Some of you might laugh or make fun of me for this post title in light of our garage(s), but we just couldn't figure a way to squeeze our van into the garage that we wanted it in. Seeing no other option, we decided to shorten the van a little. Now, we could have taken it to a body shop to do the work for us, or just went out and bought a short one, but we had an excellent idea instead. We decided to slow down to turn left and hope that someone in a relatively small sedan would crash into us at just the right speed to move the bumper slightly under the car, hence being able to close the garage door. It worked! One small negative: we can't open the back hatch. Oh well, we're almost out of the stroller stage anyhow.
Now you're thinking I'm crazy, right?
Today we did some school work and left for some errands including a doctor's appointment. Earlier I had read a child's story book to the kids about Jesus' death and resurrection. It started out with the 'sad days' and the moved to the 'happy days' and called them such. We, too, had a sad/happy day.
Our (relatively minor) sad day things when we left the house: 1. Jack forgot his shoes and I didn't have time to go back so I had to carry him in and out of the library, post office and doctor's office and potentially Costco 2. As we were finding the new doctor's office, a car decided to shorten our van by running into our rear bumper 3. We were late for the doctor's appointment and I forgot Leah's right records (which means we'll have to go back again). 4. I was frazzled by being late and forgot the diaper bag in the car at the Doctor's. Luke decided to fill his diaper as soon as we got there! We had to park far away and I was already late so I was stuck with a very stinky child for awhile. 5. The Doctor's office operates on only cash, which they failed to tell me before I got there. I didn't have enough cash to pay at the end and couldn't tell you where a bank was since I'd never been in that area in my life. 6. Luke had shots 7. We were there almost 2 hours and were very hungry
Our happy day results: 1. Nobody was badly hurt in the car crash, just rattled. The man who bumped our car was insured and took full responsibility (which he should). His insurance is super efficient and we already have our car in for repair with a rental van all taken care of by his insurance. 2. The only flaws on our van were on the back side where I had closed the garage door on it when it was open (twice!). Now they'll be repaired for free! 3. The doctor happened to have an extra diaper in the office 4. The receptionist at the doctor's office spotted me the cash difference and was willing to let me mail her a check 5. We were able to share some precious truths and comforts with our kids about God's care for us, patience with us, and love toward us.
A happy day!
Now you're thinking I'm crazy, right?
Today we did some school work and left for some errands including a doctor's appointment. Earlier I had read a child's story book to the kids about Jesus' death and resurrection. It started out with the 'sad days' and the moved to the 'happy days' and called them such. We, too, had a sad/happy day.
Our (relatively minor) sad day things when we left the house: 1. Jack forgot his shoes and I didn't have time to go back so I had to carry him in and out of the library, post office and doctor's office and potentially Costco 2. As we were finding the new doctor's office, a car decided to shorten our van by running into our rear bumper 3. We were late for the doctor's appointment and I forgot Leah's right records (which means we'll have to go back again). 4. I was frazzled by being late and forgot the diaper bag in the car at the Doctor's. Luke decided to fill his diaper as soon as we got there! We had to park far away and I was already late so I was stuck with a very stinky child for awhile. 5. The Doctor's office operates on only cash, which they failed to tell me before I got there. I didn't have enough cash to pay at the end and couldn't tell you where a bank was since I'd never been in that area in my life. 6. Luke had shots 7. We were there almost 2 hours and were very hungry
Our happy day results: 1. Nobody was badly hurt in the car crash, just rattled. The man who bumped our car was insured and took full responsibility (which he should). His insurance is super efficient and we already have our car in for repair with a rental van all taken care of by his insurance. 2. The only flaws on our van were on the back side where I had closed the garage door on it when it was open (twice!). Now they'll be repaired for free! 3. The doctor happened to have an extra diaper in the office 4. The receptionist at the doctor's office spotted me the cash difference and was willing to let me mail her a check 5. We were able to share some precious truths and comforts with our kids about God's care for us, patience with us, and love toward us.
A happy day!
1 comment:
Glad you are all okay! I had to laugh (just a little) when I read about how everything seemed to be spiraling downwards as the day went on. I think we all (esp. Moms of young ones) have had days like that!!
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