February 12, 2013

• An Exhausting Day

  Today has been an exhausting day. I got up and threw myself together enough to get Ryan to school.
  Then, I came back and washed my hair, took a bath, and got ready. I washed/dryed a load of clothes,
  washed two sinkfuls of dishes, fixed supper for tonight, and ironed four shirts.
  I left to go to Nana’s around 12PM. I worked there finishing up the housecleaning till 3PM. I am
  thankful to have it finished. I left Nana’s and went to pick up Ryan from school and take him home.
  Then I dropped by the pharmacy to pick up Mom’s medicine. I got to Granny and Papaw’s before 4:30PM.
  I relieved Martha early today because she filled in for me the other day when my car quit. Ugh, yes, it did!
  I am thankful it wasn’t on the side of the road, but I can tell you, I was plenty depressed it quit at all.

  I had picked Ryan up from school and stopped at the gas station for gas. When I tried to restart my car, it was dead!
  Martha and Jared came for Jared to try and jumpstart my car. It wouldn’t work. I had to call a wrecker.
  So, Jared took Martha home so she could get their truck and go take care of Granny in my place. Jared is the
  sweetest guy in the world. When he took Martha home, he got ta thinking what if there were two
  guys that came in the wrecker? And, what if they were big, burly, and hairy? And, what if they
  had tacos for lunch???Hahaha! He did not want Ryan and me to have to ride with the wrecker guy, so he
  told his mom he was coming back to take us to Firestone. He is the best!!!

  

  

   

  When we got there and I got out of the car,
  I told him thank you. He said, “I am waiting.” I said, “no, go on!. We will wait for the car to be fixed.”
  Ryan and I went inside. After a few minutes Ryan looked outside and said, “Jared is still here.” I said
  “go tell him to leave.” In a few minutes, Jared came inside with Ryan. He told me there were already
  two cars inside being worked on, and there were several outside waiting. It was already after 5pm and
  he thought it was going to be a long time before they could get to it. (which was right) So, I decided
  to leave my car overnight and we left with Jared. It was such a blessing that he waited on us. And,
  that he cared to wait even though I told him to leave. How precious! I told Martha he will make a
  good husband someday. He really has a heart for taking care of someone.

  Two or three weeks ago I had taken my car in to have the oil changed and they also put in a new
  battery. I didn’t see how it could be the battery, so I was afraid it was something serious. Come to
  find out, it really was the battery–or actually the battery connection. It cost me nothing! Yay!!
  Well, I did have to pay $65 for the wrecker, but it could have been so much worse. Thank God!!
  Those guys know Andrew, so they are so sweet to me (and I am sure that is why they give me such
  a great deal).

  Oh, I don’t think I blogged about this, but the other day I took the car for an oil change. The service
  manager pulled up our history on the computer. He told me that our car had been worked on in Andrew’s
  city. I was so confused (inside) because I couldn’t remember Andrew taking our car to his work. Anyway,
  the guy (Josh) noticed I looked confused and said, “you were at the mall and had your car worked on.” I said, “oh, no,
  my son is the manager of the store there.

  As I was leaving I asked if he knew Andrew. He was like, “yeah! I know Andrew. We called him Awesome
  Andrew–AA.” Ahhhh, that just thrilled my mama heart.

  I am off to bed. I am so completely exhausted tonight. I am so thankful not to have to work tomorrow. I
  plan to goof off a lot!!! I do have some things I have to do though.

  And, just because I can’t resist,  here are some recent pics Nikki sent me.  I actually kept Haley this weekend.

                    

  Edit:   I typed this offline and posted to xanga.  That is why my margins are mess up and I am too tired to fix it.

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