Ba Humbug

Let me just say that this week has been one of the worst in my life (and believe me there have been some bad ones).

We will start with our lovely ice storm that came in last Thursday, causing Mark to miss a day of work (Saturday). Moving on to Monday, Mark gets to work, only to find that he has no brakes. The brake line ruptured (that was $130 to fix). We get the truck back the same day, which was about the only bright spot. It seems to work fine, so we go about life as usual.

On Tuesday, we run some errands and pay some bills when Mark gets home from work. Everything is fine.............. until we go to the bank/grocery store (they are in the same parking lot). After taking care of our banking and picking up milk (and other things), we pile into the truck. Only problem, it won't start. I go in to get someone to give us a jump. Guess what, it doesn't work. Again we call a tow truck. Another $210 and 2 days later, we have the truck back with a guarantee that it will work with no problems. Sure.

It is now Friday, and once again we were left stranded at a store, this time Walmart. The stupid thing died when we pulled into the parking lot and refused to start, there was no fuel getting to the engine. So, it is once again in the shop, this time getting a new fuel pump. This time the price tag is well over $400. I swear I would love nothing better than to blow that thing sky high.

We got a visit from Lynne Axley, Sierra-Lynn's parent educator (PAT). They held their annual Winter Celebration (a.k.a. Santa Night) on the 6th. Considering the fact that we didn't have a car, Sierra didn't get to go. Do you know how hard it was to hear her cry because she wasn't going to get to see Santa? ;(

Hopefully next week will be better.