The Awful Week Continues...

Never ever ask "what else could go wrong?" or say "it can't get much worse" because it can and it will if you tempt fate.

We'd lost out on a job and lost a baby in one week.  I didn't think it could get much worse than that.  I was right and wrong at the same time.

First, I noticed the van was running hot.  At least I was checking the gauge.  I hadn't noticed a leak anywhere but when I had to add fluid to the radiator, apparently there's a leak somewhere.  My father in law was in the area and came out and looked at it and he found the leak.  The bad news is there's a leak.  The good news is it's minor and easy to fix.  I just stay close to home and keep all trips in the van to a bare minimum for the next few days.  I can do that.  It was too hot to move around anyway.

Speaking of the hot weather...

The same day the van springs a leak, my air conditioner suddenly just stops running.  In the middle of the heatwave.  Fantastic!  Of course this happens after 5, so my landlord's office is closed and now it would cost me an additional $35 to have them come out and look at it since it's not listed as an emergency in my lease.

By the way, did you remember my son has asthma?  Right.

Now that night wasn't so bad.  It wasn't awful hot yet because we still had some air moving from the fan in the furnace and it was cold from the remaining air in the pipes.  But then we got into the next day and it got hot very quickly.  I couldn't open the windows because it only would get worse.  It was awful.

Thankfully my mom came to the rescue and put us up in a hotel for a couple nights while the air was being fixed.  It couldn't be fixed until Monday.  :(

Now we're back home, the a/c is fixed, the van will be fixed in the next couple days.  We're alive.  2.0 didn't have an asthma attack in the heat.  We have a very good friend who lives kitty corner from us who doesn't mind taking me out when I need to go somewhere so I don't have to worry about being stranded with my child if the van overheats.

I'm not thinking about nothing else going wrong.  I'm not tempting fate again.  I'm just thankful we have what we have.  I'm thankful we're home and no one got sick or had to go to the hospital.  I'm thankful we have people in our lives who love us and care about us.

It's all going to be okay.  :)  This too shall pass.