electric slide

I'm driving to work this morning, running a few minutes late so I decided to take 95. Tooling along, typical Monday morning traffic, busy but not quite bumper to bumper. There's a slow down ahead of me, so I toe the brake.

The car shuts down. Totally dead, the electrical system flatlined.

I am in the middle of the interstate, traffic flying on eather side, and I am dead in the water. I couldn't even flash the hazard lights. Panic. Waiting to get plowed. Commence freaking. I keep trying the ignition but it's not even ticking. After about 2 minutes (it seemed like an hour) I decided to call 911 and get a cop out there to run interference. Just as it's ringing, the car comes to life, the dash lights up like the DeLorean in Back To The Future. I tun the engine over and it grabs, and I jam it into gear and floor it.

Then my cell phone rings, the caller ID was blocked, but it had to have been 911 calling me back. Of course I missed the call when I tried to pick it up. Made it to work without further incident, although I am waiting for the police to show up any minute to ask me what the fuss was all about. Guess I'll be getting a new battery for my stupid car. Welcome back from vacation indeed.