S19 and I decide to take D17s car to get the weed eater because my car is full of crap from storage but she left her door open so the battery is dead. Great. I move my car so we could take S19s car but his is a stick which means being mindful of the route we take because he is still scared of traffic and hills. We first go to Auto Zone to get jumper cables. I’ve seen it done a hundred times but I’ve never actually done it myself.
We head to Lowe’s, traffic is horrible and the store was so packed S19 had trouble maneuvering the parking lot but we press on. I’m regretting not taking a benzo. Lol. We get in the store, lines are long, no one is 6 feet apart and they announce that their credit card machines are down. I do not have cash so we leave and head to Home Depot which means S19 must drive across the interstate. It’s bad. I can drive a stick but it’s been 30 years. S19 was retraining me before we moved but I hadn’t graduated beyond neighborhoods so S19 has to do this. I’m really missing having Hs help.
Make it to Home Depot and it’s near vacant stores so parking is easier and the store isn’t as crowded as Lowe’s but there is a line outside. They are limiting how many people can go in the store and seeing as it’s a gorgeous day I’m both happy and stressed at the same time. Oh and the store closes an an hour. Good times. We get in fairly quickly but the weed eaters are locked up. S19 and I have a bit organized chaos after we get one realizing we should probably get more string and oil so we won’t have to come back.
We make it home but since this is our maiden voyage with the yard we don’t have gas for the weed eater. I opt to get the gas since I’m having anxiety. I tell S19 to start on the yard and I’ll help when I get back. I get back as he’s finishing the front yard and he says I need to change clothes. Right. Lol. I feel so dumb and helpless but I’m determined. I mow the back while he figures out the weed eater. Soon after I sit outside to give him moral support because he hasn’t yet gotten it to work and I’m worthless. Finally gets it to start and he finishes the yard. We put everything up and now we have to get D17s car started. I have not taken the benzo yet.
I move my car in front of D17s while he rereads the directions. I said we should ask how to do this at Auto Zone but being a man S19 declines says that’s embarrassing and says he will figure it out. We get the positive cables attached but we’re stumped on the grounding part. It says attach it to an unpainted metal surface and well there isn’t one. S19 asks if he needs to call H. Um no. I’d rather knock on random neighbors doors than call him. S19 takes a leap of faith and attaches it anyway. I start my car and he starts hers. It works!!! We give each other high fives then he goes to drive the car around while I go and cook my lame I’m broke dinner.
While we were doing all this D17 finished the purse she was making out of a blanket. I helped her some but mostly she’s teaching herself. She picked up the kitchen, did the dishes before and after dinner. Afterwards I took a shower, made brownies and we watched 80s movies until midnight. We laughed and laughed. Oh and guess what? I never took the benzo.
