This story starts at the end.
Monday, after my day job (a.k.a. Job A), I worked my audio/video job (a.k.a. Job B), an Evansville Aces Basketball game at our downtown arena. I parked a few blocks away on a semi-deserted and semi-dark street. After the game and I finished my work, I walked the several blocks back to my car only to discover that . . . my right rear tire was completely INFLATED. This is the silver lining to my story.
Now the dark cloud. Roll back a few hours to around 2:30 P.M. Having not had a break from Job A, I decided to clock out and retrieve a book from my truck and relax for a few minutes. While walking up to the driver’s side I noticed my left rear tire was low. Very low. A closer inspection revealed a roofing nail firmly embedded in the tread (no doubt a rogue nail from the roofing job on the building a few weeks ago). Still enough air to drive it, I limped my car to Raben Tire and told them my flat out tale of woe. They agreed to get it in as soon as possible. I called work and told them that I would be late getting back.
Life has no smooth roads for any of us, especially with a flat tire! A dark cloud casting a gloomy shadow on my day.
One hour and $20 later I was back up and running (thank you Raben Tire). I made it back to Job A in time to pack my stuff and head downtown to Job B. Believe you me, I got a lot of mileage out of the roofing-nail-from-my-own-work-caused-leaking-tire story. Worked the game. Walked back to my secluded truck, parked on an isolated, dark street. Which leads me back my silver lining: fully inflated tires — something I take for granted every single day.
The way I see it, had I not noticed the tire going down and the nail in it when I did, I might not have even made it to Job B. Or worse, I might have made it but later found myself stranded late at night. The dark cloud of disappointment that was my afternoon actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Carpe Diem Life,
David Kuhn
CarpeDiem-Life.com
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