a bit of a strange day

today started out like any other Monday

me, sleeping in and in turn running very late

Kaeden, refusing to further his educational career

& the gong show that always ensues

but as always he eventually gets dropped off 

& I have 2 hours 40 minutes too myself to get errands done.

today, I needed to head downtown to find a tiny little camera store 

to get my camera's internal sensor cleaned as I picked up a

speck of dirt last weekend at Fish Creek Park  

& it is the only place in Calgary that will do it 

and that is where we start a strange day of kindness

9:25am - after driving up & down 10th Ave (once or twice), find small camera store (in a rather dodgy part of town)

9:27am - finally find a (relatively safe) parking spot

9:28am - step out of car, hear very strange sounds, look around, see the front passenger tire go flat in front of our eyes

9:29am - call Scott, leave panicked message

9:30am - take camera into store to get fixed, sign says min charge $21 (ok, better than the $50 I thought it would be) will be 5 min, can we wait? yes, I tell him, I have a flat tire, not going anywhere fast

9:31am - go back outside, stare at tire, cry or call Scott again?

9:32am - pull myself together and decide not to be "that" girl and tell Shelby we are going to change it ourselves, we are women, hear us roar

9:34am - all supplies assembled on the sidewalk 

9:35am - I valiantly try to remove the first lug nut, I end up standing on the metal rod type thing and jumping up and down, won't budge

9:36am - very nice older gentleman gets out of mini-van in front of us "looks like you girls could use a little help"

9:38am - 3 construction guys walk by, look over, whistle and they say "looks like a flat tire", gee really, no sh%$ sherlock

9:50am - nice gentleman is done putting the tiny little donut tire on

9:51am - very good looking construction man comes by and tells us the "donut" tire should have been put on the back and full tire put on front

9:52am - it's decided we are safe to drive to Chinook Centre to tire fix it place and Shelby and I decide nice old gentleman was very kind, but good looking construction man would have been nicer to watch change the tire

9:54am - go back to pick up camera

9:55am - all done, how much I ask?, no charge, you have good day he tells me

Shelby and I wonder if we have walked into some weird alter-universe where everyone is being super nice, Shelby decides we look hot today, maybe that is helping.

We safely get to tire fix it place. Will be 2-3 hours. luckily we are beside the mall.

fast forward. Scott has dropped Kaeden off (he was luckily able to pick him up from school for me), we went and had lunch & wandered around the mall. Tire place calls. Ian tells me, no charge for the 2 nail whole repairs, will only charge me for resetting the car sensor. Receipt says customer must pay for tire repair, putting the tire back on and sensor - Ian only charges me $10.45.

I think my quest for good Karma is finally paying off, Scott says "yeah for boobies" as he apparently thinks our good fortune was due to the hotness level, which is flattering, but I still like to think  it was due to past random acts of kindness on my end. 

The nice older gentleman that changed our tire asked me to make sure I "pay the kindness forward" which I totally agree with, so Shelby and I took Kaeden to the Hannah Montana movie and I think that has got to get us more "Karma" points, seriously though we will continue to pay the kindness forward that we received today. 

A strange day but still heartwarming that there is kindness out there.