Hard difficult day...

[purplerabbit]

I thought yesterday was difficult. Heat, plans gone awry. Today was a mess.

To make a long story short, the van broke down leaving me stranded in the heat with fairieboy and redhatmary on our way to pick up fairieboy's friends and go to the movie. No movie. Van towed. Transmission and alternator shot. The cost will will be at least $2000-3000 and it will take a week to repair.

Thanks so very much to thats_ms_dragon for the big rescue! So at least all the kids had fun playing today. And thanks to I was able to rest a bit after the dramatic mess. Thanks also to deedeebythebay for her flexibility. Thanks to zpdiduda for the ride home. We are home safe.

In other news, fairieboy is doing very well in both karate and guitar. He practices outside of class too.

He also has a list of chores each day which he does without much coaxing or complaining. He takes pride in checking things off the list. He keeps his body and room clean and helps out with other things around the house. I am well aware that this is very unusual for children his age. Most have the worst time keeping their rooms clean.

Have I mentioned that my mom, my son and my husbands are wonderful? They are a source of strength and comfort for me.

Comments

[crankles.livejournal.com]

Get a second opinion before you pay the money! Recently I was told that my 6 year old car would need a new transmission and it would cost $3000. I smelled something fishy, like the erroneous assumption of "She's a stupid girl and won't know any better." I asked around and found an independent mechanic who had a good reputation with transmissions. He fixed my car for under $1000 WITHOUT replacing the tranny.