Breaking Nails and Flat Tires..

I don't know about women from other countries, but American women , particularly those who favor looking highly fashionable, hate to break nails. In this case, usually finger nails. My own dread is of nails breaking other things, namely my tires. I was getting gas today and happened to notice my rear passenger tire (that would be my rear tire on the left side-oops! Imean the right side-of the car, or on the passenger side) was flat. While I was putting air in it I saw there was a nail sticking out of the tire, the metal kind. Thinking I could get it plugged (they can take a nail out and put in a plug so the tire is good as new) I took it to Town Fair Tire. When the tire technician took a look, he pointed out to me that it couldn't be fixed because the tire was bald (no tread). Not only was the tire bald, but the other rear tire was bald, also.
So, I spent an hour sitting on a bench outside the front doors of Town Fair Tire watching the sky while I waited for two new tires to be put on my car. It actually was a beautiful sky. One part of it was dark, and from it I could see heavy rain falling. Another part of it was lighter and had breaks in the clouds where rays of sun were shining through.
When I first found out I needed two new tires, I felt like a terrible and dark storm had descended on me. It seemed like a very unlucky thing to have happened both because I had other things I had wanted to get done, and because I was not planning on that particular expense, and let's face it, tires are not cheap. But as I watched the sun shining through the clouds, I realized that getting the nail in the tire was actually a very lucky event. If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have realized (with help) that I had two bald tires, and a very bad accident could have happened. So, thanks to a nail, it seems I will be around to continue writing this blog for a while, yet. Which you might consider either very lucky for you, or very unlucky for you. Depending on your point of view. Goodnight, my friends! Hasta luego (until later)....