Sentence 1: Last Tuesday started like any other day. 
 Sentence 3: On her drive in she blew out a tire 
 Sentence 4:  I wanted to go change the tire, but our second car wouldn't start 
 Sentence 5:  We both ended up getting towed to get our cars fixed 
 Option 1: My wife drove off to work, and I woke up the kids. 
 Option 2: I left for work, and my wife stayed home with the kids.