I am fortunate to have a car that is under two years old. It works well, I like the style, it is modern, and it has very low mileage. I’m writing this while sitting in a local shopping mall. I’m writing it here because my almost-beloved car is next door having the tires checked, and this is much more comfortable than the chairs in the waiting room.

There is apparently a slow leak in one of the tires. Yesterday afternoon I noticed the low tire pressure. When I checked it out, it was not the left front tire as the car’s  sensor indicated, but the left rear tire. I pumped the tire up, then decided to let it rest overnight and check it again in the morning.  I have to  get the tire repaired locally, then drive to the dealership 25 miles away to get the sensor reprogrammed.

The timeline for the tire repair was two to three hours, due to labor shortages. This is much better than the other company which promised to fix the tire in two days, also  due to a labor shortage.  Which leads me to wonder why these major companies are having so much trouble recruiting and keeping employees.

My car tire was repaired and they were able to adjust the sensor, so I was saved a trip to the dealership.

While waiting to see how much pressure the tire would lose overnight, I went to the movies and saw The Martian.  It is an excellent movie. I was so impressed with the fact that although this movie had the potential for being a disaster/horror film, it was anything but! It celebrated problem solving and human ingenuity in a very unique way. It made my small problem of a leaky tire seem silly.

All of us face all sorts of challenges everyday. For some of us, they are  life threatening. I’m very fortunate that I’m not facing such a problem – at least not today.