I DJ’d a wedding (Jackie & Andrew) this past Saturday out in Westminster, MD.  The venue was about 7 miles north of the city, on an old farm which is now a park, in a barn about 200 yards off the road. It’s actually very nice.  At the end of the night, after packing up and talking with the caterer (Tom), I got in my car to leave… below is the rest of the story and the response from the bride:

 Hi Jackie,

Thought you’d enjoy this story:

Tom (the caterer) and I were the last two people on site….  I was fully packed up, and at 11:30pm, got into my car to leave….but…. it would not start… neither Tom nor I had jumper cables, so I had to call a tow truck.  Tom showed me how to lock up the barn and left about 11:45… so there I sat…. in a barn, in a park, in the dark… drinking a ginger ale…  Watched a snapping turtle go by, then thought I’d walk the 200 yards up the hill to the road, in the pitch black, to wave in the tow truck.  But just before the turn, a fox ran across in front of me… sooo…. back the car that wouldn’t start I jogged.  With it beginning to seem like I was in a scene from a Halloween movie, I went into the barn….people always, inexplicably, go into barns in horror movies….but, for me it was to assess items available for self defense.  After a short search, I decided on a metal rake and one of the sturdier pie cutting knives (It was engraved with the names and date from a wedding in 1966, so figuring they made things sturdier back then, I felt I had found my weapon of choice)….   Fortunately, no weapons were needed….the tow truck got there about 12:30am… they (a husband and wife who happened to be awake watching a NASCAR race when the call came in at midnight… how perfect.. )… gave me a jump, which started my car immediately… I gave them $20 and one of the left over cherry pies.  To them, it was like hitting the Tow Truck Driver Lottery.  Got home safe and sound about 1:30am.

JS

 OH JOHN!!!

I am so so sorry to laugh at your misfortunes, but I think I laughed for a solid 20 minutes at this email.  Hahaha, the “weapon of choice” my aunt’s wedding cake cutter from 1966 – I just had to share with her. Oh gosh, and my mom when she read this about fell into a million pieces on the floor. But, seriously I am so sorry you were stuck!! I pictured a crazy episode from that new show on TLC “Turtle-man” where he catches all kinds of creatures, snapping turtles, foxes, etc. Hahaha

Thanks again John, and this email is making its way into my wedding scrapbook for sure!

Jackie