crap. my mom just called - she's stuck on the garden state parkway with a flat tire...
she's more frustrated from trying to work the cell phone that i gave her for xmas than having a flat
don't know if she has a donut in the trunk, i made her hang up and call 911, so i stayed on with her until the state trooper got there. she may have to get it towed (even if she has a spare - she can't change it herself - come on, she's in her 60's and has a spine that's fractured in 2 places [yes. it happened in 2001 - 4 months after her aortic aneurism surgery - from bending over to plug in a lamp...so lifting a tire and changing it in the dark ain't happening folks.])
she's 60 miles away from me.
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update: she just called - the trooper and a tow truck guy changed her tire [she didn't get the trooper's name - she said he was cute... COME ON MOM - work with me here!!!]
so she wasn't charged for anything - tomorrow she's gotta get new tires

