Busy Weekend!

What started out to be a slow weekend has turned into a crazy weekend.

I was pleasently suprised with a last minute shopping trip with my favorite almost -14 year old, Eli.

We got to hang out all yesterday together. We had such a good time. He is pleasent to be around and we shopped for him some new shirts for church. He also needs shoes because his are yucky. Now that Dave has access to shoes, well, I can't buy those out anymore.

On our way out of town, we stopped and looked at the van that I would like to have.

I am cautious about buying a new(er) car and I am weighing my options out.

My van has had it. With 204,000 miles, it has many problems surfacing, and many problems that I have been ignoring for some time.

At a certain point, a montly trip to the mechanic is more expensive than a car payment.

I don't like the fact that I could be stranded at anytime, especially now that I am driving to the big school in another town every day. And I also think about the fact that in less than seven weeks (!) I will be responsible for being in a classroom in a real school every morning! I would hate to have to tell my principal and my own teachers my van issues.

Anyways, I have been taking my time and weighing out the options.

In other news, due to MLK, my children and I do not have school tomorrow. I do still have to work.