It is SOOOOO Monday!

SB is sick. Just a cold I think, but enough that I thought she should stay home today. I didn't decide that until we were on the way to school though, so she was with me this morning. I left her and the two little ones I care for in the car while I ran the other two to class. When i came back? My van would not start. ARGH! So, I call my hubby, who is already at work. It will take him over an hour to get and he'll have to drive back to work and use more $3 a gallon gas, so he calls his dad. My FIL is on his way to work, right next door to my kids school, but does not have his jumper cables. He does turn around and go back home to get them and then come start my van. He wants me to take it right then to get the battery changed, which I plan on doing, but then realize that by the time I get to the shop I will need to leave to get the Princess from school. My FIL does offer to pick her up, but sitting in a shop all day waiting for someone to change my battery and charge me $90 just for the battery is not going to work. Aside from the fact of the kids, there is the fact that paying for that battery would mean no grocery shopping this week until Mark gets paid. And that would be bad!

So, I pray that the car will make it the rest of the day. And it does. And when Mark comes home he takes the car to Auto Zone where we got the battery 16 months ago. And it has a 3 year warranty. So, not only do they give us the replacement battery for free, but they actually put it in right there in the parking lot. Now, Mark has replaced a gazillion batteries and could have done it himself, but they offered. And did it for free. So awesome!

SB is feeling better now. Well enough that I sent her to dance since it's recital time and I don't want her to miss a class.

And Bubba has a girl over. A girl who is "just a friend". But he happens to be taking her to PROM!!!