Rhonda: the trip there was pretty uneventful...went straight to post to the Soldier Service Center to turn in your decal, I come back out...and the car won’t start

Rhonda: tried everything I knew to do...nothing.  A guy tried to help but he was as clueless as me.

Rhonda: So, I head back in and ask to use the telephone with my new car packet from the glove-compartment

Rhonda: Call the dealership they said to call the roadside assistance number

Rhonda: so I did...was told it would be about an hour

Rhonda: waited an hour then went back inside to see if I could call the towing crew to see what the hold-up was...well unfortunately it was a long distance call since the people were in Dothan

Rhonda: The guy there had a cell phone so he let me use it

Rhonda: the roadside people had given the tow truck people the wrong address

Rhonda: By this time we had been stranded a good 1 1/2 hours

Rhonda: I couldn't get my mom on the phone

Rhonda: so, I gave them directions again and he said the guy was on his way...I go back to the dead car and wait an hour later I head back into the building to call them again of course using this nice guy's cell phone and they assure me it will only be a little while longer at which point I asked this guy what his definition of "a little while" was since it didn't quite seem to match the one I had in my mind

Rhonda: I hang up then call the insurance company, no help- no rental car but can tow me...call the people they give me but their driver was in....you guessed it Dothan (25 miles away) 

Rhonda: The nice guy with the cell phone tried to call somebody he knew that did towing- but his driver was...that's right in Dothan (25 miles away)

Rhonda: So, I go back out to the deader than dead car and wait...45 minutes later I go back inside to call again-and low and behold after waiting only almost 4 hours the big red tow truck pulls up

Rhonda: It gets better....how you say?

Rhonda: well after thinking salvation has arrived I tell the girls to get their stuff because of course we were going to ride with this guy in his big red shiny tow truck to Dothan right?  Wrong-he could only take two of us...there were three of us

Rhonda: so I try again to call my mom...nothing.  Then I hit the jack-pot...Amy (a friend) will save us...wrong- her windshield is busted and she can't get on post.

Rhonda: I am about as f@#*ed as you can be at that moment...we are truly stranded- this guy is taking my car

Rhonda: So me being the practical gal that I am I look at the girls and say, "well, we are walking to Mamaw's house. (Rhonda’s mother who lives eight miles away… never does it occur to my wife to get a taxi, I don’t think she’s ever been in one)

Rhonda: The tow guy looked at me like I had lost my mind then said “how far is that”- I told him and his jaw dropped to the ground.

Rhonda: with eyebrow raised I then said to him, "sir, you can only take two of us and there are three- I am open for suggestions."  he said he was sorry...I told the girls “lets go”

Rhonda: we made it almost to the gate and this middle-aged man stopped and asked if we needed a ride...I took one look at our couch potato- no exercise teenage girls and realized that we did-because I couldn't carry them both

Rhonda: So we hopped into this big king cab white truck with this instructor named Mr. Waters and of to Grandmother's house we went.

Rhonda: -it is not over yet

Rhonda: get to mom's and she is like –“I’m sorry but there was really nothing I could have done”...since I envisioned myself choking the life out of her I headed outside to smoke and call the dealership who closed in 15 minutes...I was still stranded and my co-worker couldn't cover the store because she had plans...did not want to make this call to my boss- no way no how

Rhonda: dealership says...sorry may not be able to get to it tonight...I then asked John the mechanic, "well, are you taking me home or giving me a car to use?"  Guess what the using a car thing, not covered.  As of yet John hasn't said if he is taking me home or not since he fell into a long silence when I told him home was in Columbus

Rhonda: Then...well wouldn’t you just know it...good old John got the car fixed in 15 minutes flat...he was especially proud of himself when he informed me there would be no charge.  My reply to this was-Gee, John thanks? -whatever

Rhonda: now all I was faced with was getting to Dothan to get my f@#*in car..the dealership couldn't deliver the car to me because it was outside the city limits of Dothan...how about that!  Of course they couldn't ! What was I thinking.

Rhonda: Amy couldn't take me, my mom was, well- my mom, so another friend pulled up to pick her daughter up from mom. I explained my situation offered her money and asked would she please take me to my restored vehicle so we could get home.  She refused my money but took me

Rhonda: Got the car back told mom bye and got home fine...but wait it is not over

Rhonda: it is now 11pm we pull up I get out and there is this loud ass music blasting...I look at the girls and say in my quiet deadly voice that better not be our f8#@in apartment it is coming from

Rhonda: guess what?  IT F*#@NG WAS OUR MOTHERF#*@NG APARTMENT THAT IT WAS F*#@ING BLASTING FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rhonda: it would appear that Ariel thought herself versed enough in electronics to take it upon herself to hook up the surround sound in her room

Rhonda: I know Mrs P (our cranky downstairs neighbor)  has probably filed several complaints, we will probably be evicted tomorrow but I will try my best to explain that we were not here and it wasn't on when we left.  It is the truth- but boy is it sounding weak to my ears right now

Rhonda: Now I am sitting here telling you all of this and it is midnight and I still have to work tomorrow

Rhonda: so goodnight sweet dreams and I love you

Rhonda: wish you were here because I am so tired Billy

Rhonda: Love you, Rhons

Rhonda: Iment Love you, Rhonda

Rhonda: see how tired I am typo's can't spell my own name,

Rhonda: the dogs are howling...lovely...bye

Rhonda: car probably wont crank tomorrow.....

Rhonda: I give up