I'm combining these two because I didn't really notice a difference between the two. This afternoon consisted of us going to Suri's house and kids played while I helped Suri make cupcakes for Laura.
I took the boys home and put them down for nap. Nicholai got up early so I figured, why not and tried to get to the dealership to pick up the car and get back in time for Laura to take it to class. The dealership called and said that the upper and lower radiator hoses were pitted and might leak coolant soon. That repair would be $550+ if we wanted to do it. I said no because there was no way for me to discuss it with Laura since she gets zero reception at the VA hospital where she's doing clinicals.
That's when it began.
It started raining heavily as I went inside to get the verdict on the car. Nearly $900! They were already running the coolant flush when they noticed the problem so they couldn't stop it so they had to charge me for it. Ugh.
Then the machine that was running my card was having issues. So many to the point that where she had to call the bank that ran the machine and do all kids of weird stuff.
Consider my plans to get the car back in time for Laura screwed.
It continued to down pour as I switched the car seats from the loaner Elantra to the Fe.
By the time we got back I rushed to get dinner done and do the end of day cleaning.
It has been a day and it's my second to last one. Tomorrow is my last day as a Temporary Mr. Mom and I have learned much.
Temporary Mr. Mom
It's hard being a mom, isn't. Make you appreciate your wife and mother.
ReplyDeleteNot being a mom per say bit being the stay at home parent. And I wouldn't say it's hard. I would say it's tiring in very unique ways. I know I used the sign off of Mr. Mom but that was more of a joke that came about from people when they heard what I would be doing. There are plenty of cases in which there are stay at home dads. How come a woman is never called a Mrs. Dad if she has to substitute? Just something to make you think.
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