Yesterday was "stimulus Tuesday" up at the Carmike Cinema close to our new apartment. Matthew and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to get two movie tickets and two popcorns all for only five dollars. It's a great deal!. Matthew took off work a little earlier than normal so that he could have some time to relax after our long weekend. We ate dinner and then headed out for our 7:05 showing of "Letters to Juliet". As you can probably imagine the movie theater was packed with the regular Tuesday movie-goers. We ended up having to park behind the theater. The movie was great I would recommend it for anyone that likes a good love story.
The adventure began when we got out of the theater and back into the Jeep. There was an unusual beeping going on when Matthew turned the Jeep on and when we looked at the dash it was telling us that one of the tires is dangerously low on air pressure. It was the back driver's side tire and at first I thought someone had sliced it. There was no hole that we could see so we decided to drive up to the gas station to put some air back into the tire. That is when Matthew discovered that there was a screw lodged into the tire and that is how the air was escaping.
Well that turned the whole situation down a different alley and Matthew decided to change the tire and put the spare on so that we could get home without a problem. It was at about that time that a fire engine pulled into the gas station right beside us to fill up on gas. There were two firemen in the truck and one was undergoing driving training at that time. The passenger came over and asked us what was going on and if we needed any help. Turns out he said he could patch the tire right then and there and we wouldn't have to worry about putting the spare on. Matthew took the tire off, I bought the patching stuff, and the firemen helped us fix the hole in the tire. It was definitely an adventure because I had never even seen a firefighter outside of elementary school demonstrations. It was fun talking to them and listening to them talk about driving training for the fire truck.
What could have been a nightmare of an ending for the night actually turned out to be a fun time and an informative one. After we had the tire all patched and back on the firemen had to get back to their job and Matthew and I had to fill the tire back up with air. In order to make sure that the tire pressure was reading correctly we drove around our area for a little while and saw a bit of downtown Cary. Matthew got all nostalgic remembering his childhood in Cary. It was a fun night over all and one to remember.
The adventure began when we got out of the theater and back into the Jeep. There was an unusual beeping going on when Matthew turned the Jeep on and when we looked at the dash it was telling us that one of the tires is dangerously low on air pressure. It was the back driver's side tire and at first I thought someone had sliced it. There was no hole that we could see so we decided to drive up to the gas station to put some air back into the tire. That is when Matthew discovered that there was a screw lodged into the tire and that is how the air was escaping.
Well that turned the whole situation down a different alley and Matthew decided to change the tire and put the spare on so that we could get home without a problem. It was at about that time that a fire engine pulled into the gas station right beside us to fill up on gas. There were two firemen in the truck and one was undergoing driving training at that time. The passenger came over and asked us what was going on and if we needed any help. Turns out he said he could patch the tire right then and there and we wouldn't have to worry about putting the spare on. Matthew took the tire off, I bought the patching stuff, and the firemen helped us fix the hole in the tire. It was definitely an adventure because I had never even seen a firefighter outside of elementary school demonstrations. It was fun talking to them and listening to them talk about driving training for the fire truck.
What could have been a nightmare of an ending for the night actually turned out to be a fun time and an informative one. After we had the tire all patched and back on the firemen had to get back to their job and Matthew and I had to fill the tire back up with air. In order to make sure that the tire pressure was reading correctly we drove around our area for a little while and saw a bit of downtown Cary. Matthew got all nostalgic remembering his childhood in Cary. It was a fun night over all and one to remember.
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