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Adventure off Exit 16

Last night was a very interesting night. Have you ever had one of those moments where you are pissed at yourself for being in what I like to call an "avoidable situation"? Well, I had one of those, and here's what happened:

So, I went to Kesha's baby shower yesterday where I had a wonderful time. My best friend's birthday is Tuesday, so I had to finish putting together her birthday gift basket and one of the items I needed was at Annapolis Mall. I wanted to get there before it closed, and you know me, I couldn't just wait until the next day, so I raced out after the baby shower down Route 50. I got the gift, which it took a little longer than I had anticipated, but was fun. (I'll tell you all what it is later...I don't want her to read it before her birthday.) I got back in the car, and got back on the highway headed home, which is where my adventure began.

About five minutes after I got on the highway, I happened to look at my gas meter and noticed that I had NO gas, well, at least it was very close to the empty line. I was at least a 20 minute ride from home, so I had no choice but to get off the highway and find gas station. I took the nearest exit, which was exit 16, just assuming that there is a gas station everywhere...WRONG. I drove off the exit and saw nothing! I didn't have enough gas go get back on the highway and drive to the next exit, so I decided to drive for a while (during which my car started to inform me that I had low fuel and making that annoying beeping sound) and find a gas station. Oh, I found a gas station all right. Some old back woods country market/gas station/law office which was CLOSED. Closed at 9 p.m.??? So, imagine this: I am sitting in the middle of nowhere at some back woods gas station in a serious panic because I don't have enough gas to drive around and try to find another gas station AND I realized that I didn't look at the exit I took off, so I can't even tell anyone how to find me. I figure I would have to sleep there overnight until whoever owned the joint came and opened it in the morning so I could fill up.

I called Amatullah, who is my hero (I swear), and I told her the name of the street I was sitting on and this chica found me and brought me gas. The first gas container's nozzle was too short for my car. You all should have seen us out there trying to get that gas in my car. Gasoline was all over our hands and everything. It wasn't working, so she decided to leave and get a gas container with a longer nozzle. So, this time, I had to sit in my car and wait for her with the windows down cause I didn't want to breathe in the fumes from the gasoline. I didn't go with her, because I didn't want to leave my car and come back and it was gone for whatever reason. All in all, she returned and we finally got the gas in my car, which was great. Three hours folks...three hours of my evening wasted because I failed to check my gas meter. It was definitely an "avoidable situation"!

So, what have I learned from this? Note the following:

- Listen to my father who always tells me to never let my gas meter go under half a tank.
- Keep bottled water in your trunk always (It really came in handy when I needed to rinse the gasoline off my hands.)
- Get a cell phone charger for my car. My cell phone was fine last night, but if the battery was low, I don't know what I would have done.
- Always double check things.
- Continue to be good to people cause you never know when you're gonna need someone to find you and bring you gas!

THANK YOU, AMATULLAH!!! I'll owe you forever, I swear!

posted by Madeehah @ 7:18 AM