I am thankful for good friends

I have great friends. I have great friends who live all over the world. But, tonight I'm thankful for good friends who live in this city.
Earlier I was driving up to my friend's house for a girls' night dinner. It was the first time I had driven my car all week but that's not unusual. However, the way my car was acting was unusual. It was shuddering when I was at a stop, the engine light was blinking and then was fine and it felt like my car wasn't getting much power. I made it to my friend's house and parked the car safely but decided not to drive it home tonight. I didn't want to be driving around forever finding parking and have something go wrong and the car die in the middle of the street. I wanted to be able to just drive my car straight to a shop and get it checked out.
I was joking with some of the girls that I was going to bribe their husbands to take a look at my car and see if they could figure anything out. My friend S said that her husband probably would simply because he usually borrows my car on Tuesdays for some meetings so he has a vested interest in the health and well being of my car. I joked that unless he was willing to take it into the shop for me tomorrow, I wouldn't have time to take it in until Tues and he would have to find another way to get to work.
Guess what. He's going to take a look at my car in the morning and then take it into the shop for me. I explained what it was doing and he thinks it just needs a tune up and some new spark plugs and it should be good to go. For one thing, I'm glad to hear that it doesn't sound major (although I know that could change in an instant). But, mostly, I am just extremely thankful for friends who pitch in to help take care of me. I know nothing about cars. I know you have to put gas in them to keep them running. I know you have to get the oil changed when the little sticker on the windshield tells you to do it. And, that's about it.
A large city can feel very scary and lonely when you are on your own. Tonight was a good reminder that I'm not alone at all.