Well, the never-ending saga of our Automobile Adventure added another chapter today. I had a 1pm appointment in Ilion for my eyes at Woolner's so we headed out about 12:30. By the time we had turned on to Rte 5 from Smallsbush, Jeff had decided something was wrong...maybe a tire was soft...so he headed to Stewart's in Herkimer for air. As he turned off Rte 5 to take the less traveled route thru the southside, the trip got bumpier. The last block or so we knew we had blown the tire and were probably riding on the rim. Yep, the right front tire was no more! (Hopefully, the rim survived!) When we got to Stewart's, Jeff got out the 'donut' and jack and started to change the tire. Another man had just finished putting air in his tires and he offered to help, so between them they were finally able to get the jack to lift the car and get the lug nuts loose (a real feat since they had been tightened with a hydrohalic wrench on Monday when the brakes and rotors had been done!) Another guy lent me his phone and even got the number for my optometrist in Ilion so I could call them and tell them I wouldn't be there and why. Without those 2 guys we probably would still be sitting there in Stewart's parking lot. After they got the tire changed, we went to Tallman's Tire and ordered a replacement. It will be here on Monday.
I had to call Herkimer Bassett when I got home and reschedule my regular INR which was suppose to be after my eye appointment. There was no sense having it done today as stress can effect the results. I was still shaking when we got home and I'm sure my numbers would have been out of range again. I rescheduled my INR for next Tuesday afternoon and my eye appointment for May 19th. Let's hope nothing unusual happens those days!
I had hoped for something special for my birthday (tomorrow) but a $110 tire wasn't it. Everyone kept saying 'don't drive too much on that donut' so I don't think this will be an exciting weekend...just another quiet weekend at home in the country.
