Thanks to the 2010 Olympics, and beyond that, the now-local world of sliding sports, it looks like I'll be pretty much on my own with the business/household/parenting thing for large chunks of the foreseeable future. Rob does have the odd hour off here and there (oh, how I wish he were being paid for this) and I am proud to report that packages have been streaming out the door Right On Time. Today, however, he reported that the brakes on the car are now minimally functional (and I know it makes me a bad bad wife to say this out loud, but I noticed they were a little mushy three days ago, and it was All In My Head until today when he was driving down the very steep hill from the bobsled track and found the whole stopping thing to be rather fraught. Sigh. Even the most enlightened male....) So there will maybe be a day's delay while we impose on a friend to drive down the highway to the nearest gas station for brake fluid. (I know. A smart, modern woman would have known how to Take Charge and check that herself.) I might just walk to the post office tomorrow, but it will depend on whether the packages will fit in my backpack and how hard it's raining if they won't. It's not quite 500 miles, but the warm, fuzzy thought is there....
It'll be a good opportunity to see if puppykins can behave herself in the post office line-up. She could use a little novelty and it's pretty quiet early in the morning.
How about a wee sneak peek for the week?
The leaves are beautiful! Good luck with the car; know how that feels.
Posted by: Rose | 03/11/2009 at 03:02 AM
sneak peak??? autumn orange touched with red? be still my avaricious heart!
Good luck with getting the car fixed and I hope the dog enjoys the walk and the company.
Posted by: Linda M | 03/11/2009 at 04:24 AM
YOur safety, Rob's safety and the kids' safety is paramount. The yarn deliveries can wait.
Thank heaven Thursday is payday. I see a skein of that gorgeous maple orange in one of the sock yarns in my immediate future ...
Posted by: Jennifer R | 03/11/2009 at 04:59 AM
That's quite a tantalizing peek...
Posted by: PrairiePoppins | 03/11/2009 at 06:47 AM
By the time the Olympics are finished Rob should be down with pneumonia and the two of you will be basket cases!! Take care of yourself first and foremost.
Love the leaves - gorgeous colour.
Posted by: Sheila | 03/11/2009 at 09:20 AM
That colour is beautiful! You are a temptress.
Posted by: Judy G. | 03/11/2009 at 10:52 AM
Oh dear, failed brakes. Yikes.
I love that color, and I adore that song by the Proclaimers!
Posted by: Lorette | 03/11/2009 at 01:19 PM