I have had a couple of things happen that. . .well, I just have to decide I can laugh or I can cry about. . .some of them I have had to do both about. . .but because I have to keep life "real". . .I have to share some of these laugh or cry about things. . .
I should change the names to protect the guilty, but hopefully, in thirty years, if I did that, I wouldn't remember which of my darlings did that and I need them to remember what they did to mom :). So, no names will be changed. . .but then no proof of the crime is available either. . .
Incident One.
A couple of weeks before we moved, Jake needed to use my laptop in our room, to get ready for a talk he had to give and an audit at church. I went to get a few things done, I had to teach the next day at church, so when I got home, I went to my computer to find several of the keys removed from where they went! What is going on?! I started asking my darling children what had happened, and the two older boys looked at me like I was on drugs. . . and then Spencer, darling Spencer says, I used dad's drill on it to get the keys off!! Say what?! I will probably have to replace that portion of my laptop.
Incident Two.
Last Saturday, while we were moving, Jake gave Jacob the assignment of bringing my laptop to me at the new house. We had several things going on at the same time, and I got busy and didn't ask to find out where my laptop was until the next day. By then, Jacob had forgotten where he put it. I agonized a bit all week, and worried about where he could have put it. Saturday afternoon, this past week, Jacob with his brother and cousin in tow, come bounding into the house, saying we found your laptop, it was out in the park bench! Relieved to know where it was, I took it and then it dawned on me, that it had rained and that park bench had been pressure washed by the painter!! Panic set in, and my favorite computer guy had a laptop on his kitchen table and his wife trying really hard not to laugh at my children's misdeeds. . .the laptop, is fine.
Incident Three.
Amazingly, this one is all me, and it doesn't include a computer :). This morning, I went to a good workout at the gym and when I was almost home, Jake called me and asked if I wanted to come get him. Our OLD corolla's battery was DEAD. He was stuck at Checker Auto. No problem, I went and picked him up and he went back at 7:30. He called me at 8:00, with a report that the alarm, that was already installed when I purchased the car used some 13 years ago, was going off. He needed a ride to work. He patiently, allowed me to run the boys to their respective places and then I dropped him off. Back to Checker to see if I can fix the car. I tried to sneek being able to make it work like I can with my truck. No luck. I called Toyota, and they tried to walk me through the steps. I was on the passenger side of the car, I shut the door, as they said I needed to go to the Driver side, and locked myself, and all keys I had in the corolla. So, I got to walk to my house not too far away fortunately. . .I was grateful that the extra key was where it belonged and walked back, and fortunately, Toyota was able to help me get the alarm to go to valet and we were able to move on. Glad Mondays like this only come around once in a while!
Iceland Days 3 & 4
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