So I have three days off... we go tomorrow to look at nine properties hopefully in our price range. Now we just have to see if they are in our "safe neighborhood/decent condition" range. Wish us luck - we may find a home this weekend.
The Altima - now at a mechanic recommended by a coworker and will be fixed for "a lot" less than what the dealership quoted. By the way - dealerships - why would anyone think that a place that does a huge percentage of their fixes for free (warranties) isn't going to stick it to the people who actually have to pay. 10 min of "labor" to tell us that we need a brand new alternator and starter assembly and that it would cost almost $1100? $56.07. Calling them up and saying a AAA tow truck is on the way and they need to give the guy the keys so he can tow it somewhere else to get fixed? Priceless.
I am thrilled to get three days to hang out with Clara. These days, I really don't get much time with her during the week. I'm out most days by 8am (Katie starts to get her up around 7:50 so I can say hi during her diaper change before I head out). I usually get back around 6:30pm after working summer hours 'till 5:30 and my 45 min-hour drive home. Clara and I spend some time, but I usually am more excited to goof around with her than her end-of-day tiredness can handle. I end up over exhausting her sometimes, which makes it difficult to put her down. Today - I took my last summer hours half day, was home by 2pm, and got to spend some good middle-of-the-day-energy time with her. We went by ourselves on a long walk, sat down in some shady grass and hung out. She really likes outside, although I wish she had some little kids to play with - she saw some across the street and it seems like she just really wanted to make friends. Hopefully a home materializes soon, and with it a church home, and with it, some little ones ready to become her new best friends. Sometimes, it seems like she's shocked that other ones her size exist.
Well, I am hopeful that we're moving to days more stable and restful. If there's one thing this all has done, it's really made me depend on God more than I think I had been in Midland. It's almost like, everything was so easy there in our personal life, and things at MBC were so nice, that faith was placed in church and knowledge more than just God (which I think I would have totally denied a few months ago). Now, it's just God, no church (at least not here), just our little family with our prayers and nights when Katie and I read a bible chapter and talk, read a chapter and talk. When I think this is something that God really saw as a fix we needed, I get hopeful, and really believe He's got a plan for all this.
It seems like a week or weekend doesn't pass without something happening - we'll see what Labor Day After has in store.
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