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| Under the hood |
Chef. Chauffer.
Negotiator. Coach. As parents, we wear many hats. Most recently I earned a new
hat…Garage Mechanic. I took on a Do It Yourself (DIY) project that was not
planned. It was a project I would even call a Do What You Gotta Do Project.
My project
involved knowledge needed to dissemble wires, plugs, and cords. The cause of
this project was my fault. My sons’ car was parked next to mine in the garage.
As I got out of my car, I opened the door too wide and bumped my sons’ car. It
wasn’t hard, but it was enough to set off the car alarm. Bleep, bleep, bleep,
was the constant sound I heard.
My son was
not home. I searched all around the house for his car keys. Once I found them I
pressed the clicker, nothing happened. I got inside the car and tried starting
the car, nothing happened. It was time to call for back up. I opened the hood
of the car, took a picture and sent it to my brother with a text message that
said, “What’s next?”
“Disconnect
one of the cables, it should be an 8mm. You will need a set of pliers,” my
brother said.
In my mind
flashed a scene from a TV action movie where a SWAT team rushes in to
deactivate a bomb. I needed to disconnect the correct cable. My ultimate goal
was to end the annoying constant sound that I thought I could go into the house
and ignore. I refused to let this project get the best of me. I looked under
the hood a few minutes then I took matters into my own hands…I called my other
son and he came and resolved the problem.
It’s safe to
say the Garage Mechanic is a title that will not be included on my resume. I
did what I needed to do with my car alarm situation. I attempted to resolve the
problem, then I called for help. It’s okay to ask for help. Don’t feel like you
have to solve every problem by yourself.
What type of
unexpected DIY projects have you taken on lately?
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