Seriously?!

* I decided to buy a new car when Hubby was out of town. It was a stressful afternoon, but I succeeded. When I got home I needed to sit down for a while and let all the anxiety fall away. But after a couple minutes I noticed the clock and realized my daughter had an ice skating lesson in 10 minutes… and the rink was 15 minutes away. Ack! She changed and grabbed her gear and out to the car we went… to find it locked. My kids had run to check out the car while I was de-stressing and had accidentally locked the doors. Of course, both sets of keys were safely locked inside. Urgh. At least since Hubby was out of town his car was available. I grabbed his keys and off we went.

     As we were finally on our way I realized my daughter was going to be 15 minutes late to her 30 minute lesson. Ouch. I called her instructor who, thankfully, understood and rescheduled for later in the week. So instead of driving to ice skating lessons we drove to the dealership. They got a great laugh at my expense. I doubt they’d had anybody lock themselves out of their car within 30 minutes of purchasing it. Thankfully they were able to give me a dummy key to unlock the doors. Whew!

     The first thing I did when we got home was unlock the car and take the keys out. Then it was time for a much needed break as my stomach was in all sorts of anxious knots. I laid on the couch and called my sister to relay the afternoon’s stresses. I was halfway through the story when I realized my daughter had another ice skating lesson we were about to be late for! Not kidding! (She was getting ready for an ice skating show, so she had one private lesson for her solo and one lesson for the group number - both on the same night and at different rinks.) I barely got her to the ice in time. I didn’t care who was watching, I laid on the bench right in the middle of everything, tried to relax, and swore Hubby would be in charge of future car purchases.