Winter Karma

Sunday night while we were watching the girls slumber party classic, Now and Then, we could hear someone struggling to get their car out of their iced over parking spot. Gears shifting and tires spinning are a very familiar sound to anyone living in the Midwest during the winter.

Mike and I threw on our shoes and coats and with one big push we were able to get his car out of his spot. As soon as he was unstuck he got out of his car and practically hugged us. He was very thankful and told us where he lived and mentioned if we needed anything to just stop on by. As we were walking back in Mike said, "well, that should bring us some good karma the next time our cars get stuck."

Sure enough. It snowed last night and all the snow from the previous weeks had been frozen under the freshly fallen snow. I got in my car this morning and tried to get out of the small space I was already crammed into, when my tires just started spinning. I tried rocking back and forth for about 15 minutes. I even e-mailed work to let them know that I might be a little late due to my dilemma. At one point I got frustrated and got out of the car even though it was in drive. It didn't go anywhere which just made me even more frustrated to be outside of the car and watch the tires spinning on the ice. After another minute or so of rocking, two guys helped me push my car out of the spot toward freedom! I was just as excited as the guy who we helped Sunday night and I got out and shook both their hands.

They definitely have good karma for the next time either one of their cars get stuck in the snow. I know I am going to rack up all the car-pushing-karma I can get because there is still a lot of winter left which only means more snow.