This past weekend me and four of my friends piled into my Volkswagen Jetta and headed for Gatlinburg, TN for my 20th birthday . We sang to songs on the radio, took pictures of the beautiful mountains, and just enjoyed being together again. We got into Pigeon Forge, and I missed the turn that would take us to our cabin. I found a place to turn around and I thought that in a bout 30 minutes we would be relaxing indoors…… if we only knew what was a head of us.
I was at the stop light and my car felt diffferent in some way. I didn’t want to bother the girls so I didn’t say anything until my car wouldn’t go past the light. I pulled as close to the curb as I could, and thank goodness Candice had AAA! They said the tow truck would be there within the hour. So we made the best out of this situation and sat in the middle of Pigeon Forge and took pictures and laughed until Dan came to the rescue. He took us to a michanic up the road and we sat in the gravel while Steve fixed my poor little Jetta.
Well, 2 hours and $450 later, Steve sent us on our way. It was 9:00pm by this time, and I thought we were home free….
I pull into a Texaco and fill my car up. This gas station should have been named Little Mexico if you know what I mean. I go to crank up my car and it barely stays cranked again. Here we are at the beginning again. None of us have had any dinner yet and we’re tired and me, brittany, and candice have been in the car since 10:30am. I called Steve and he came in about 30 minutes. Turns out the new part he put on was defective. He put one of my old spark plugs back on, and he said that it should get us to our cabin and back to him the next morning.
We get on the curvy road leading to our cabin, and I thought I missed a turn so I turned around and my car shuts off again. This time we are in the middle of no man’s land, it’s 11:00pm, and no cell phone service! So I call 9-1-1 and they send someone to us. In the back seat we have Brittany who was pissed off and aggrevated, Candice who is scared out of her mind and is crying, and Mary Beth who is just nervous and scared. Charity and I are sitting in the front seats with the sunroof open admiring the beautiful stars.
By about 12:00am the cop, Lea Loveday (woohoo it’s a woman), pulls up to the rescue. She calls the tow truck , and takes us to our cabin. Mary Beth and Charity stayed at the cabin and Brittany, Candice, and I ride back with Lea to wait for the tow truck…in a cop car! haha Around 1:00am, Dan (the same tow truck man from earlier), comes and tows my poor little jetta away! 
Lea has a lot of time on her hands and we weren’t sure how long we were gonna be stuck in our cabin in the middle of no where with out a car so she takes us to the Kroger to get some grocerys! We get back to the cabin about 1:30am and finally get to sleep about 2:30am. What a wonderful start to an amazing birthday weekend! Really…I’m serious.
Lea has a lot of time on her hands and we weren’t sure how long we were gonna be stuck in our cabin in the middle of no where with out a car so she takes us to the Kroger to get some grocerys! We get back to the cabin about 1:30am and finally get to sleep about 2:30am. What a wonderful start to an amazing birthday weekend! Really…I’m serious.
The next morning Charity and I wake up at about 8:00am for some reason and we walk around to check everything out. This place was beautiful. We had a pool and a pond and basketball court. It was wonderful. Charity’s mom ended up coming Saturday afternoon and my car got fixed!! We went out to eat at Crackerbarrel and then played Hillbillygolf! My wonderful friends cooked me a brhtday cake, and we chilled in the hot tub that night. The next morning we packed everything up, and Charity and her mom went home, and Mary Beth, Candice, Brittany, and I headed to Dollywood. We had a great day there and then headed back home.
The weekend I had planned did not happen. Anything and everything went wrong, but despite all of that I had the best weekend of my life!
