Don't you hate when you look down at your fuel guage and see this?????

Last week, I got together with some of my friends from when I lived in Kirksville, who also have husbands in Utah doing their rotations. We always have so much fun together!!!!



We went to play games, but ended up talking and laughing for 4 hours. Finally at 11:30, Raquel(who I had driven with) and I decided we should probably get moving, as we wouldn't get home until after 12:00 by this time. Well, it was much later than that when got home, as we had an out-of-gas-adventure :) We were driving along, when Raquel looked down and said, "Oh, I think we better stop and get gas." We were not even 1/4 of a mile from the 33rd South off ramp when the car started sputtering to a stop.

So, she called her insurance and they were sending her gas.




As were were waiting, though, a kid, who looked no more than 15, stopped and started walking to our car. It was one of those moments where I wasn't sure if I should roll down the window or not. With Raquel's coaching, I rolled it down and he asked if he could take us anywhere and that he really was a good person:) Of course, we told him we were fine with someone on the way. You really never know these days who is stopping to help you!


After that, we sat for awhile, getting pretty bored, wondering if there were even policeman patrolling the area, cuz shouldn't they at least pull over?? So we took those kind of pictures you take when you're bored and have nothing to do :)










At that point, a police man(who also didn't look much older than 15) pulled over. I jumped in his car, in the back where I was completely surrounded by a cage, and he took me to a gas station to get gas.



As I sat in this cage, I was very glad that I have led the kind of life where I would never have to be claustrophobic in the back of a police car!!!! We got gas and he took me back where he gassed us up.








Then we drove right back where I got that little gallon of gas and Raquel finished it up.


("Uh, yah, honey, I'm filling the car up" :)


We ended up getting home just before 2:00. So it was a long trip home, but at least it was with someone who could make me laugh about it :)