today kicked my butt
today was a dome day and the school we went to was in austin (farrrrrrr west side). first, we found our route was detoured because of construction, which made our set-up time very limited. liz and i worked at lightning speed and were ready in time for the kiddos. the time with the kids actually went pretty well.
then
we brought everything out to the curb in a light drizzle and i went across the street to pull the car up. oh my the sound that car made when i turned it on. i've never heard anything like it in my life. as liz and i tried to describe the sound to the igo lady we paused and decided on grinding while adding it smelt bad. liz decided we would die if we drove it... maybe slightly dramatic.
eventually igo called to say we needed to get a cab to the closest car (2.7 miles away).
in the process liz & i popped the hood to "look" at it, since we were just sitting there. the only thing i know about cars is how to put in gas and change a tire. once we finally got it open (there's that tricky latch) we were looking at it (basically for smoke...it smelt like burning). a nice man came over and tried to help, which was very nice of him, but he wasn't sure either.
a cab came 1 hour later. cabs don't drive around in that neighborhood so we had to call and wait. the man i finally had rejected the call 3 times before accepting it and he was not happy he had to come all the way there. i apologized and explained the situation.
we left from the school 2 hours after we were ready.
then
we left in rush hour
it was a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long day
liz and i were exhausted
i missed my last spanish class
and we worked 10 1/2 hours today
but because of this i'm going in late and leaving early tomorrow
and on the up side, we did in fact not die and it could've broke down in the morning when all the kiddos were waiting for us
today was a dome day and the school we went to was in austin (farrrrrrr west side). first, we found our route was detoured because of construction, which made our set-up time very limited. liz and i worked at lightning speed and were ready in time for the kiddos. the time with the kids actually went pretty well.
then
we brought everything out to the curb in a light drizzle and i went across the street to pull the car up. oh my the sound that car made when i turned it on. i've never heard anything like it in my life. as liz and i tried to describe the sound to the igo lady we paused and decided on grinding while adding it smelt bad. liz decided we would die if we drove it... maybe slightly dramatic.
eventually igo called to say we needed to get a cab to the closest car (2.7 miles away).
in the process liz & i popped the hood to "look" at it, since we were just sitting there. the only thing i know about cars is how to put in gas and change a tire. once we finally got it open (there's that tricky latch) we were looking at it (basically for smoke...it smelt like burning). a nice man came over and tried to help, which was very nice of him, but he wasn't sure either.
a cab came 1 hour later. cabs don't drive around in that neighborhood so we had to call and wait. the man i finally had rejected the call 3 times before accepting it and he was not happy he had to come all the way there. i apologized and explained the situation.
we left from the school 2 hours after we were ready.
then
we left in rush hour
it was a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long day
liz and i were exhausted
i missed my last spanish class
and we worked 10 1/2 hours today
but because of this i'm going in late and leaving early tomorrow
and on the up side, we did in fact not die and it could've broke down in the morning when all the kiddos were waiting for us
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