Aggravation and Amusement

Funny story from Saturday when I had taken Ant to the mall to get him some new shoes. We came out, and I put him in the car and turned his music on while I was putting the bags and stroller in the trunk. When I finally got in to turn the car on, it wouldn't start!!! This little symbol was flashing on the dash, a steering wheel with a lock on it. I pulled out the instruction manual yet again (had a flat tire the week before, which also displayed an icon that meant nothing to me), and it said that it was a jammed steering wheel, to turn it to the side to unlock it, then start the car. I did that to no avail. So then I called the service folks, and the woman I spoke to said to move the wheel from side to side. This was on the bluetooth, so Ant could hear the conversation. I grimaced, "The steering wheel is really hard to turn!", as I kept trying. Ant started chatting away in the back seat "Hahd to tuhn. Hahd to tuhn. Seering wheel is hahd to tuhn!". The lady on the phone thought that was really amusing (and remarked that she was impressed by his enunciation), as did I. That didn't work either, so she had to tell me to call roadside assistance. When we hung up, Ant said with no prompting, "Bye Mary", which was her name, and which I had already forgotten. Before I called the assistance people I decided to try one more thing - it was close to lunch time, and I SO did not want to have to wait for them for an hour! So I put the car in neutral, took off the parking brake, and pushed the car myself using the door jamb. Meanwhile Ant was announcing "Mommy pushing cah! Mommy pushing cah." Fortunately, that seemed to do the trick and I was able to start the silly thing. That's three warning lights in the space of two weeks though, I'm starting to get nervous to drive it!