Trip Back to H-Town

So this morning we decided to head back to H-town cause Melanie's work had power (even though the whole city was without) and she was required to go in. After loading the car, she went to start it and the car wouldn't start! So she pushed it out of the garage and called AAA to come help us. When the guy arrived he tested our battery and thought it was fine, so he jumped us and then helped us perform a science experiment to clean up the battery terminal post. So we were merrily on our way with the comfort of knowing our battery was fine and would be charged up upon arrival in Htown. Fast forward 1.5 hours to a gas station stop. 5 minutes of filling up time and then the car won't start again!!!! So we convince a nice man to loan us his running engine, while Melanie proceeded to jump us again! We then ask nice man for directions to the local autoparts store and proceed to visit it. A nice guy there re-tests our battery and claims it isn't good so we buy a new one. BTW Napa Auto Parts is AWESOME! We then continued our trip back with no other major disaters! Melanie dropped me off to play at Ashley's house in Katy since they had power while she went home to check the apartment. She found nothing except a dark hallway and a stinky fridge. After cleaning that mess up, she returned to pick me up and eat a hamburger. We then drove back into town with relative ease, except the near accident at an intersection without a working traffic signal. Melanie was in NO WAY at fault but apparently people don't understand the concept of a 4 way stop! The rest of the evening was spent by candle light napping and reading a book. I consider it an ideal way to spend the evening without the distraction of tv....Melanie disagrees!