It's Been a Long Time

Well, actually, just a week, but we did manage to go camping in that time and what time we had. . .

I will back up a little first to tell you about Chris' football coaches meeting. His team is the only one with an assistant coach and no helper and his is the only team that has 5 kids who can only be on the line due to their size ~ so much for the teams being divided up evenly by their age (even the other coaches couldn't believe Chris' team had 5). He is keeping a positive attitude and looking for any helpers. . . His assistant coach is very nervous and can't believe Chris is the head coach and hasn't coached before ~ well, duh!!! He knows how to play the game, just hasn't coached. Sorry, it kind of strikes a nerve because when I worked at the daycare, there was another "teacher" who constantly asked if they were looking to hire a replacement for me because I didn't have an early ed degree (pretty sure I could teach the kids how to write their letters and cut!)

This weekend we went camping in Preston (well, it's actually a newer campground just outside of Preston a mile). The others from our "camping group" had prior commitments so it was just us. That worked out okay because on Saturday it was so hot, we sat in the air ~ there is a little creek/stream that runs along the campground, but it had rained 1 1/2 inches or more in the area that morning, so we weren't real excited about the boys being in it. Our weekend went very well and Chris even slept good in the camper so Sunday we decided we weren't going to rush home, but ended up ready to pull out at around 9:30. This turned out to be a good thing because a mile from the campground, while going up a hill, there was a loud "pppssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh". No warning lights came on and there wasn't any steam being released, so we were kind of at a loss. We pulled off the road and Chris looked at the engine ~ it looked fine. So, we got back on the road only for him to say "something just doesn't sound right". So we pulled off again and he pulled the air filter to find a hole in a hose (now, don't ask me which one. . .). Of course we didn't have any duct tape and could only find electrical tape. So, Chris used that to cover the hole hoping it would hold for a little while. It didn't last long ~ we made it to Fountain, about 6 miles away from where we were and it actually blew long before we got to Fountain. We had a nice open parking lot that we pulled into and Chris looked at everything again. He ended up cutting off the long part of a rubber glove and using the rest of the electrical tape (no stores in Fountain to get duct tape) to fix 'er up again! This time when that failed, it didn't make near as much noise and we made it home. During all of this, there was never a warning light or anything on the truck saying there was trouble.

When we finally got home, we decided to leave everything out and we'd get the mowing done. Except the electricity was off and we couldn't get the overhead door open on the shed. . . While Chris worked on that, I push mowed around some things and then he got the door open. I was quite impressed with how he handled everything (sometimes he gets so stressed out. . .) and that helps tremendously!!

So, today I dropped the truck off at the Ford dealer (they said the repair would be under warranty) and said I would wait for it by walking to do some errands. I didn't get very far when he called to say that the truck would take much longer and he had a rental car ready for me. . . So long story short, the truck will be done tomorrow and we have to run something in it so this doesn't happen again ~ something blew because it's a diesel and not worked hard enough.

Chris is late for supper tonight because Nisshin (who we work for) is stopping all shipments with their largest supplier in the US. . . Not going to be a good night!!! Wish us well, or let us know what jobs are available near you!