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So, I managed to leave work early on Thursday. I went home and took DD to the pool, and we had a fun time. The rest of the evening we spent relaxing in front of the idiot box. On Friday, I decided to take DD to a local scrapbooking store that was advertising heavily on tv.

Typically, my car is old and it shakes. It had been shaking for months. I never thought twice about it. I figured the tires were just old and would eventually need replacing. We went shopping without incident, but as we pulled off the interstate and stopped at a stoplight in the town where we live, I noticed that the front left side of the car seemed to be off-kilter.

I pulled into a parking lot and stopped. The whole tire was practically off the rim. Sigh. I went into Burger King and asked if they had a phone book. No one knew so they had to get the manager to unlock the office and look inside there. I'm glad it wasn't a major emergency.

Luckily, it was 3pm and the service stations were still open. I called one of the companies and they sent a wrecker. $50 later, we were towed and the tire was replaced. However, it was a used tire. On Saturday, DH went to Wal-mart and bought two new tires (for $70), then brought them back home and had the same service station put the tires on the car (for another $15).

Come to find out, the service guy said that when the car is shaking like that, it means the belt has slipped on the tire. I wish I had known that about six months ago!

Thankfully, the tire lasted until we made it back home. DD thought it was an adventure. Yet another thing she'll probably need therapy for.

Driving to work today felt strange because the drive was so smooth.

And how was your weekend?