What a Weekend

I still haven't quite recovered from Friday night.

We were on our way to the Temple-Round Rock game when my car started making a knocking sound. When it didn't stop after 10 miles, I pulled off to a gas station, just north of Georgetown. Hearing my grandfather's voice in my head, I checked the oil. (that was always his advice: "Paw-Paw, I have a flat tire." "Check the oil.") Well, to my alarm, the dipstick was dry. Not low - DRY. We put three quarts in but to no avail.

Afraid to drive it back to Belton, I had it towed back to Belton. Everyday Joe was kind enough to meet us at the shop and take us home. Oh, I have to mention that little twist in our story.

Apparently, stand up guy that Joe is, he got to the shop before we did and was just waiting on our arrival. Being 9 o'clock on a Friday night, though, somebody thought that was suspicious and called the police. Just as we pulled up with the car, four police cars and a Sheriff arrived. *laugh* It all worked out, of course, but they thought Joe might be planning on breaking into that shop.

So, we leave the car and go home. I walk in the house and realize that the kitchen door is standing open. Looking into my office, I see that my laptop is gone. My house has been burglarized. Thinking of a few other things I have in the house, I went back to my bedroom and, sure enough, they'd come through my bedroom window. The problem was that it was unlocked.

Now, folks, I NEVER unlock those windows. First of all, they don't have screens and I'm worried about the cats jumping out, bugs flying in, etc. Second, I'm never home so I'm not going to leave a window unlocked; just waiting for somebody to help themselves. But most importantly, those windows are about five feet off the ground - I'm terrified Munchkin would open them and fall out and break her neck. Long story short, I never unlock those windows. I can't remember the last time I had that window open.

The laptop was the only thing stolen which leads police to believe that somebody had been in the house to unlock the windows (turns out all of the windows in my bedroom were unlocked) - maybe while the roofers were working on my house. They had the opportunity to come in, scope things out, unlock the windows and then they just had to wait until everybody was gone. That turned out to be Friday night.

USAA is the greatest insurance company. I called them Saturday morning, opened the claim for my stolen laptop and yesterday they told me they were depositing almost $1000 in my bank to replace it.

The car is not such good news. I got the call yesterday that there had been a slow leak that ended up burning up my motor when it ran out of oil without me knowing it. There was no indication of a leak (like oil on the ground) because it probably sprayed back, rather than dripping to the ground. See, the last time I got my oil changed, they turned the cap too tight and cracked it. I never even knew it.

So, rather than spend $1500-$2000 to replace the motor, I'm going to get a new car. Because I know there is a major problem with it, I'm not going to try and trade it in but keep it and pay it off then sell it to a junk yard. *sigh* I know that's probably the hard way of doing things but I can't see another way besides trying to pass it off in trade which would eat a hole in me; not to mention that it's ILLEGAL.

I am NOT looking forward to car shopping. I stopped enjoying car shopping a long time ago. Now it's just a tedious process that causes a lot of anxiety. I hate it.

Well, wish me luck. I'm off.

Strange Life

What a strange life I lead. Work is great - I have a new boss and I really like her. I'm really busy at work and it's all good stuff.

We're visiting a new church and I really like it. The music is great and the preaching is terrific.

So, life is buzzing along at the speed of sound.

Every Day

Wow. I was all ready to post a glib little post about the progress of my new roof. I even had pictures of my roofers, laughing on the roof today.

But then I got home and looked through the news archives and found this. This police officer was killed today. Yesterday, he helped us at the high school with the bomb threat. Yesterday, he was smiling.

*sigh*

If you haven't lately, be sure and thank a police officer. Every day they risk their lives.

'night, y'all. Tomorrow I'll report on the roof.

fridaynightgirl

what a day!

today was such a day i don't think i can use capital letters. i'm so tired. i want to take a long hot bath and go to s-l-eeeeeeeeep....

it was a good day. just a very long one.

'night, 'night.

Ah, A new Phase

Munchkin ROLLED her eyes at me. Tonight. She's FIVE. Not fifteen. Not seventeen. Not thirteen. FIVE.

Ah, the joys of being of an age when you still don't recognize mortal danger when it's staring you in the face.

