My Truck kept my key and my wife took my money....No wait, reverse that!

“Sometimes grace comes as a punch in the face”-Mary Elder




This past week has been full of excitement for Lindsey’s marathon and our upcoming Disney trip. I let R watch the Disney promo DVD that we got in the mail last year. R must have watched it 10 times on Sunday! She is pumped. The last few days have also been filled with getting back into some routines that were let go during the holiday season. Workouts, grocery shopping, and meal planning have are getting back on track. I still have not made it back in the pool, but I know that will be coming.
Yesterday, R stated that she was big enough to ride all of the rides at Disney so we decided to test her theory. She is not quite tall enough to make it on all the rides, but she has grown about 2 inches since August! Linds had to get her some new pants to make sure she was not sporting high waters.

In the prep for our trip, I dropped the truck off for scheduled maintenance on Monday Morning. Little did I know that based on my mileage and wear, I needed not only an oil change and tire rotation, but a timing belt, water pump, brake pads, routers, and a battery! $1,675 later I am contemplating selling a kidney on e-bay. This morning got going with another speed bump. I got in my truck this morning to realize that my key was on Lindsey’s key ring since she picked up the truck yesterday! Oh Joy. So, Lindsey being very sweet, drove all the way across town after the school day for her had started to return my key.

Now, this is certainly a test in patience and resilience. It would be very easy to become depressed, but as a VanWilder says: “its like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it does not get you anywhere.” So I am taking this as a wakeup call that I need to tweek my organization and budgeting.