Dead Battery

so, this morning i got up early, got everything ready to go kayaking, went out to the car, turned the key and... nothing. i had a dead battery. i was able to jump start it with my wife's van, but decided to skip kayaking this morning. i didn't want to get to the lake, have a nice relaxing trip, and then get back to shore to find that the battery didn't hold a charge and was dead again. the lake is pretty quite at 8am and i thought that it may be hard to get a jump.

turns out that was a good plan. when i got to work this morning i pulled into a spot and shut off the engine. i then immediately tried to start the car... nothing. the battery hadn't held a charge and was dead. but at least here at work i'm sure that i can get a jump start to get home. it probably would have been harder this morning at the lake.

the plan is to get a new battery tonight. but, i'm not sure if i'll make it out tomorrow morning to kayak. i may have to bring the kids to work. and if that's the case i can't leave early to kayak. friday is questionable too. this may end up being a dry week. bummer... stupid battery.