So last night we decided to see what's past the McClure ferry. So there we are, driving in the nice spring Kamloops night... 40 minutes out of Kamloops we have a flat tire.

Well that's just super shitty. Here are some of the paranoid thoughts that went through my head:
- Ohhh someone's gonna hit the car (it's in the middle of the road) and we're gonna die and the car's gonna get trashed
- Some back country creeper guy is gonna kidnap and rape us and kill us
- We're gonna get eaten by bears!
- Well this seems very horror movie-ish

And so here's Katy and me... in the middle of nowhere and it's like 11:30 at night. So we call people... Katy's made some tow truck driving friends. One of them was kind enough to tell her that if she's ever in a jam to call him and he'd cut her a deal. So she calls him, no answer... Calls another number and leaves a message for him. Things are not looking too good right now...

So then we're like "hmmm who else can we call?" So we called Bill (security gaurd at the dorms) and he just laughs at us. Then we get another call thinking it's the tow truck driver friend... nope, it was his GIRLFRIEND. I'm damn sure Katy inadvertently started a fight between him and his girl... She seemed very suspicious "what are you doing calling on a Friday night at 11:30?? Don't you know he got off work at 7? Did you know he has a girlfriend??" But then we also discussed it and if some random chick called our place and asked for our boyfriend, we'd be a little suspicious too. Then we called other friends, left very long messages.

So off to call an actual towing company. They need a credit card number. I call security again and ask him to break into my room and tell me what my number is haha. Katy is told of how much this towing service would cost (a lot). And it was just funny because the operator really made it sound like if it was too expensive we'd rather just sit the car in the middle of nowhere to see what would happen... Yeah... no, we're getting a fucking tow truck. So now we're waiting for the tow truck. Katy asked the operator if the tow truck driver would be hot and she said that she hasn't met him yet but she heard he was. That made Katy a little happier. The hazard lights flickering on and off... It was very annoying then relaxing. We decided to get things ready we dig the spare tire out of her trunk (if you know Katy's car you be aware of how much fire wood and wooden boards broken in half from people punching them is in her trunk). So yeah, she has a spare tire but no TIRE IRON. Don't ask me how that works.

We ended up waiting like an hour or so for the truck. I'm all giddy and smiling and jumping up and down in happiness to see them (tow truck driver brought his cousin). So he lifts the car and is all worried about this puddle of liquid under her car. Katy tries to reassure the driver that she has a transmission fluid leak and he smells it and says "this smells like brake fluid. I think you cut your line". At this point Katy looks like she's gonna break down. Because holy fuck that'd cost a lot. Thank goodness that it was only stuff to stop tires from leaking air (sorry I'm not all that knowledgable about car stuff).

So after that massive scare we're back to business. The tow truck driver gets the spare tire only to tell us that it's FLAT. It was quite heartbreaking but also really hilarious. So in the mean time of these guys trying to help us; Katy's laying down the charm and laying it down THICK.

Katy: Oh I love tow truck drivers!
Tow truck driver: Oh really??? *smiles*

*and another time:

Katy: It must be the cover-alls
Tow truck driver: Oh! These are new

So anyways, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat spare tire and thinking "oh shit we have to be towed in and that'll be so expensive". So the tow truck driver tells us he'll go back and fill the tire with air for us. (Prime example of Katy's awesomeness with flattery and charm). So yeah he did that without us paying (pretty sure). So they're off to go back to town and we're waiting again. By now it's like 2 am (I think). Shortly after they left they came back... they forgot the tire hahah.

We're sitting in Katy's car while it's slanted up due to being held up by fire wood (who would've thought having a huge excess of fire wood in your trunk would be useful for something other than... making a fire?). We're sitting and talking and staring at the hynotic blinking of the hazard lights. We decide to call a friend and leave like a 3 minute message. That was fun. And we were looking at how the lights were getting dimmer and dimmer from the battery dying.

So let's say about 40 minutes later they come back and they change the tire for us. Things are looking up. Katy continues to flirt and such. It's quite humorous how much they're eating it up haha. She invited them back for drinks and I was going to join them but on the way home I fell asleep so that was a sign for me to just go to sleep.

But yeah, that's the story. It's a lot of silly shit. Driving to a small town for no reason, taking the back road to get there. Getting a flat tire and having a spare to replace it but not having the equipment to change it. Trying to call a friend to help us out to only be scolded by his girlfriend. Katy charming her way to $40 off the bill... All just funny funny occurances.\

thanks owen for the wood! LOVE YOu