Sundays have the potential to be the greatest day of the week. Unfortunately they also have the enormous potential to drive people like me to a life spent as a hermit. Yesterday was a mix of both. The day started out well enough. The girls are doing great at church. We haven’t had a situation with Savannah Grace in weeks. She gives us a hug and a kiss and then makes her way into Kidstown. Rylee still cries when we drop her off but she’s been in great spirits every time we pick her up.
Then we went to lunch. It wasn’t so much the behavior of the girls that was the problem. They were being good but they were going on all cylinders. Rylee was singing at the top of her lungs; Savannah Grace was exploring everything. We chose a particular “Apple-ish” restaurant to eat. The parking lot was near empty. On a Sunday that should have been a tip off for us. The server was nice enough but he just didn’t get that when we asked for something (napkins, correct drinks) we needed it pretty quickly. To make it short, I probably will never go back to that restaurant.
We had a great afternoon planned. Some of my students were coming over to watch the Euro 2008 final between Spain and Germany. Anita, being the phenomenal hostess that she is, went out to get some snacks for the guys. When she got back she was in near tears and had the Explorer’s info book in hand. I’ve never had to consult our vehicle books for good reasons. As fate would have it our transmission died. Anita managed to limp the Explorer home. I did a little research on our issue and found out that hundreds of 2002 Ford Explorer drivers have had transmission failures. Every story has been almost identical to ours. Unfortunately there is no recall on the transmission. So it looks like we’re going to have to come up with between $1500 – $5000 to fix it. YAY!!!
Thankfully we have a little four door Saturn that runs great and we can all fit in. So Spain won the game and it was time to get ready for The Gate (our High School Ministry meeting). We had a pretty incredible night of worship and learning. I’m so excited to be here at Northwood. I really believe God is going to use us to begin something huge in the city of Charleston. So I’m at the office and ready to work. I’m thankful to have my staff back home from the Mexico City Mission Trip. They probably need some rest but I’m too excited. Time to get to work!