Urban Poly Princess

I picked up Deborah Caldwell-Stone on Tuesday right on time to take her to lunch at the Lion House and then to her hotel right near Jordan Landing. She wanted to take some time to work on her presentation. Wednesday I picked her up after hearing from Tom Panuzio. His resume is so impressive. He is a media consultant for ABC News and appears regularly on multiple news channels. He just happens to live in Salt Lake City. He worked for FEMA and the NSA for many years. How government is able to track individuals and gather information so easily in our data-rich and data-obsessed society is what he talked about.

Balancing this and providing National Security can be tricky. Deborah Caldwell-Stone had some interesting things to say too. I missed the ACLU guy entirely since I was driving Deborah then to the airport.

As I was rolling on 1-15 I missed my exit so I took the next one which is 700 N in Rosepark. On the freeway it felt like my car shifted. Instead when I slowed to a stop my car died. My AC I noticed first stopped. Later I figured out the radio wouldn't work and I couldn't roll my windows up or down. I started to redirect traffic when some nice man came to see if I needed help. It is a good thing to be a woman in a dress when this happens!

The first nice man who stopped to help asked if we needed any. I told him Deborah needed to catch a flight to Chicago. He agreed to drop her off. This older grandpa-type man stopped to help me push my car off the road. I couldn't get it into neutral so he asked for my keys. Two other nice men got out to help push it off to the side of the road. My bank was up the main road the car had initially stalled on so I walked there to find telephone numbers and a tow car number. I went back to my car to call the tow truck. It started right up and so I proceeded to drive to Firestone. Instead of making it there I stalled again at the turn to North temple on Redwood Road. 3 different guys helped me pull it over to a nearby parking lot for the state Natural Land Resources. KFC was on the other side of the parking lot so I went there to FINALLY call a tow truck.

I tell the guy at Firestone what happened and he tells me my clutch for my compressor which is what makes the air conditioner work is cracked. Alright, he tells me it'll cost $850.00. Firestone is within walking distance to my mother's house. My brother is attending a meeting at Stevens-Henager College in Murray since he teaches there too.

After I tell him my story he wants to go see the mechanic who again explains the quote and what's wrong with my car.George asks if the car can be removed from the Bay. O'Reilley's auto parts is next door. He charges my battery after which someone at O'Reilley's tests the battery which he learns is just fine. We go to the bank for less than 10 minutes. There is a car with Mexican boys looking over my car. They leave as soon as they see us.

George tells me it's my alternator. I have no clue. He tells me he's changed one before and to go to O'Reilley's to see how much it costs. It is 195.00. George has changed it before on a couple other cars. He finds a Youtube video that helps him learn how to change it and what size of tools he needs. We spend $58 on tools.

He needs to refer to the video a couple times throughout the process which takes maybe 40 minutes and he is able to change it. It runs PERFECTLY!!! Heavenly father loves me and I am blessed beyond what I first anticipated. I'm happy I was wearing a dress when this happened, that I missed the exit and took the Rose Park exit instead, that I met very kind people who helped get Deborah to the airport and me get to safety. I am extremely grateful my brother was able to change my alternator.

Double wow!!! Life is so very good sometimes.