I went down to the car to give it one more try at starting before I called AAA and the car dealership (where I've had it fixed before, at Dad's instructions) to get it fixed, and it started with no problems, on the first try. As long as it keeps it up, all should be swell. Something like this happened over the winter, and Dad said it's happened a few times before that. Go figure. I guess that particular birthday party was just not meant to be.
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