So I left early for work this morning because I had some work to do in my classroom. Now, the Franklin area is not known for heavy traffic, in fact in the almost 20 years that I have lived here, I have never been in heavy traffic in Franklin. But...it took 30 minutes to drive what normally takes about 8 minutes. So..I am already freaking out a little because I am going to be arriving to work right before the bell rings. Then, my car starts to smell a little funny and my temp gauge is on hot. The car starts smoking! I pull over into a truck stop about 3 minutes from my school and call Doug. I call my prinicpal and let her know what is going on and I sit and wait for Doug. And I wait for Doug, and I wait for Doug! By this time the traffic is even worse and it takes him quite a while to get to me. So, now we need to get the car to a repair shop. We put water in the radiator and head back to Franklin. This means I have to call my principal and let her know that I will not be making it in today. I can't take the other car back to work, because then Doug will have no way to pick Tristan up from school. So, as you can imagine I am stressed beyond my limit and my prinicpal is probably not too happy about trying to figure out what to do with my kids with zero notice. We bring the car the the repair shop, hoping that it will only be a hose or something VERY small (with a very small price tag). The silver lining: another day at home with my baby!
