My kind rescuer showed up wearing an orange vest with a cold bottle of water for me, which was amazing. He changed the tire and had me on my way in about ten minutes. It was quite the chore merging back on to the freeway in between all the cars trying to get up to speed on the entrance ramp. I headed directly to Discount where the great guys there got me right in (and gave me another bottle of water). My tire had to be replaced as there was a big puncture on the side wall-from what I have no idea. Thankfully all I had to pay for was another warrentee certificate.

In the process of taking the spare off, a stud had to be broken off. The Discount guys referred me to the guys at Network Alignment. I went there the next day. The guys at Discount were supposed to have given me a card/coupon for the stud replacement making it free, but they didn't. Regardless, the Network guys honored that coupon and fixed it for free (They're great guys and do good work if you are in need of a mechanic-located in downtown Mesa). They just asked if I would call the guys at Discount and play a joke on them, saying that Network had charged me $75 because Discount didn't give me the coupon (I didn't).

Where was Jeremy in all this? Home studying for finals, taking me out to eat after I got home, and calling to come pick me up because he thought Network was taking too long (I went to the grocery store afterwards).