• Jul. 20, 2007
Thank you to my Secret Sister!!
This has really been a crazy, hectic week. I like to think I am very flexible but when everything gets turned upside down and I have to put my life and responsibilities on hold for more than a day, I can get a little frazzled.
It all started Wednesday when we took a friend that was visiting back to where she is staying for the summer. It's only a little over an hour from our house, no big deal. And since I love to multi-task, I figured since my dh also had to catch a train to go back to the office, it would be more convenient for him to catch a train at a station down closer to where we were. Well, we didn't know about the derailment that Amtrak had the previous day. It resulted in a four and half hour delay. That was my first warning. I should have followed my instinct and just drove back home at that point and gotten our tickets switched to Thursday. After sitting at the train station for about a hour, they decided to bus the people to a town about an hour further west to catch a different train. Luckily, I decided to take the boys to the mall so we were still in town when two hours later, Amtrak says there will be yet further delays. Now that means he will be getting to the office around midnight with no one to pick him up. So now we get the bright idea to switch the ticket to Thursday and I drive over to the town where he is now. Of course, I had to get lost and get stuck in a horrible storm!!
So we head home and all is to go well. NOT!!! Here comes Thursday. We call Amtrak to make sure everything is on time. Actually a bus will pick up dh and take him to the place about an hour and a half way for the train. The bus is running two hours late. So we eat lunch, run some errands and get to the station about 15 minutes before the bus is due. No bus. I call Amtrak who has no idea where the bus is but gives me the number for the bus' dispatcher. Guess what?? Somehow the bus left forty-five minutes before it was even supposed to arrive there!!! I know where it came from and where it was going - it is impossible to make that drive in less than two hours!!! So now, do we wait and try again the next day or do I just drive him down there (almost five hours away!!) Since he has already missed over two weeks of work prior to this incident, I decided to no longer leave our fate in the hands of others!! I pack up the baby and Little Man (the others were going to VBS) and we head off.
Now, the next day, after $180 expenses (gas, tolls, food on the toll plazas, motel) and wasting three days this week, I am finally home. Knowing I needed a pick-me-up, I came home to a gift from my secret sister. She sent me this wonderful smelling candle!! Thank you so much. I love to burn candles, turn on some music and take a bubble bath to unwind. I really need it right now.
I am going to go put myself in "time out" cya!!!
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• Jul. 24, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
Glad the candle arrived when you needed a little pick-me-up! Sorry your trip wasn't more relaxing!
BTW, I see you are a winner over at Training Hearts - congrats!
Your Secret Sister