*YAWN* I am so amazingly tired. The roof is fine. The package is here (it's REALLY cool - score, Dad.) and I'm fading faster than a spray on tan.

Do you realize this is the FOURTH post this week? And it's only Tuesday! Whoo hoo!

I think I'll call it a night, folks.

It WAS a Misunderstanding

The contractor has the package. He said to me, as I was calming down about the water, "ma'am, by the way, I have your package." He said that they worked until dark and I still wasn't home yet (I had a board meeting). He said he was afraid that if I didn't see the notice and left it out, something would happen to it. So, he put it in his truck to bring to me today.

I thought that was nice of him. *sigh* There is still good in the world. *laugh*

Have a soggy day!

Is it Raining Out There?

OH my, what a mess. Mother hired a contractor to re-shingle my roof. They got most of the old shingles torn off and the roof started, but they didn't get finished. Thinking the rain was going to pass by (as the forecast said), they figured they'd finish today. Well, at 3am this morning, I was awakened by the very unpleasant sound of thunder. When I got up, I thought I heard water dripping in the house. Sure enough, there was water coming out of the kitchen air conditioner vent!! So, I put towels down and a bucket and went back to bed. The rain continued until 5am when the rain started coming in my BEDROOM vent. So, at 5am, I got up and called the contractor and told him to GET OVER HERE and DO something so this didn't turn into a VERY BIG PROBLEM.

I am not known for my diplomacy at 5am; after being so rudely awakened at 3. I was as nice to him as I could be since he didn't do it on purpose but STILL. *sigh* I don't like home improvement projects.

Actually, he was very nice - VERY apologetic. He stayed very calm, seemed very certain this was not a serious problem but is on his way over to fix it and was very reassuring that he would fix anything that was damaged (which I don't think anything was) by the water.

So, that's the start of my day.

A Good Day

Today was a good day. Actually, today was a great day...until I got home. I got almost everything on my to do list done which, if you know me, is an amazing feat. I am an overachiever and I make far too many tasks for any human to accomplish in one day. But I got almost everything done today.

Munchkin had a good day at school and she's spending the night with her Nana because I had a school board meeting tonight and I have Leadership Temple tomorrow - it starts at 7am.

I got home tonight, though, and found a UPS note on my door. They are saying they left it at the back door but it's not there. *sigh* So now we have to try and chase down what happened to it. The package is from Munchkin's dad - it is her birthday present. And now it's gone missing. What a way to end such a great day. Not only do I have to chase down this package tomorrow, I also have to come to terms that I may have a thief in my neighborhood - something I've NEVER had to deal with living here, in Belton. I am SO irritated. I'm hoping it turns up and was just a misunderstanding. Ugh.

Oh, and by the way, we're getting a new roof and there are torn up shingles all over my yard. I hate home improvement projects. What a mess. *sigh*

It's 11pm and I'm beat. I'm going to bed. I'm going to try very hard to shake off the urge to write off this day that has been so overwhelmingly good because of this nasty little turn, right here at the end of the day.

*sigh*

See You in Three Weeks!

Oh man, three weeks since my last post. Any of you that used to read are, I'm sure, all gone. Heck, I'm gone - what are we talking about?

Life has been so busy that it's hard to maintain the blogging. Now that we're back at school, though, I should be able to be a little more present.

Work is nuts. Start of school last week was SO fun! Munchkin started at her new school and she loves it. She even gets to ride a bus! She rides a bus in the afternoons from her school to my mother's school. She spends about an hour and a half in mom's classroom until I get off. That gives her enough time to have a snack and a little downtime where she can lay down. Mom says she almost always sleeps. School is hard work!

Just so you know - EG and I are history. He had a revelation from God that he should be with somebody that shared ministry calling and I don't. I also don't buy in to a lot of the more charismatic practices that EG got such a kick out of. It's better this way. God has given me a tremendous peace about it.

So, I'm working and taking care of Munchkin. Tomorrow is her birthday so expect a really sappy post about Doodlebug tomorrow.



Before I go, I want to share a couple of sunsets with you. It has rained an amazing amount here in Texas and the stormclouds have created some spectacular sunsets. Here are two from just last week. I just happened to have the camera.