When Driving

(a short story inspired by the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" Books)

When driving... don't try and take off your rain jacket.

Because if you do, you might run your tire against a curb.

And when that happens, your tire might bust.

And you'll have to pull into the first parking lot you see.

And it will be in a bad neighborhood of town.

But then you will pray for protection. And five minutes later, 2 nice men dressed in coats and ties will come out and wait for your husband.

And they each smoke a cigarette, they'll decided they're tired of waiting.

So they will change your tire for you.

But your spare tire will be flat.

And it will be perfect timing that when they finish, your husband and AAA will show up.

So the nice gentlemen will leave and let AAA take over.

But of course, AAA's compressor will be broken and he cannot pump up your flat spare.

So you will carefully drive across the road to a scary car shop.

And the nice AAA man will convince the guy to fill your tire with air.

then you will spend the evening getting a new tire at Sam's, aimlessly wandering the aisles, instead of working out and eating dinner.

And when you're finished and it's raining, you won't take off you rain jacket while driving!