Remember my post about buying a Fender Rhodes for the church? Yeah, I am pumped about it. What I did not tell you is that I bought it on ebay and had to drive from Albuquerque, NM (my hometown) up to Denver, CO (6 hour drive) to pick it up.
I got up at 4:30am (ouch) this morning so that I could make the trip and be back in time for my rehearsal at 7pm. I got the keyboard, had lunch with my good buddy Eric, and headed home. It was all good in the neighborhood... until the A/C compressor blew up, causing the serpentine belt to snap in half. Not cool.
Since it was late in the day the shop didn't have time to fix it and I have to wait until tomorrow to see if they can even get the part that I need. I am stuck at the Quality Inn in the tiny town of Trinidad, CO, which is about 15 miles north of the Colorado, New Mexico border.
I have been having quite the number of travel woes in the last few months. You can read the painful essays here and here if you are interested in some pretty stressful, yet looking back, pretty funny episodes in my life. Hopefully this one will have a happy ending...
4 comments:
Hey - at least ya had a nice romantic night in that little hotel room with that Rhodes, right?? Sounds like a good song should have come out of that!
- John C
z-What are you doing driving to Denver and not calling me? I'm sad.
Z love,
You should have just stayed in Denver. Perhaps this is a sign that God wants you to re-plant Desert Springs in Colorado and move your family up here.
I'd laugh at your unenviable state of sad affairs and traveling woes if it wasn't for fear of the same happening to me!
Hang in there. Don't spaz on the auto mechanics like I would.
"Eric"
Here is my caption for the Quality Inn I am staying at:
"The 80's called and they want their hotel back"
At least i have a place to stay though! Sleeping in the van last night would have been rough and very chilly!
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