Our Thanksgiving Was...

...exciting. We left a little bit late on our trip over the pass for dinner with the family. I had to meet up with the person that found my cell phone in the grocery store parking lot the night before. Got it back no problem, filled up the tank, hit the road with brand new tires installed Wednesday night. Everything's groovy, right? Nope. About halfway through the trip, on top of the summit, the oil light comes on, the car starts making an awful noise and shaking. Luckily, we were near an off-ramp and there is a gas station there. We limped it in, checked out the car, and eventually called a tow truck. Again, we were lucky that it was sunny and warm, the station was open, and the staff were very helpful. The tow truck driver was way cool and got us back to town pretty quickly. Then we took a taxi back to the house. This all set us back about $450. Great. That's on top of the $700 for the tires.

After we got back home, I called our friends that were having a big turkey and no company and we spent the holiday together. So great of them to include us, helped turn our crappy day around. The food was fantastic, I'm still full this morning!