It's Friday the 13th. I usually giggle at people that pay attention to that old superstition. The only time I remember changing anything that I was going to do on Friday the 13th was when I was a home decorator. I found out that my afternoon appointment was a real life witch. This came from a strong, credible source. (ie mayor/neighbor) I really didn't want to do business with people that worship the devil, but I had made the appointment a couple of weeks out and professionally felt the obligation to keep it. When I realized the date, I decided that was enough and I didn't want to push the subject. I cancelled.
Thursday the 12th may be a different story though. Older son (#1) was mowing out lawn to be overpaid with gas money. He got halfway through, and the handle of the mower came apart. Hub says that he thinks the mower can be fixed but until then, half-mowed lawn. Then #1 left in Hubs's car to go visit his cousin at college in Texas for a long weekend. Hub and I had words about this because he has been on an extended, very expensive vacation for the last 5 weeks and not really looking for a job. After he left, younger son (#2) went to get the mail and notice water spraying from a pipe in the front yard. Hub went out to check. Hub thinks that #1 had to have ran into the pipe and cracked it while mowing. Never said a word. When he tried to tighten a valve, it broke off in his hand. Now we have a tall geyser. I called the water department. They came out and said it was a pipe to the sprinkler system and past the point of their responsibility. I called our Home Warranty people and was told that they don't cover anything outside of the house. Hub turned off the water and I called the plumber we had used a month ago. He was over booked, but promised to be out first thing today. We turned the geyser back on just long enough to fill up sinks and pitchers, and flush potties. Ewww!
Then #1 called. He was about 4 hours away and the low fuel pressure light was on. He pulled over and the car started dying. He got it started and Hub told him to turn around but he refused. Instead of following the driving directions that we printed out, he went to the town we moved here from and to a favorite hangout. He said he could only go about 30 mph for the last hour and the car happened to stop there. Amazing! He calls us after about half an hour. A repair place that we had used and trusted was not too far away. Hub told him to try and get it started and take it there. In the mean time, the cousin is driving over from college about 1-1/2 hours away and his sister is picking up #1 and will meet him halfway. Everyone is trying to help and I'm still a little ticked at the situation.
Well the plumber came this morning to the house-of-dirty-people. He said that the way it was installed was stupid and should be changed. About $300. He would take the piece back to his shop and see if he can re-tool it to make it work. Today it is just $100. He cut off only the water to the sprinklers so now at least we have water in the house.
Hub called the car repair place and his mechanic thinks that it may not be as bad as we thought. Hasn't given us the what and how much yet, but we can be hopeful.
Gratitude list:
- Happy to have water. Showers are going, dishwasher and clothes washer. Makes me a little more compassionate about people in third world countries. I am so spoiled.
- Thankful for cousins who will go out of their way at 10 p.m.to help my son.
- I'm grateful that half that is mowed is the front lawn instead of the back.
- I'm excited that I knew some of the answers on Jeopardy today. Usually, that show makes me feel really stupid.
Later
2 comments:
I'm a little behind in my blog reading! Three posts...WOW! LOL!
Sounds like things are up and down in your world but you seem to be rolling with it. Gratitude is good.
I didn't think witches worshiped the Devil. Maybe there are different types. i thought people who worshiped the Devil were just devil worshipers.
If you are feeling mistrust in #1 then listen to all the words God is putting in your head. He's trying to tell you these things to help you keep your son from taking the wrong path again. You are not supposed to be his friend, you are his parent.
He should get a real job. Maybe someone with a area Church can help him find a job. He will not like having to get a real job but he's an adult and that's what adults do. It will make him feel better about himself. Have you and Hubby gotten to go on a roadtrip just for mowing half the yard?
Adults also buy their own cars. You should not be paying for his insurance and giving him a car to drive, especially when he doesn't go where he says he is going. He just broke your trust. If he knows he can get away with it once he'll try to get away with it again.
Believe me, once he starts having to rely on himself and not you or someone else, he'll mature into a fine young man and thank you for it. I know this, because we had to use the tough love tactics on one of our own. It didn't hurt for our #2 to witness how we had to handle our #1... he watched and learned.
So many times we as parents feel like we are helping our kids when we are really enabling them. And when we think about it, that's the very last thing we want to do.
Hope the lead up to the 13th is over and done and everything calms down for you guys.
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