But for the life of us, we could not find the tool you need to loosen the tire bolts. Me in my infinite genius thought that all those bolts are created equal and quickly produced one from the other car only to realize that it just doesn't fit. Bummer. What to do now?
We finally decided to drive it to Costco (we had bought the tires from there). We made the painfully slow 2.5 miles drive to Costco and let out a sigh of relief when we made it without incident. In situations like these, sometimes people imagine weird things happening like...tires flinging off the vehicle (totally unrealistic since we couldn't get the bolts off anyway) or fire erupting from the friction between the road & the tire rim. But thankfully, none of that happened.
We got there and panicked for a moment because we thought the tire service place has closed already. No lights and there were chains in front of the "garage" spaces. Oh no! Thank God though, a man happened to walk out at that moment and said they were open after all. Good thing I have a strong heart. So long story long, the man saw the nail in the tire and said they'd patch it for free. Yippee! So we left the car in the lot and went into Costco.
So yea, I don't remember leaving Costco without spending money. I think on average we spend $100 per visit or something. And as soon as we walked into the store we saw peonies. Oh no. It was like that time last summer when I saw gardenias when I walked in. And we all know what happened then. Yup, I have no self control.
And here they are in our backyard. :) We put them in a shaded part for now to acclimate them to outdoors. We got two blushing pink beauties.