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What a Day.

Last night there was a heck of a thunderstorm, booming and crackling away, which of course causes my dog to freak out. So I put her in a kennel (this one is smaller than her usual one because for one I thought she may feel safer in a more confined space, and for two I figured she couldn't tear it apart like the other one because it gave her less space to move.) and she was actually a little bit better in this kennel. well, at about 3:00 a.m. I Got up to tell her to be quiet, then at 5:30 a.m. I heard a huge crack of thunder that startled J and I awake but Prints was quiet. Suspicious, I went to check on her, and she seemed fine other than that she completely demolished her blanket and reaked of urine (she was so scared she peed.) Then in the morning at about 8:30 Justi and I went to go to the gym, but low and behold I had forgotten to roll up the windows in the view. The seats were soaked, and I mean SOAKED. So we took Justi's car and put a towel on M's car seat. After working out we went home for about 1hour, at which time I found messages on my phone from my grandma informing me that I forgot to pick her and grandpa up to go to the airport. I felt awful!! (although, gram never told me what day or time to pick her up, we talked about everything else, but not that.) Then M and I went to town to get some lunch before going to Cousin Jessica's house to babysit and go swimming. As I was driving I went to roll down the car window and shoo out a bee, when THUMP! CRASH!! SCREECH!!! clunk clunk clunk clunk clunk. And I coasted my broken vehicle to the side of the road. M screeched, then said "Oh man. Crash." Yes, M, Yes. Crash.
Everyone is okay, except the median post in the middle of the road, and our Saturn Vue which is now missing a part of the front side, a crack down the remaining front side, and a crunched head light, and something is all screwed up on the undercarriage. and the two driver side tires are flat. yay. We stepped out of the car and oil, or whatever guck it was, was oozing quickly down th pavement, and M informed me: "Dirty. Oh Man. Mess, mom." yes, M, yes. Mom made a mess.
After that whole debacle we had the car towed to Jessica's house, which was close fortunately, and babysat with Josh til Jess was home from her doctors appointement and then we got all the girls in their swimsuits and trucked down to the pool...which , low and behold, was closed for repairs. I don't even want to think about what the rest of the day has in store for me. WISH ME LUCK.

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Emily said…
mann! That's a mess of a day. how did you hit the median?
June 18, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Gauthier Gang said…
Darn Bee! I'm glad everyone is OK. Where are G and G going?
June 19, 2008 at 8:21 AM
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