Oh, the simple joys of Monday. Or not.

There’s always something (or ten things) that happens to come up on a Monday. For starters, my drive in this morning wasn’t terribly difficult. Our road was a bit of a mess as the plow had only made one pass when I’d left, but it wasn’t the end of the world. The highway into town was covered in ice (but at least no slush or remaining snow so that was nice), so overall the trip took longer than normal (which was anticipated). Then I had to shovel snow when I got to work. That actually wasn’t that big a deal, but it’s just extra stuff I was hoping to not need to do. After that, it was the normal Monday whatnot of getting caught up while trying to stay on schedule.

Beth had another prenatal appointment this afternoon, which went off without any sort of hitch. Her midwife made a comment something to the effect of ‘it feels like there’s a good amount of hair on the baby’s head’ to which I responded ‘Congratulations, you’re having a bear!’ Seriously, I doubt that she’ll be giving birth to the next Donald Trump, but some hair would be good. Don’t need no bald baby coming… Anyway, an ‘any day delivery’ is normal now…so it’s a waiting game. I know she’s ready for the end. 🙂

So after her appointment at the clinic/hospital, we made a quick stop at the library to see if they had a particular movie she’s intending to use in the classroom. That only took a few minutes, and we were shortly back at my office. A normal day…

Until I got out of the car. I immediately noticed that the front driver-side tire of the car looked a bit low. Upon not much more detailed inspection, I saw a big galvanized screw sticking out of the tire! Beth had to do some grocery shopping (on the other side of the alley from my office), so I went inside and did a few things at my desk while she did that. I came back out to notice that the tire was even more flat than it’d been just a few minutes prior. So, that in mind, we got in the car and went down two blocks to the co-op to see if they could sneak it in for a fix (keep in mind it was 5:15 and they close at 6).

When I walked in the door, I asked the tire guy if he could patch a tire quick. He said yeah, opened the door, and I drove the car in. Sweet. 15 minutes and it’d be fixed. So Beth went two blocks further to another video store, and I backtracked two blocks (to the office) so I could shut it down, get in my pickup, and pick her up at the video store to return to the co-op.

By the time I picked her up and drove to the co-op, the car was sitting outside again. Went inside to get the keys (and pay the bill) and we were on our way. That was a good way to end the strange day. I did many things I hadn’t intended to do…but I guess that’s alright, too. Tire got fixed for $13 (it’s usually cheaper, but then again I’ve always just brought the wheel, not the entire car). Either way, I still can’t complain and things are back to normal.

After we got home, I decided it was time to mount the [infant] car seat base in the car. That was pretty simple (even though they can be complex, reading the directions is really the way to go). So that’s one less thing to deal with. Now we can simply strap the kid in the carrier portion, then drop it in the car and we’re good to go.

Anyway, that’s about all for now. I think I’m going to go hang out on the couch for a bit.

Until next time…

–MZ