It’s been a crazy week. After anxiously watching and thinking of all of my Northern friends while they prepared for the worst from Hurricane Sandy earlier this week (I’m still thinking of you are dealing with the damage and destruction, hurricanes are not fun), feeling extra hormonal and cranky (something kicked in this week and it’s not pretty), and dealing with car problems I am SO READY for this week to be over.
Last Friday my car battery died. AGAIN. We took the battery up to Auto Zone (where I bought about a year ago) to see if that was the problem, and it was completely fine. They charged it and the car started and we thought we were good. Until I tried to drive home from Target that night. Asking strangers to jump your car is so fun! Monday we took the car in to our mechanic (it due for an oil change anyway!) and he replaced the terminal connectors. Good to go – or so we thought. Wednesday I got a call from Dan that HIS (10-year old) car was acting funny. Great. The transmission started slipping and then finally the car just stalled. Poor guy – it was his day off and he was stuck dealing with the car. Turns out while we were lucky with our Nissan – we were not so lucky with our Honda. The transmission is kaput. We COULD have it rebuilt for $1500 or a buy a new one for $2000 – but we were planning on selling the car in the spring and it’s probably only worth about $2500. Seems silly to waste so much time and energy when we know we are getting rid of it. The best part of this story is that on Thursday, MY car wouldn’t start. I apparently left the door to my car open all night and it drained the battery. It’s working now, but for a minute there we were wondering if the car gods were EXTREMELY mad at us!
That was a long story to get to my point… Instead of focusing on the negative — and in the spirit of Thanksgiving (which will be here before we know it!), I want to focus on what I am thankful for… it really does outweigh the bad.
1. For my family, friends, and loved ones that are all {relatively speaking} healthy and able to provide so much support to me and my family – even in a moments notice.
2. For parking lot strangers and neighbors who jump cars — and my mother-in-law who is lending us her spare. I feel like a teenager again borrowing the car.
3. For our mechanic who has spent many hours looking at both of our cars and charged us only for an oil change {he also buying our Honda and not charging us for the tow}. Honesty really does pay – he has a customer for life!
4. For my husband and my kids for putting up with my case of the grumps. I’ve been feeling very bah-humbug this week and I know I’m not easy to put up with!
5. For the ability to think, “Things could be worse.” Sure, all of this happening right now is a little stressful, but I am just so thankful for everything I have in my life – my family, my job, my home, and my health. I am one blessed girl.
“Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience. Perhaps someday you will be thankful for some temporary failure in a particular direction. When one door closes, another always opens.”
What are you thankful for today?
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My car broke down for the first time ever 2 weeks ago…when I was out of town…in a city where I didn’t know a soul. I had to call a tow truck and pay them $100 to drive me exactly 2.7 miles to the dealership, where I spent the rest of the afternoon waiting for my car to get fixed. Crazy! Car trouble is no fun!
Hope next week is a better one for you!
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