The moment I headed out of my friend's house, I was tired and so wanted to sleep in the car. But I chose to press on, and found that the audiobook "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" had the ability to keep me awake while driving in the dark at night.
Even if the audiobook couldn't keep me awake, the realization of the car stop working during the middle of my 4 hours driving certainly would.
It was around 10:30 pm and and I found that I was almost running out of gas. At first I was too not concern about it, thinking that within 5 minutes there should be a gas station ahead. Then 10 minute passed. 15 minutes passed. And I started to panic. Finally I saw a gas station, so I stopped my car next to a gas pump. Get car filled up. Once done, I started my car.
The car didn't start.
So I opened the hook, with almost certain that it's the it's the battery connection. I twisted the connection, and sure enough the alarm started. I thought, that should be it.
No quite. I closed the hook and started the car, and the car still didn't start.
Once again I opened the hook, and tighten the connector one more time. I got back to the car, started the engine, and the car started running again.
At that moment, I started to puzzle about why the battery connector kept being loosen, and most importantly, wonder what was the chance of the battery connection loosen while I was driving in the middle of interstate highway with many trucks driving at 75+ miles per hour.
Eventually, I decided to hit the road after one more tightening of the connection. You probably realize that I didn't die in a traffic accident, or else I won't be able to write this blog. But tomorrow I definitely need to go and see a mechanic to get that connector fixed.
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