Lights, Lights would be BAD here..

the title of this post could have been many things...

It could have been,  I love my truck, but
It could have been,  find out who your friends are
It could have been,  That took a lot longer than expected...
It could have been, batteries, batteries everywhere, and not a drop to drink

but anyway it ended up being a play on words for a movie quote I use all the time, "Lights, Lights would be good here"

remember?  Pretty Woman.

Julia Roberts plays a hooker and Richard Gere is a rich guy driving a Lotus sports car?  They go driving off and she says..

yes, thats right, she says, "Lights, Lights would be good here"

You know, why is it that her dress in the movie poster is pink, but in the movie is blue.  Did no one notice that?

so anyway, on to the story.

Its the weekend, on Saturday we we had practice, we added a child to our house for the evening, we stopped at Ace Hardware for my husband to get frustrated at the people there, we went to dinner at Pizza Inn, then went home.  E was driving...  Sunday morning we leave to go to practice and at the field, just stop and let M out.  We dont get out, we dont lock the car, etc.  (dont worry, this will become important in a minute)

as Spongebob says...  "2 hours later..."

the truck wont start, wont do anything.  We of course cant figure out how it could be dead, we were just sitting there.  Radio wasn't on,  doors weren't open, etc.

OH YEAH!  ITS THE DAMN LIGHTS!!!

even though this is a vehicle from 2008, even though its a hybrid, it doesnt have automatic lights.  Now, if you get out of the car and lock it, the lights will turn off.  But we didnt get out of the car, so they stayed on for 2 hours....

We called K&C, left a message,  called JP and asked her to come rescue us, while I was talking to JP, C called back, and he was closer so he came.  We tried jumping it off his car, with no luck, so he ran E back home to pick up the Tahoe.  E came back with tools and was able to finally get the Highlander to jumpstart  (its actually difficult to jump start a hybrid, with no key).  You dont know whether it is going to start or not, it finally tried it, and actually did.

I have to say, I am kind of confused in the good it does me to have all those batteries in that vehicle that will drive it down the road if the one crappy little battery in the front holds it all for ransom.

So after we got the toyota jumped, I took the boys in the tahoe to take R home and E went driving in the toyota to try and make sure it would get a charge back in the battery so it would start the next time.

UGGG,  Hopefully E will remember to turn the lights off from now on  (you know the thing doesnt even go bing at you, its SO STUPID!)