Next Time, Just Ask--I'll Give You a Ride

My mom, dad, and I were on the way home from the temple when I was there visiting when I checked my phone to see if Scott had texted me.

He did.

He told me that he was driving to Rexburg to visit his parents when he saw this while pulling out of the driveway:



Don't judge us for parking on the already dead lawn. Our neighbors don't appreciate us parking in the shared drive way...

HAH.

Right??

Actually, I cried a little when I heard about it. Scott and I always joke about being dirt poor because we are. I mean, we have enough to get by, but it's not like we have a ton of extra money to go out and...oh, I don't know...buy a whole new wheel and tire.

Scott was way more upset than I was. I was sad, he was mad. But then it was just like, what's the point of being that way? Being mad/sad isn't going to bring the wheel back. It's been done and now we have to deal with it. So then hysterical laughter insued.

I mean, can you believe it?? Somebody stole a wheel from our car while it was in the driveway. Pretty ballsy, eh? I certainly think so.

Scott's wonderful parents took him out and bought us new windshield wipers (they were absolutely TERRIBLE--I'm glad there hasn't been much rain), a locking gas cap, and these lock nut thingys or something for the tires for both cars. A friend in the ward had her gas syphoned a few weeks ago.

With my dad's help, I started calling salvage yards in/around Billings to see if I could find a wheel. I called like, five places, and nobody had the model we needed. So then I called some in Rigby. Ucon. Idaho Falls. Nothing. Well, no wonder our tire got stolen! The person/people who took it obviously couldn't find one either...and they were in dire circumstances. According to Tasha, it was a small, poor (er than us) family. The mother was pregnant and they needed to...I don't remember. Get to her family or something so they could help? Tee--help me out here. But the point is that they really needed that wheel. I mean, they only took the one, right? If they were mercenaries they would've taken all four. ...right? Dad said (half jokingly) it's a good thing we pay our tithing or we wouldn't have had any wheels left, lol. True that! We've only had the tires about a year, so they're pretty new. I hope the wheel and tire work well for them and they get everything taken care of. Sure hope it doesn't have a hole and is slowly leaking...

;)

Just kidding. I would never wish that. Besides, with Scott's parents and my parents helping us out, everything's been taken care of. Scott found a wheel at a salvage yard in Pocatello and we just bought a used tire.

We found this in the alley next to our house.

So beware. If you stole our tire and you were't absolutely desperate, we'll find you.

Just kidding.

Or am I?

But next time....

Please just ask for a ride. I'll give you one. Anytime. Anywhere. Just please don't steal another wheel...