The "Things Always Work Out For The Best" Story

It was an ordinary day. Frost on the lawn when I went to work. Happens this time of year when the leaves are falling. When we lived on Janet Ave. I would have to scrap the windshield almost every morning from late November to early March before I could drive the car in the morning. Used to hate that. I had a garage at the house, but with three kids, the garage was used to hold the bikes, sporting equipment, lawn mower, and in later years before we moved, my 1987 Corvette. When all the kids were finally out of the house, we decided that maybe we would look for another place. One of my requirements was that it had a garage that I could keep the car in so I wouldn't have to scrap the ice off the windshield in the morning. Maybe even a two car garage so Carol could keep her car in the garage also. Seems that when I did my car, she always asked if I could scrap her windshield. Well we found the two car garage we wanted and in 1996 moved to our current home. Moved in October so we were just in time for the frosty mornings. ONE PROBLEM! Still had to garage the Corvette so my car sat out overnight. At least I only had to do the one windshield in the morning. After a few years, the Corvette started to collect dust while sitting in the garage. Carol didn't want to drive it anymore because of the extremely strong clutch and we only used it sporadically for pleasure drives. Still had to get it inspected, pay the insurance which wasn't cheap, and have the oil changed. So, I reluctantly sold the car to my next door neighbor Hank who had talked to me about selling it to him for over a year. I found that it worked out perfectly since Hank left me drive it any time I wanted to and he paid the insurance and housed the car in his garage. And ...... I no longer had to scrap ice in the morning since I could now put both the cars in the garage! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.