we drove to pasadena on sat to visit my sister for her sister-in-law's
farewell party. We used the freeway5 and her car broke down along the way.
We were at the city of la mirada then. We managed to drove to the nearest Lowe's which is 1/2mile away and started making phone calls.

both of us called AAA since her membership is with AZ and mine is
with SoCal(Southern California). my line got to them first. i talked to them
and later, i was put on hold. i didn't want to hold my phone on my ear for
don't know how long and then i switched to speaker phone. bad move!!
when AAA got back, i could not turn off the feature. it was annoying!!
everyone could hear the conversation. yeah, i got a new toy, a new
verizon samsung phone, loaded with features and now, they are abusing
me. sob...sob.....

later.......

they came and towed her car to the nearest mechanic. AAA tow truck
dropped us off at the enterprise rental car office but it was closed. i told the
truck driver that we could call them later and they will send someone to get
us. enterprise will come and get u, that's the best part in their rental car
business. he left. BAD MOVE!!

we walked a little and we called them. they said they could only come
and get us in 2hrs. what??? the other alternative was, us going to the
nearest airport, which is john wayne airport to get a rental car. no!!!!!!
it's not going to work. we walked around and we managed to find one
rental car company, rent4less. by then, we were toasted under the sun.
it was like the warmest saturday in los angeles. i felt i was in tucson.
sweating!! faces getting red.... anyway, we got to the office and they
told us, 'we don't have any more cars.' what?????

on that particular minute, a car pulled over the office and the sales
rep told us, 'we have 1 car.' it was ...... absolutely stunning!! we have a
rental car!! we picked the car and headed to pasadena......and it
was really warm. it was real warm....

we got back to san diego that day and later this afternoon, we will pick up
her car. carol, we could have call u but, how are we going back to san diego
and how are we going back there to get her car. i figure out that it will not really help so i did not call u. PTL.