... the Wake County Sheriff's department and Fuquay Varina Police Department. Before I go into detail, I will begin with I ran out of gas today in my Jeep while running errands after lunch with Kris. This is the first time this has happened to me in the 12 years I have been driving. It was the worst feeling as a parent I have experienced in a long while. Now here are is some background information about my Jeep. The gas gage does not work properly all of the time. A lot of times it will show that I am low on gas when I have plenty in the tank. I can normally get 300 miles on one tank of gas. So when I got in the car today with the gas light on but had only 180 miles on this tank of gas I did not think anything of it.
I went to meet Kris for lunch in Sanford and then went to Fuquay to run errands. Right there on main street by the chic-fil-a my Jeep lost power. I started to shake. The car stopped in the turning lane right in front of the Citgo gas station. I just did not have enough power to get the jeep into the station by a pump. First thing I think to do was call Kris. He mentioned to call triple A so that was my next phone call. About the time I get on the phone with triple A, Jonah began to cry. I look at the clock and it is 1:30. It was time for Jonah to eat. I give my information to the woman on the phone and she says that a tow truck would be there in 30 minutes. This was frustrating because I was literally right in front of a gas station. There was nothing I could do because I did not want to be crossing heavy traffic with Jonah in his car seat. By this point the tears are streaming down my face. I am scared for me but mostly for Jonah. We were sitting ducks in the middle of heavy traffic, hazard lights are on and swaying every time a big mac truck passed by. I waited for the tow truck on the phone with Kris, in the back seat feeding Jonah waiting.
Feeling so helpless as a parent in a hot car with the windows down, I see a sheriffs deputy car go by. I stick my hand out the window to wave him down but he keeps going. He must have turned around because all of a sudden his pulls in behind me. Through the tears running down my face I tell him I have run out of gas. He calls in two more cops to push me into the station. I was so relieved when I was out of the crazy traffic. I blew the nice gentlemen a kiss and said the words "Thank You" repeatedly. Without them I would have had to sit in the turning lane between heavy traffic a lot longer.
If this had happened to me before I had Jonah, I would have gotten out of the Jeep crossed the street and got gas to put in the Jeep. It would not have been a big deal. But things are different. I felt horrible that I put my son in this situation. I am thankful for good people in this world. I thank those kind men that helped a mother and her baby today.
This will never happen again and lessons learned the hard way are never forgotten.
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All I can say is... good thing you had the baby on board sticker in your rear window!
ha - your mom is cute ;) but how about i nearly cried reading your story. i would have been a total wreck if that was me and loralai. thank goodness for good people, for sure! glad you guys are home and out $60-$70 with a full tank of gas. stinking high gas prices. sheesh ;) xoxo
kelly! i learned this same lesson the same hard way! just a few weeks ago, i locked my keys in the car at daycare. thankfully, i hadn't put tay in the car yet. anyway, i did not know this, but the police department will help in situations like this. they are nicer (and free) when compared to AAA. the police are a mom's best friend. i'm so happy you made it through. i know i was a mess when it happened to me!
oops, i posted under my work account. that was me above :)
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