Sunday: Good-bye, Lori
Sunday I took Lori to the airport at 5am for her flight to Hong Kong to help our sister with cancer treatments. I did Lori’s dog-sitting job for her and got a lot of free time to work on my business.
Monday: Bad Luck #1
Monday at 2pm I was sitting outside with the dog and answering YT comments when I heard a big bang. I look in the driveway and see my windshield cracked. Then look in the window and see a mess on the seats. I was sick to my stomach and assumed someone vandalized our car “Steve.” After talking to the neighbors for 3 hours and trying to figure out who did it and why and how when I was sitting outside, we determined it was Thomas’s aerosol can of cologne that exploded in the dash compartment and did all the damage.
Tuesday: Bad Luck #2 and 3
The next day the dog owners were coming home so I left Charlotte to go back to my house. In bumper to bumper traffic I was rear ended and when I pulled over, the guy drove past and waved! He wouldn’t even pull over. My head was hurting from whiplash and I was so discouraged and just done with this Charlotte trip.
But the bad luck trip wasn’t done with me. Then Steve broke down. Right there on the freeway. With a thunderstorm approaching. Madalyn came and got me in the minivan and we moved all the groceries into the van in the pouring rain. Andy had come along too and I was so happy to see them both as I was really feeling lonely and upset about everything. And just ready for home.
Picking Blueberries
I had a bad headache from getting rear ended so the rest of the week I pretty much went through the motions of working in the garden, picking blueberries, doing laundry, reading to the kids, etc. Just taking care of the essentials and easy auto-pilot stuff.
Samuel and Talea sitting on the counter peeling grapes and eating them. The kids getting a taco salad dinner. (I love watching my kids fill their plates in the buffet line and all chat and sit down together.) Samuel and Anderson enjoy sleeping in the hammocks in the yard.
