The $90 Hamburger

An Unexpected Monday or the $90 Hamburger

 Had we known what an interesting August 17 we would have, we would have brought our camera. We do have some second hand pictures to move our story along.

 The morning sounded pretty straight forward. We would get up, stick to our 12 hour fast, have a cup of hot water, and go off to the Kaiser Lab for the complete blood testing. Then we would reward ourselves with a Kaiser Breakfast Burrito filled with ham, bacon, sausage, cheese, Excellent.

 

But then we were faced with a three hour wait until the first appointment. We debated going home, or to the 99 cent store. Too early to go to COSTO. Then Betty, always the optimist, said let’s see if they can work us in early. Jim said no way would that happen. But it did and we both got in to see Dr. Angela Ananthoraj. And a pretty, petite young person, she was. Malay from Malaysia.

 

After we both had our examination, it was now ok to go to COSCO to get gas and two coupon specials.

 We skipped our usual ice cream cone at 99 Cent in favor of a giant burger and fries at the Burger Shack.

We planned to take the food home and eat at our leisure. But one of the drivers cut too short and went over the curb, something he does more than he should. Usually it merely annoying but this curb had a sharp steel grating that pretty well wiped out our right front tire.

 

Called AAA who came out in 20 minutes. The dispatcher had said 35 minutes so we decided to sit at one of the shady tables and eat there.

The good ol’ boy who came out worked his magical know-how and soon had the bad tire in the trunk and the skinny little good for 50 miles only on the wheel.

 Nothing to do but go to our favorite tire store, Les Schwab, where we could have unlimited popcorn along with the sliced apples Betty had brought. The tire was $85 and the hamburger $5, If we had not gone to get the hamburger, we would not have had to spend the $85 on the tire. Hence, the $90 hamburger.

 

Home finally. Only 12:20PM but it seemed like we had been going all day. A bit of bed rest cured that.