on this first day of Christmas break, alarm went off
at 6AM. We rushed around and got last minute things pack, gave the
boys a breathing treatment and cereal for breakfast. Got everyone in the
van and were pulling out at 7:25AM, 5 minutes ahead of schedule!! The
trip to Ohio was good and all the kids were excellent. It rained like
the whole way, but that's ok we still enjoyed listening to Christmas
music!!
We only stopped once and it was going great until just
outside of Boardman when T hit a big huge puddle of water!!! We
immediately lost power steering and all the sudden the van was over
heating!! The alarm was dinging so loud I was like "Pull over......Pull over"!!! He did and got under the hood and found that the
belt on the tension pulley had slipped off!!! CRAP!!! We had zero
tools in the van and wasn't sure if we should call AAA and have the
van towed or what. So T called his dad and asked him to bring him
some tools, but all he showed up with was some channel locks,
WTH!!! So my awesome hubby basically fixed the van with an umbrella,
a snow scraper and a pair of pliers!!! We sat there for almost an
hour but everyone was so good!! T got the belt on and was covered
in grease but we headed to my parents house still!! We got there and
he washed up and changed clothes and my mom washed his dirty clothes
for him!! Then we had lunch (lunch meat, cheese and salads) and the
kids played and played and played!!! They had tons of fun!! We stayed
until about 6PM and then headed to my inlaws, a move we would later
come to regret!!! We got there and found out that everyone within the
last day or two had been sick with the stomach flu - AWESOME!!!
Assholes could have called us and told us before we showed up!! We
ended up having lunchmeat and cheese for dinner too. Then they wanted
to open presents! The kids got about 5 gifts each - not to over the
top but half of the boys gifts were ones we'd already bought them
from "Santa" so I guess I'll be taking those back! I got a
blanket, soap and hand cream. Tim and I got $100 cash from his mom
and dad and I got $25 bucks from Dale. We thought we'd have a nice
night with just us and the inlaws, but NOPE!! Here same TJ with his 3
kids, god I hate that!! Why can't they just stay away for once and
let my kids have some time with their grandparents with out having to
fight for attention!! Then T put the kids to bed and we had to run
out to Wal Mart to get an air mattress so I'd have something to sleep
on. Then it was nighty night!
