car troubles...

yesterday on our way to church, nelson's car suddenly broke down. we heard this terrible thunking noise and it seemed like something fell out of the car. then the power steering went out, the check engine light came and a few other lights came on too. thankfully we made it into the church parking lot and left his car there till this morning when we got it towed to the dealer to get fixed. i was at home doing some sewing waiting for nelson to call me and tell me what was wrong. so then he called. i am usually a little afraid of the calls that follow talking to the car repair person because it is usually bad news. but when i answered the phone, nelson was laughing. yes, laughing. he was laughing about what happened to his car. it turns out the drive belt was broken. that is not so funny you might think. the funny part is how it was broken. well, it turns out that they found a rat. a dead rat. the rat had eaten through the belt and then got caught up in it and died. a foot long rat. yes, this is disgusting. but pretty hilarious nonetheless. they even asked nelson if he wanted them to save the rat for them. he passed on that one. that would have made for a great pic for my blog though! instead i got a semi-blurry picture of the work ticket with the description of what happened.