It has been a busy two weeks with tests, work, accidents, car repairs, etc. Wait what? Accidents? Car repairs? Yep. Jason likes to explain it saying "For our two month anniversary, Michelle and I got each other matching dents in the car." So, yes, you heard about mine (yes, it was me) a few weeks ago and even saw a picture of the ghastly thing, but Jason, to help me feel better (he says), got in an accident as well. This occurred last Sunday when we were on our way back from a farewell of a friend of ours from our old ward in the Colony. It had been snowing a lot that day and maybe it was a combination of other things as well, but somehow we didn't see the cars stopped in front of us in time and even though Jason slammed on the brakes, we weren't able to stop before hitting the car in front of us. We pulled over to the side to talk the guy and he said not to worry about it because his older car barely had a scratch. I think there was a little paint from our car on the back of his, but nothing more. Unlike his sturdy old car, ours took the beating. The front grate was smashed along with some other things that I don't know the name for. The hood was even bent a little. After taking a look under the hood to make sure the engine and everything else in there was alright, we drove on our way and made it to our ward in time for Jason to teach Elder's Quorum. Needless to say, it was not the best day.
That night we had an invitation to come to dinner at Jason's mission president's home along with some other former missionaries and their wives. We braved the snow and started on our drive up the canyon. On our way there, we were just coming up a hill and picking up speed when all of the sudden this thing flies up and blocks the view out of our front windshield. Apparently after checking to make sure everything was fine with the engine, we forgot to latch the hood back down and with the wind coming up that hill, it came out of its place and flew up and hit the windshield. We made it over to the side of the road safely and stopped to assess the damage. A nice man stopped to make sure we were okay and helped Jason push the hood down to latch it. It was able to latch even though it was even more bent than before. This second adventure of the day was much scarier than the original wreck because we were going much faster, it was darker and we lost almost all vision when the hood flew up. We were very blessed that the windshield didn't break and that there wasn't anyone very close around us when it happened so we were able to make it safely to the side of the road. Anyway, we are very grateful for that. We did eventually make it up to the mission president's house and had a very enjoyable time despite the mishaps of the day. We did get the rear view mirror repaired this week, but we're still going to have to work on the rest of the car sometime.
Other than that we did have a good week. We didn't do anything spectacular for Valentine's Day, but we had a nice dinner at home (I guess that could be considered spectacular since Jason is rarely home for dinner) and had fun watching a movie together. Another movie we watched this week was "The Help." It is about black women in the early 50s who worked in white women's houses in Jackson, Mississippi. It was very well made, I thought, and really helped you understand what things were like during that time. We were talking about it and were both struck by how crazy it is that people thought and acted like that just 60 years ago. It's kind of hard to believe that those terrible things actually happened. Anyway, we both really enjoyed watching it.
I also have an announcement to make. I finally decided on a bread mixer and the winner is...the Professional 6-quart KitchenAid mixer! Jason has been nagging me for weeks now to make up my mind and get one and has even threatened that he would use the money and go buy an iPad. Anyway, I told him yesterday that I was going to get a mixer that day and he just laughed and said, "yeah right," so he was very surprised when I picked him up from work and he saw the box in the back seat. I think he was almost more excited about it than I was: he even washed all the parts and set it up on the counter for me this morning. :) Maybe I'll make some cookies tomorrow.
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| This is the beautiful new appliance in the Blue Steel color I chose. |
Well, life is good despite the crazy things that happen. Have a great week and don't get into any accidents! Happy Presidents Day!
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