I've been awake close to 24 hours now. Nothing unusual there. Son wanted food. So at 11am we set out to Burger King ~3 miles from home. I'm in mismatched PJs but whatever, I went through the drive through and then got a gallon of milk from the gas station beside BK.

I have a 2005 Audi A4 that I bought in 2007 and I still have it under 100K miles. (yay, me) The low oil light came on 2 days ago. I had not driven it more than 10 miles since then; I need to start stocking oil for this as it usually runs low a time or two between oil changes. No leak, it just eats oil.

For the past few months I can hear what sounds like metal rubbing metal when I am at slow speeds and the sound stops when I apply the brakes. I mentioned it to my mechanic awhile back and he found no problem.

So this morning we were headed home on our country road and I hear a new sound and that was when I said, "oh, sh---". I was not sure what went wrong but only could think of what it might cost to repair and how I don't have $$$. I was more than a mile from home and I debated driving versus tow and what the heck could it be anyway? My son wanted to look under the car and he said I was dragging a big stick. What stick? I didn't remember driving over a big stick. It's a country road in rural WV, says son. He asked if he could try to dislodge it with another stick and I said, ok, I guess so. Then I was starting to worry, will he get run over, I had my hazard lights on but still I am his mom, it is my job to worry, yes?

The good part - he dislodged the stick from the car and we lived happily ever after. Or something like that...

I'll buy oil next time out and will get another mechanic opinion on the metal grating sound. Stupid stick be gettin' all up in my way and stuff.