Oh, the car

We have some GREAT news about our car! Namely, none of these are it:

So, why did I feel compelled to let you all know that our car is not a complete wreck? Well, because for a while this weekend it felt like it was heading in that direction.

First, our window was smashed out while it was parked on the street overnight. That was annoying.

Then, on our drive home from Madison, exciting things kept happening--like the radio cutting out, followed by the RPM gauge dropping to zero...then the speedometer dropping to zero...then the headlights fading, followed finally by the acceleration failing to accelerate. By the time we got to that last stage, we would pull off onto the shoulder and slow down to around 30 mph, at which point suddenly all of the electrical systems would come on again and all would be well (for half an hour, anyway).

We got home on Sunday just fine, though the ride was a bit more stressful than we would have hoped for, given the repeated electrical failure. It wasn't until the next day (yesterday) that the car failed to start entirely.

Today, we have new window, new alternator, and new battery, so we are back on the road!

(And Jess is on the road in a rental Prius--as Andy said, my cool rating just jumped a couple notches.)