Blog Fodder Blessings....

...okay, so I truly believe I am being blessed with blog fodder. At least that's how I will choose to look at the train wreck of a day I've had. Okay, so I had to work tonight. The meeting started at 5:45 and I needed to arrive by no later than 5:15 to get everything set up. No problem. At least I didn't think so!

Usually on the days I have to actually get dressed and do something productive, my little man usually wants his Mom even more than usual Which is a lot! (not that I am complaining!) But today he was such an angel. Well, except for throwing his sweet potatoes directly in my face, but that was an accident! He was aiming for my hair, I think. He played with his tractors while I got dressed & did my hair...for those of you who have seen my hair, you know it takes time to tame! so this was a while! So, then I decided to get him dressed and put him in his carseat and start a movie on the DVD player before I pressed my luck with him and he got too fussy. I did that, loaded the car, locked the doors and turned of all lights, tv's etc....7 or 8 minutes max!

Strapped myself in the car and turned the key. .......nothing....try again....nothing......oh crap you stupid moron you ran the battery dead! you know you have to START the car before you load a dvd and play it......you know how sometimes when you hit complete panic your entire body breaks out in a pin prick type sweat? How you know you need to be moving but you are afraid if you do you'll faint?....well! That's what happened to me in that moment! PANIC! I -could-not-be-late!!!

Okay, so then I remembered I had bought one of those chargable jumper things you use to boost your car off with so I grab it from the back and hook everything up....nothing...ahhhhhhh!!!! Call husband, he said, well, did you turn it on?, theres a switch to turn on the power before it will boost...well NO! I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A SWITCH!..

Okay, so get the vehicle started, drop off baby,...make it on time....meeting went fabulously! I drove home chatting on my cell with my husband, when all of the sudden, about 2 miles from where I was to pick up baby....Fuel light comes on, vehicle IMMEDIATELY goes dead. I told my husband what was happening, he said...did you not put gas in it?...Okay, ladies...you KNOW the tone he used...you know, THAT tone!...grrrr! YES I PUT GAS IN! THE HAND WAS ON A QUARTER TANK WHEN I LEFT. OF COURSE I PUT GAS IN! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I EVER RAN OUT OF GAS???HOW MANY??? well, it would seem that I have now ran out of gas exactly 1 time. Now, while I was sitting there at the stop sign waiting for my husband to bring me gas, the local fire department who had blew by me, flashers and all, with lights and sirens blazing a few minutes before, came back up behind me and turned on their lights, the FLASHING ones!

I had to laugh! I've never had flashing fire truck lights behind me and a fireman walk up to my window before....anyway, the nice firemen pushed me out of the road into a nearby parking lot to wait for my husband. I did not tell them I was out of gas, I simply said, Well, my battery went dead earlier today...my husband will be here soon...It's HALF true!

Also, my cell died while I was calling the friend who had my son, and ironically, I was sitting at the end of the road where the spreader truck was stolen from, and I could hear REALLY loud yelling and partying somewhere in the darkness (NOT a good neighborhood! Thank goodness, I had my trusty Beretta in my purse!).....and I missed the ENTIRE episode of Grey's Anatomy..thank goodness for DVR (I hope THAT worked!) I'm going to bed before anything else happens!