one of those days you wish you could just erase?? A day so awful that it feels like a bad dream??? Yep -- you guessed it. That's what my last 24 hours were like, and unfortunately I couldn't just wake up and make it go away....
It all started yesterday morning when I had to take Riley (our dog) to the groomer. When I got in the car, I could hear the engine laboring a little. It must be the cold weather, I thought, but I called Matt anyway. He told me not to worry about it. 45 minutes later, I'm on my way to fill the car up with gas, and it feels like the engine is hiccuping a little. Call Matt again. He tells me that he'll look at it when he gets home. Around 5 pm, I pack up Katherine and Caleb, and we head off to pick up Riley. I turn onto a relatively busy 4 lane road during rush hour, and low and behold, I can't get the car to go over 5 MPH and the RPM's are in the 5- 6 range. Not good. Hazard lights flashing. Katherine wants to chat about everything under the sun. I'm cussing under my breath, praying we make it off the street alive. I don't really want to get rear-ended with the kids in the car. I'm less than 3 miles from home and it takes me 45 minutes to get back to the house. I had to turn the car on and off every couple of blocks (or feet in come cases) to even get it to go forward... UUUUUGH!
When Matt gets home he takes a look at it, and it won't even go into reverse. It's the transmission. It has to be replaced, which we just found out this afternoon. Almost $4000. UUUUUUGH! OK -- I drive the small Lexus SUV and it's got LOW miles. To think that we have to replace the transmission just makes me ill. So, for now, I have no car.....
To make matters worse, mom has to take Katherine to preschool this morning as I don't have wheels. Shortly after my mom brings her home, she breaks into tears for no less than 45 minutes. She's uncontrollable. Something happened at preschool that made her this sad -- and I wasn't there. Preschool was just awful for her today. You know why???? I'm a LOSER mom!! We get monthly calendars with events listed for each day (show and tell, snack helper, line leader, birthdays etc..). In addition, we also get weekly letters with any announcements, upcoming events, book orders that type of thing. On the monthly calendar (which we got over a month ago) it says that today is PJ today. Every "day" is something, so I didn't think anything of it. For example, Tuesday was popcorn day. They brought in sandboxes filled with popcorn for the kids to play in, made popcorn, learned why it popped etc... NO PARENT ACTION REQUIRED. Why would I think PJ day would be different, and if it was, why didn't they either tell us, or put it in the weekly letter??? So I didn't give "PJ day" another thought. Well I should have! Shame on me. Shame on me. SHAME ON ME. Both of her teachers and over half the class had on PJ's. The other half must have a loser mom like Katherine. In my defense this should have been in the weekly letter! HEEEEELLLLLLOOOO! UUUUUGH! Poor Katherine. I broke her heart today. There is nothing worse.
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Ok. Typical comment from a woman whose husband has been in the parts business for 20 years but the reason you ahd to replace your transmission is because you drove all day while it made funny noises. Next time any funny noise comes from your engine, you drive to the nearest dealership, no calls to the husband needed, and you ask them to check it out immediately. One time my Mom borrowed my car to go out of town. On her way there, my transmission went out. She drove it all the way back to the house (50 miles) in 1st gear going 60mph. I was pissed.
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