Ever since I can remember August has been a particularly bad month for my (the crouse) family. My poor parents had to endure year after year of things going wrong in the deadly Arizona heat.
I'll give you a few examples;
1996:
-I had appendicitis
1997
-sky had appendicitis
1998
-logan had appendicitis
-just before that the air conditioning went out (when my parents were out of town) and the kids had to separate between my aunt Vicki's and friends.
-the refrigerator, dishwasher, and dryer dying at the same time
-countless car batteries and a/c's going out..
..i think you get the idea
you see these are the things we've come to accept as apart of every August.
I'm so sorry Lance, for marrying into the 'Crouse Curse'. I think we are blessed that our curse is hitting in july--BEFORE the baby comes.
here is what we've been hit with (sorry no pun intended):
LAST thursday we were in a “small” car accident. it’s becoming a big hairy mess to get the car fixed. Fortunately for me I'm married to a chiro student! Downfall, to that being we’ve been in to the Outpatient clinic 5 times this last week.
wednesday brakes are squeaky, thursday definite grinding...yep, the front brakes need to be replaced but we can’t get in until monday.
Thursday i have a major preggo moment and shut the garage on my van. funny thing is my garage won’t close when the garden hose is too close to the spot where it closes yet it will try to slide down the entire back of my van and only retreat once it hits the bumper.
friday we see cobwebs in the car. a spider must have sneaked into the girls’ stroller while we had it stored in the garage. Lance sprays the ultimate spider killer in the car closes it for a while and then airs it out all night long...whoops, he forgot that with the automatic door open it would leave the lights on all night long and drain the battery.
Saturday i get up early to attend a stake activity, but find the car won’t start. get jumped by 3 different people (at different times) hoping that if we drive around enough that the battery will recharge itself. We even drove to vancouver to the nearest sonic for drinks, but nope, the van will still not start on it’s own. During the day the van ran idling for about 3 hours total.
Sunday, got van jumped in order to get to church in time for Gracie to sing in Sacrament meeting. Got jumped again to come home, by now we’re thinking it might be the alternator...this really sucks! But maybe our luck is changing?? Thanks to Jiffy Lube for being open on a sunday and for only taking 15 minutes to change a battery and the oil in my van. $90-something dollars is much better than forking over $500+.
Please tell me there is an end...
tomorrow I get the brakes fixed. wish me luck!
I am counting down the days of July, August will be bright and happy, right??
