Car Trouble

(My boy checking out the front end of Yolanda The Honda on the first day of school)

I've had this fantastic car for 8 years. I bought it off Craig's List from a wonderful family, after 4 frustrating years of driving a gas-guzzling, nightmare-inducing, lemon quality GMC Yukon. Yolanda The Honda has been reliable, safe, and fun to drive. And drive her, I have! I've just passed 130,000 miles on the odometer, which means I've put 100,000 miles on her myself. Yesterday, she let me down for the first time. But the circumstances surrounding her *hiccup* were so lucky, I can't help but feel someone is looking out for me. I had just pulled into my driveway, but the remote on my garage door opener didn't open the door. So I turned off the car, removed the key, and opened the garage door myself. When I got back in to move the car into the garage, it wouldn't start. The battery is fine, the key would turn, but the engine wouldn't turn over. I went inside and thought I'd let the car sit for a few minutes, and I'd try again. In the meantime, I made a phone call to our family mechanic, and magically, he's recently started taking credit cards. My next call was to a local towing company, who very quickly had a driver at my house. He was able to start the car, and I was able to avoid costly towing fees. Additionally, the company didn't charge me for sending him out. As I was pulling out of my driveway to take the car to the mechanic, my friend pulled in to check on me, and was able to follow me out, and bring me back home. 

  To recap the lucky blessings....the car died in my driveway, not garage, where the tow truck could easily get to it, if it had needed to be towed. It died in my driveway, and not while I was out running errands with my son, or on my way to work in a rural area. It happened on a day when I didn't have my son with me, and I had the time to deal with getting it to the mechanic. The tow truck driver was able to work a little magic and saved me from costly towing fees, which would've been really tough on me in addition to whatever the repairs will cost. And my friend pulled into my driveway just as I was wondering how I'd get back from the mechanic. Furthermore, I've got 2 options for cars I can borrow to get back and forth from work while my car is in the shop. 

Definitely someone looking out for me. Or perhaps this is some good Karma coming back around? I need this little car to keep going at least until I've paid back friends money they lent me for my divorce attorney.  She's paid off, and I don't need a car payment right now.