking lot and pass by me without a second look. "No really, I got it. Does it look like I need help?" :/ Until a passerby on a walk came over and offered to help me. He told me that he used to change tires for a living. I truely appreciated the gesture, but I was just screwing on the last bolts on the spare and was almost done. He still gets points for offering...and I still consider him a good samaritan even though his goodness could've passed by 30 min. earlier. One good thing came of this... I'm extremely confident in my tire changing abilities.