Need help, not sure what to think... Options

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Ok, so here is the situation. I drove to a meeting today. 45 minute drive. I was a tad bit early, so I pulled into a gas station to let some time pass. I let the car run while I waited. I was there for maybe.... 8minutes. I backed out of the parking space, and drove to the meeting. After the meeting, I went back to the same gas station... and got a coke. I turned the engine off while I went inside. I came out, started the car, and moved over to the air pump while I was waiting on someone. I waited for maybe 10minutes while the car was not running. As the person I was waiting for passed, I tried to start the car and all I heard was tick, tick, tick, tick. I thought it could be the battery had died, so I popped the hood. I checked all the wires. No corrosion on the terminals. All the negatives were connected. No loose connections, and the alternator and spark plug wires look good. I waited about another 10 minutes, and decided to try to start the car again... and it started. I felt okay about the situation thinking that nothing major was going on. HOWEVER... as I was driving home on the freeway... my car died. I coasted past a state trooper, pulled over, and put her into park. I turned the key, she started right up. I drove home, backed into the drive way, turned her off, and restarted her.

The spark plugs & wires, cap, rotor, and oil are all new and installed correctly more than 3 months ago. There is nothing wrong with the battery it seems, and the starter would not make the car die while driving. I did recently have a loose alternator belt, but have since tightened it and she has been running fine. I am seriously confused, but would appreciate any help or advice you guys may have.

[Overkill]

Okay... so I thought this problem was gone, but it looks like the gremlin is not gone. Today I went out to start my car to go to the court house and it did the same freaking thing... "tick tick tick tick". I popped the hood... checked all the wires... and (LOL) found the old rotor on a group of wires... I guess I never took it out of the engine bay when I replaced it. Anyways... after that, the car started right up. Weird I know. I went to the court house. took care of my ticket, and went out to start the car. The car started up fine, but now the "check engine" light is on. The car drove perfect all the way home... like 70miles. I am going to take it to Autozone tomorrow to see if they can hook it up to their diagnositc tool to see what the engine code it is throwing might be. I will keep you all updated.