Sharon - Yes, it was a good excuse, but really creepy!

Gary - Yes, I think I have permanent psychological damage.  Amazing how scared you can be in your own car.

Deborah - The photo came out good!  I should have used my Flip. :)  My husband said, 'why didn't you just honk the horn until they came out?'  Duh.

Laura, once I knew that they knew I was in there, I was OK, as Deborah said above - I should have just started honking the horn.

Regina - I am looking forward to 2009, 2008 was great, 2009 will be fine - :)

April - Actually, she came to the car wash looking for me when I called to say I was stuck and would be late.

Robert - They are a really good carwash, the guys who work there do a great job, this was the exception that proves the fact.  It is amazing how much Mesquite has grown, isn't it?

Heath - when I told my husband about this, he was laughing so hard he choked.  No sympathy!  :)

Ginger - I have never felt so alone (and clean) in my life!  :)

JL - Very shiny car - I guess I don't need a new car after all.

Jason - Your car cannot be as dirty as mine was - my kids and their friends used it the week I was on vacation in Mississippi.  The memorabilia they left was not memorable - and Oh...that Subway Scent!

James - thanks, I had a really good time!  LOL

Renee - Oh.  I hadn't thought of that - then I would have really been scared.  Or really clean.  :)

Millie - Love the perspective - In with the new, out with the old (grime).  Happy New Year to you, too!

Leah - My grandaughter is petrified of the car wash - she jumps on my lap when the spongy things start, glad she wasn't with me on this one.

Michelle - $22 is for a complete in and out carwash and they do a nice job, windows, tires, everything - and I do have a really clean car!  I should have stuck my head out the window and gotten my hair done.

Michelle - YOU are so funny!  Here you are laughing at me in my distress, just like my husband!  LOL

Emily - I was scared a little, but really, being late for my appointment had my adrenaline going - and anyway, I did just sit there for awhile in a confused state.  :)

Charles - My mom used to say that, too!  That is why I thought I would start the new year all clean and organized - next year I am going to sleep all day.  LOL

Dan - Your story is scarier than mine and I never heard of a 'cowl' - do all cars have one?  Now I will worry about that, too.  Thanks a lot :)  Sounds like you react a lot quicker than I do.  I haven't done the self help kind of car wash in many years, too lazy - I was thrilled when this car wash opened, the first full service one in Mesquite.  I take my car there regularly, they are great, this was just a Twilight Zone moment, as Millie said above.

Lisa - It was pretty funny, would have been really funny had I gotten out of the car, that would have been a Laverne and Shirley show.

Erika - I think that they didn't realize that I was in there.  I was still in a daze when I got out, and didn't ask, just in a hurry to get to my appointment with my really clean car.  :)

Elizabeth - It was a very wierd feeling - it will be interesting to see if I am apprehensive the next time I go in there.  Happy New Year to you, too, I hope you have a wonderful year with your new angels.

Michelle - I know, I was just teasing you.

Blowing the horn would have been the perfect solution and simplest  - and I am sure they would have heard it right away.  Why didn't I think of that?  That is the question that my husband asked me, through his fits of laughter.  LOL

Greg - You own a carwash?  Has this ever happened at yours?  Tell me that I am not the first!

Roland - I tried Googl, but because Mesquite is in Clark County, HUGE area, I got a long list of results which sometimes happens on Googl searches, when you don't know the name of the carwash.  I use my daughter as my personal search engine.  :)

Chris - I had called her when I was in line to say I might be a few minutes late then called her back to say I was stuck.  She was standing there waiting when I finally pulled out of the carwash and she admired my clean car.  It was her suggestion that they refund my money.  It was fine.

Robert - Thank You!  I love your new Happy group.

Mark, it is funny to me.  Now.  But it sure wasn't at the time.  I think you should buy a house in mesquite.  Or 2.  Or 3.

BTW - I love your market reports on your blog.  Simple yet elegant, informative.

Gretchen - you nut - stop it!  You are scaring me.  (:-O)

Mark - that's right, they were!  I wonder if they knew that was why my fingernails were all bitten off, too.  :)

Mindy and/or Jay :)  I am too lazy to go to the handwash!  When my daughter was still at home, she would detail my car - gave it the Q tip final touch - on a regular basis.  Now that I am an empty nester, I take it to the full service wash.  This is the only negative experience I have ever had there - so I will be back, they do a great job.

Hi Jon,

I am over it - but will be probably be a little apprehensive next time I go, which will be soon, I was out looking at land today and walking around in the dirt.

My appointment was standing there waiting for me when I pulled out.  No problem.

Mindy - There are a couple of guys here who come to your house or office - do a great job, but you have to make an appointment - I always seem to have mine done at the last minute.  I should schedule it for a time that I am in a meeting or something - yes, thanks for that idea!

Hi Terri, it was my first experience with claustrophobia.

Bill, all is well here, no rain so my car is still clean, thanks, I am sure you are doing well!

Margaret, my husband was laughing so hard he was crying, I didn't laugh till later.  :)

Russel - I don't like to get my shoes wet!

Lara - What did we ever do without cell phones?