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I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining,
I mean I am complaining, I just don’t want to sound like it.

Today I woke up to my phone alarm going off. Well, technically it was the pre-alarm (a soft song that plays 30 minutes before my regular alarm, in this case, Coldplay’s Life in Technicolor). I laid in bed for a little while. Played a round of Wordsmith, checked my Tweets and Facebook then got up and grabbed a cup of coffee.

Today is my day to get Emma. I had plans to pick her up then we’d go to the grocery store to get some stuff for dinner. I’m going to cook a TriTip and some chicken. Later in the afternoon, I wanted to take Em to see Rango. I had hopes that she’d really like it.

So with those plans in mind, I got showered, dressed and head out the door to go pick her up.

That’s when it all went downhill.

I jumped in the Sable and turned the key – nothing.

Great.

I thought the battery might have died. I grabbed the battery charger, switched it to JUMP START mode and connected it.

Still nothing. Crap.

I spent a few more minutes trying to figure what it could be. Now I was running late to pick up Emma. I ran inside and asked Jan if I could borrow her car so I could get Emma. She said I could as long as I was back in time before she had to leave. I proceeded to quickly put Em’s car seat into the other car and raced off to Andrea’s work where I’d meet her and Emma.

Once I got there I was greeted by a kiss from Em. Best part of picking her up

From Andrea, I got new divorce papers. Yeah. I thought we were about done with all this. Apparently there was some changes she had to make and some things she had to correct. However, I am grateful for the few changes she made. Now all of the custody is split 50/50. A very good thing! It just sucks that we still have six more months until all this is done. I do appreciate her wanting this to be over and done with and as painless as possible now.

Once I got us home, I called Ford so see if it was something I could do to fix it. The service guy said no and that I’d have to bring it in. Awesome. I decided to call Harvey down at Harvey’s Autotech (based on a recommendation from Bob & Jan) to see if he would take a look at it. I also asked to see if he’d look into the CHECK ENGINE light being on and smog it so I can renew the registration. It’s a good thing I have AAA! I had them come pick up the car and take it down to Harvey’s. Hopefully I’ll hear back tonight or tomorrow morning what needs to be done to it.

So now…

Emma and I just got done eating a delicious lunch of Mac ‘n Cheese (or as she likes to call it Mac AND Cheese). In an hour we’ll use my free movie passes and go see Rango (Thanks again Bob for letting me borrow your car!).

I have no idea what God is trying to teach or show me right now.
I have no idea how much the car will cost to get fixed or how long I will be without it.
Welcome to adulthood and being a man, right?
I’m trying not to stress and freak out about it.
I’m trying to give it all up to God.

Please pray for my patience.
Please pray for my sanity.
Please pray for a miracle so I can get this car fixed.
Thank God that I’ll have joint custody.
Thank God for friends.
Thank God that He’s with me.

-i