So you are just going about your day and it just happens to be a bad day at that. Driving on down the highway and then all the sudden your bad day goes to a worse day when your engine decides to blow up. Mind racing you frantically attempt to make your way across three speeding lanes of traffic to at least put your vehicle at ease.
After all that, you start to make all your phone calls. It's kind of a mind numbing experience to have. You are basically on autopilot at that point because you feel as if you have repeated the same thing over and over again to several different people. Finally everything is in order and a tow company is on their way to get you off the road and to a garage.
Granted road side assistance set me up with Randy Mitchell Towing, but I am so grateful that they did. The initial place I was to be towed to could not take me, so a quick call to redirect where I was going was all it took. The nice lady on the other end said it was going to be no problem to switch my destination, and she didn't lie.
Next is what I always feel is an awkward part, having to wait for the tow truck and then ride in the tow truck. Waiting is just so bad in and of itself, but when the driver showed up he immediately put me at ease by starting to crack jokes. Mentally exhausted from all that happened already, a joke was exactly what I needed. With my mind being numb I think the driver picked up on that and kept me occupied with conversation on the way there. I really appreciated that, it was a bright spot in a bad situation.
In the future if I need a tow, I will definitely keep them in mind. But first, let me knock on wood as to not jinx myself. *knock knock*