I Fixed It!

I'm not a particularly mechanical person. Not at all. So when I have a problem with my car I panic.

Last night I returned home about dusk from taking pictures. As I was exiting the car, I somehow managed to knock off two parts of the light-turner-onner. (I'm sure there's a name for it.) I only saw one part go, as it rolled out the door and under the car. I retrieved it, then tried to fix it. No go.

It was cold out (that 6 degrees I spoke of earlier) so I decided to think about it overnight. In the middle of the night I realized there was a second part missing. This morning I searched under the car. I searched under the seat. I searched on the seat. Hmmm. Finally I looked down into the driver's side map case. There it was.

Now, I had to put all the parts together. I'm not very mechanical. (My father was a mechanic, and even though he made me work on my cars with him when I was a teenager I never developed a talent for it. ) So I put the parts together wrong the first, second, and third times. Finally, I puzzled out all the ways things were supposed to fit, and voila! I have lights.

Little things make me happy.

Did I tell you about the time I replaced my windshield mirror???