dilemma

 What do you do when your car stops in the middle lane of a very busy street? Well you do not just sit around and mope, I have learned. You need to make people aware that you are stuck -- turn on your hazard lights, get out of your car, and try to get help. Hopefully some nice garbage men will get out and push your car over to the side of the road where you can wait to get jump started by a friend or call AAA.

 Hpefully you do not have to wait over an hour in 95 degree weather.

 If you do, it is nice to have a mini closet in your car to change into more weather friendly clothes.

 Maybe if you are lucky you will not be alone, and you can have the other person guide traffic around your car while you sit on the side of the road embarrassed drinking water and Dr Pepper.

AAA is a life saver, they will tow your car and call you along the way telling you prices, like it really matters... YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED A TOW.

So what do you do when you are in this situation alone with kids? Well they are going to be late for school, or miss their soccer game. Make sure you call a friend or spouse to come deal with the kids. Missing one sports event or one day of school is not the end of the world. Step out of your car and wave down someone to help, you need to move your car as soon as possible because it is not just you at risk of getting hit, but your kids are in the car as well. Hopefully a god samaritan will pull over and help you, and maybe AAA will not take over an hour, but you just have to deal! As hectic as my day was I can only imagine how horrible it would have been with kids in the car. After that day you just need to get big joe out of the cuboard, fill him up with wine and laugh. That's all you can do.