We bought a car

Schedules fell into place beautifully on Saturday, and we were able to go car shopping.  We had decided to head north to go to my hometown.  We'd always had great success purchasing vehicles there, and this was no exception.  We received a fair deal, and we are pleased with the purchase.  Since we were right there we went and showed the car to my grandmother.  It was the next best thing to being able to show my dad.  It was nice to be able to visit as it had been about six weeks since we had seen her.

After leaving there, we decided to head to dinner.  We had packed lunches knowing we'd be gone, but it was time for dinner and we were all hungry.  Thomas was with friends, so it gave us the opportunity to eat somewhere our picky little guy might not like!  It proved challenging as many places were packed with an hour wait even at 5:00, but we finally found a place and we were all happy.  It was Chinese food (which Thomas hates) and we enjoyed our meal tremendously.

When we got home, we decided to share a movie with the older two.  They were less than thrilled, but we made them turn off the phones and required to actually spend quality time with us.  They enjoyed the movie (which they admit begrudgingly) and we enjoyed our day and evening together.

I was very grateful to have the car situation handled.  Andrew and I both felt we were on borrowed time until the car just stopped running, and then we had to fix something in order just to have a trade-in.  Andrew was honest with the dealership about the work it needed and they gave us a fair value.  It was just really nice to have that off our plate.

Writing the check for payment though, made the anxiety about my work status kind of cranked up.  Last week, I only subbed one day.  This week, I'm not scheduled at all, and next week I'm only scheduled 1/2 day.  This is not going to cut it!  I also know though, that we are very blessed, and that things will work themselves out!