Stranded at Home
In recent months I’ve learned to appreciate having my own car. No, I didn’t just get my own car, I’ve had a car for a hundred years. But what’s changed is that I now share this car with my daughter. So it is not uncommon for me to be stranded at home with no transportation. And it’s funny because I don’t use the car all that often, but I definitely notice it when it is gone.
Today is even more challenging than usual because three drivers will need to coordinate the use of only one car. Yes, the minivan is in the repair shop… has been since yesterday… and should be ready for a 3 p.m. pickup. If it isn’t… well, the world as I know it just might collapse.
Let’s see what we have going on today…
My husband is working in one town… he needs to be back to our town for noontime to pick our daughter up from school… he’ll drop her off at home and I’ll drive him to another town where he works… at 3 p.m. (hopefully) my daughter and I will go to the mechanic to pick up the van… at 3:30 p.m. she’ll take the car to her workplace (which fortunately is in the same minimall area as my husband works)… At 6 p.m. Gerry will take that car and drive to the 8th grade promotion ceremony for our son. At 6 p.m. I will drive Sean in the van (hopefully) to the promotion ceremony which starts at 6:30 p.m.
If the van is not ready… well… we don’t even want to consider that.
So… as I sit here trying to get some work done, my mind keeps drifting to “what if” scenarios. Perhaps I should just give up on work and let my mind drift away into Freecell heaven.
What do you do when your mind is flooded with “what ifs”?
