Bam!

You know, sometimes when I sit down here I feel like I have nothing much to report on in our mundane lives and then there are other times where I feel like "where do I begin". These past few weeks have put me in the position of the latter.

I wanted to sit down last night and tell all of you about how we are trying to make this 3 week track out from school as relaxing but fun filled as possible without spending too much money. We have found some wonderful things to do and because the weather has been so nice it has been quite enjoyable. We have played outside and baked cookies and even made our own crayons. We had plans for yesterday to go to the park and look for acorns (one of the boys favorite things to do this time of year) but that needed to be postponed. We thought we would go today instead.

So yesterday evening rolled around and Dave got some good news. He wouldn't need a root canal like the dentist originally thought. She was able to fix the problem with a band and a special filling. He knew I had been a little stressed lately and thought he would do something nice. He offered to take all of us out for a little evening treat (oh how I wanted a hot cocoa too.) We got the boys loaded up in the car and decided to head down to Panera. The boys were so excited because it had been ages since they were able to go out for a dessert. I told Dave I would drive and off we went. Well no more than two miles down the road we were stoppped at a light and BAM! Someone hits us from behind. Luckily we are all ok, and the kid who hit us seemed scared to death over what happened. Although we realize it was an accident, these things happen, it just couldn't have come at a more stressful time for us. With all that is going on it was just one more thing added to our plate to handle. Anyway, so last night instead of typing a nice little blog entry I spent the evening talking to insurance companies. This morning, instead of the park it was the body shop getting an estimate. Luckily the car is still drivable though we have no access to anything in the back because if we open the hatch it will not close again.

Well, I guess I just have to remember at least we had a car to hit. So many people are going through so much right now I just try over and over again to remember that no matter what we are going through, we are quite blessed.