A Day in the Life of Us

• It all started yesterday. Unfortunately, yesterday was stake conference, a twice a year affair in which all parents and children are tortured for two hours while others in the room try to ignore the above mentioned children and parents. So yesterday wasn't a great day.


• Then this morning we looked outside and it was soaking wet and rainy, which means that our fence would not be installed today. :( It turns out rain, mud, and pouring cement don't mix well. So we should have taken that as an omen that Tyler and I were not to do anything else again for the rest of the day, but that isn't an option as there are children to take care of and work to be done. After breakfast I got my grocery list done, and then I listened to Tyler practice for a presentation he is giving in D.C. on Wednesday, so far so good.


• The trip to the grocery store was uneventful though I had four or five items on my list that had sold out, and I forgot baby food, oh well, that's not a big deal.


• When I got home from the grocery store, and I proceed to put some items in my freezer, when I notice that basically nothing in the freezer is frozen anymore. So Tyler and I assess the situation. Which means basically we looked at all the food, decided that it was not frozen, and then we stuffed it all into our tiny freezer above the fridge. Then we dug out the receipt. Phew, we wiped our brows because we were still in the 90 day window to return/exchange the freezer.


• Tyler called up the store, made sure they had one in stock and then we haul the freezer out to the car and he headed to the store. At the store we decided that this time around we are going to buy the $40, two-year warranty because it is apparent that we need it.


• While Tyler was at the store I got a call from my mom. I told her our predicament, and she said "well that's weird. Are you sure it is the freezer, or is it the outlet?" I told her the freezer was already gone, so it didn't matter at this point, and I went along my merry way.


• Then a short while later I got a call from Tyler, who was attempting to start a car that didn't want to start. Great, that was the second time in three days our battery had died. So after Tyler got the car jump-started he headed over to Costco, where he bought a new battery. After heading out of the store he gets to the car, and surprise, surprise the car doesn't start. Well he had his new battery in hand and he lifted the hood to put in the new battery. He began to loosen the old battery, and after a minute or two realized that instead of loosening it he had tightened it significantly. He tried starting the car again and it started right up. What an easy fix. But to be on the safe side, he still brought the $70 battery home.


• Once Tyler returned home, we unpacked the freezer and hauled it down the stairs. We plugged it in, and it didn't turn on. So then we turned to the outlet and Tyler realized that outlet had been off the whole time. We turned it on, and then the freezer worked no problem at all.


• Oh well, I mean really, what is three hours and $110 dollars in the grand scheme of things?