Work

Yesterday morning, I got in the truck to head to work. To my chagrin, instead of a cranking noise I got a clanking noise – the battery was almost dead.

Fortunately, we keep one of those little portable jump start batteries in the garage for just such an event. Verna seldom goes anywhere in her car and sometimes her battery gets drained by all those little electronics in the car that don’t turn off when you shut off the engine. We got the jump battery for her, but now it would come in handy to get me going on my way to work. I hooked it up to the battery terminals and cranked the truck over with no problem. Success!

I was at work for a half day session and then came home to address the battery problem. The little jump battery went with me and, as expected, was needed again. When I got home, I removed the old battery and Verna took me to get a new one. She took the picture above while I was installing the replacement.

Bottom line, the little jumper can save you a call to AAA, thus getting you going sooner.

Last year, I was in temporary quarters on my way to an office location in a facility we mockingly call the “Dog House.” I spent the next several months working at that location until some work came up back at the facility where I spent most of my time over the last 9 years. I found out that I’m going to get a nice office when the arrangements for the move are complete. It has a nice view, too, looking out over a beach community shopping center and a park. Click for the larger view.