That’s Cute, Dad.

Well.  I never did find a dead quail in the house.  I am feeling fairly confident our house is quail-carcass free.

On Friday, I had to take David’s gigantic truck to school.  I felt like it was running a bit funny, but, what do I know?  The school week completely kicked my butt and I did not feel like I had it in me to drive out to the kids’ basketball games, so I peaced out and went home.  When I got home, I texted David to tell him the truck was running funny.

His reply?

“Yeah.  I am surprised you didn’t break down.”

So my kids starred in basketball games far, far away, won per usual, and I went to sleep by 730pm.

Saturday.

Reader.  Many moons ago, David and I purchased an old Subaru for the girls to use.  And then the engine blew.  And it has sat on our property, surrounded by no less than 6, 721 hay bales, waiting for someone to deal with it.

And because every single vehicle we own has needed a mechanic in the past two weeks, David has decided the Subaru should not feel left out and now is the perfect time to get that baby a new engine.

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David must think teacher’s make tons of money.

To set the scene, here are a few things you need to know.

1.  Hadley was at work.  With her car.
2. My car was at a mechanic, but ready to get picked up.
3. David’s truck is about to break down and needs to get to a mechanic.
4. The Subaru needs to get to a different mechanic.
5. HD wants a new button down shirt because COACH SAID TO DRESS UP.  GEEZ.
6. Kids were playing in Varsity final championship games.
7. It was Hadley’s last game ever as she is a senior.
8. We are still supposed to be building an apartment.
9. Oh.  And we have cows.

On Saturday morning, I tried to get a weekend’s worth of chores done in two hours so we could leave for car drama and basketball.  It was time to leave and I had the honor of choosing between driving the truck and towing the Subaru, or sitting in the Subaru while it was being towed by the truck.

Reader.  A bit of advice.  If you are ever in this situation, choose to be the Tow-ER and not the Tow-EE.

So David got all the rigs all ready to go.

See the hay bales?  Did you think I was fibbing?

I succesesfully towed David and the Subaru to the mechanic without causing any minor road infractions.

And if this doesn’t prompt David to finally buy me that Number One Wife T-Shirt, I don’t know what will.

We got the truck to a different mechanic and Hadley met us there so we could use her car to go and get my car, which was at a different mechanic.

Are you following any of this?

And the truck’s mechanic is right by a mall, so HD and I ran in speedy fast to buy him the button down shirt that he would wear for 2 hours because COACH SAID TO DRESS UP.

GEEZ.

Then we took Hadley’s car to the other mechanic to pick up my car and we went to The Big Basketball Tournament.

Oh!  Ask me how crocheting is going!

We got to The Big Basketball Tournament.  Hadley’s team won the coveted Gold Ball for the most wins of their league.  HD’s team didn’t win anything, but he did look snazzy in his button down shirt while sitting in the crowd.

COACH SAID TO DRESS UP.  GEEZ.

It was sad to know that it was Hadley’s last game.  Senior stuff can get hard, you know?  Her team was falling behind and at half time, we weren’t sure they were going to pull it off, but they did it!  It was one of the most exciting games I have ever watched and Hadley played like a beast and had one of her best games ever!  It was a fun night and a great way to end her career.  She even made the paper the next day.

When we were at the games, all the grandparents were there.

My Dad:  Taylor.  I was driving my car and a check engine light came on!  And then I went to start my truck and the battery was dead!  I felt like you guys!

Me:  That’s cute, Dad.

I wonder if my dad has ever towed a vehicle, such as I?

Boys Varsity played next.  It was an extremely close game the entire time.  HD is a swing player and only plays if they have a decent lead, so he did not see any playing time, but it was very exciting to cheer their team on and watch them also win the championship.

After the games, Hadley was exhausted and drove home.  HD wanted to go out to celebrate with his team, which was understandable, and the only reason I am saying this is because I want you to know that we didn’t get home until 11:30 AT NIGHT.

Sunday.

On Sunday, Hadley and I started to paint the apartment.  David was in charge of repairing something ELSE on my car, and HD was in charge of feeding all the cows.  LD was with a friend in town.

HD interrupts our paint sesh to tell us there were two new calves.  So we all stop our projects and head out to see.

My best gal, Matilda, went and had herself a baby bow that has a matching face like hers.

And then this unknown gal had a baby as well.

Fun times.

We went back to painting and did online church and lunch.  While we were eating, I noticed two new-ish calves (not the newborns) had decided to be brave and venture down to a hay bale near the house.

I called out, “Hello!” to them.  As people do.  And I scared the living daylights out of them and they booked it on out of there.

The kids ditched us for social activities and David and I worked on the apartment.  I can be trusted to paint, so that is ALL I did and I was so over it by the end of the day, but we got it done and we are ready for flooring.

David started spreading a mud like/concrete like substance around and I literally have no idea why.

I do not understand anything about any of this.  He probably thinks I am a goose.  But I know what a dipthong is, so he is probably in awe of me, too.

We came inside and I was able to actually make something for dinner.  David went to bed and the dogs and I *stayed up* to wait for the kids to come home.

Happy Monday.