The Universe Said Stay Home

Tuesday nights are dinner at the Stanchfield's house.

Yesterday's takeout choice was Cafe Rio, and around 4:00 PM I headed outside to get ready.

Green Subaru?

Dead battery.

Huh.

No problem. I'll take the red truck.

Dead battery.

Okay...

Grey truck?

Dead battery.

Now I was paying attention.

Three vehicles. Three dead batteries.

What was the universe trying to tell me?

Maybe nothing.

Maybe everything.

But the simplest answer was:

Stay home.

So I did.

I spent the evening working in the yard, enjoying the weather, and setting up battery chargers.

This morning the red truck started.

The green Subaru started.

The grey truck will be started shortly.

Problem solved.

Sometimes life gives you a mystery.

Sometimes it gives you a very simple instruction.

You don't always need to know why.

Sometimes you just shrug, go with it, and discover that the evening you didn't plan for was exactly the evening you needed.