Back to Reality

We had a glorious vacation and weren't quite ready for it to be over. But reality did come when landed in the Pittsburgh airport at midnight. Doug kept saying, "Grrr. Responsibility." After not having our daily responsibilities of owning a car, keeping up with the house, etc. the following jumped started us back to reality:

1. Couldn't find our car that was parked in extended parking. It was bitter, lightly snowing, we had a ton of luggage, and two tired boys.
2. 45 Minutes later, found the car, wouldn't start.
3. Doug tries to chase down any set of headlights he sees. Remind you, it's freezing and it's 1:15am!
4. Finally he tracks down some help and we get the car jumped.
5. Our radiator was on it's last drop and kept overheating.
6. Car in the shop for 2 days and I needed to get groceries...we've been gone almost a month.
7. Our freezer in our garage some how got turned off and there was a serious stench that would make anyone puke. Doug almost did 3 times as he was a saint and cleaned out the rotted chicken, beef, pork, and venison.
8. I went grocery shopping finally. Filled up my cart full and checked out and wait...no money. Run home to get money come back to learn that they had missed some of my items during check out and wasn't about to stand in that long line again.
9. Talon got the stomach bug and was puking. Jaxon was darling and wanted to be right next to him. The only down side was we were nervous he would get sick too.

But to count our blessings. We were so blessed to travel safely, to come home to a roof over our heads and a heater that works, money to be able to fix our car and buy food, and bodies that heal themselves.