How Was Your Day?

I (Dan) work Wednesday through Sunday so Monday and Tuesday are the days I usually take off each week and Monday is generally spent running errands and doing the grocery shopping (grocery shopping here usually require 4-5 different stores plus the central market and it’s therefore a bit to difficult to manage with the kids so I do that rather than Robin). This Monday morning I gave the guards the key to unlock our gate and I then got ready to go for a run. After they’d left, I headed out and noticed that one side of our gate had completely broken off its hinges. We have a big gate; it has two sides that swing open so we can drive into our yard. Okay, I know one hinge had detached and was waiting for a welder to come by to fix it. Now, it was urgent! One side of the gate weighs well over 100Lbs; it is hard to muscle around to open so it needed to be fixed and fast. I went out for a run, came home, fixed breakfast, and called someone to bring a welder by that day. After breakfast I tried to take the car to the mechanic, but he said to bring it back on Tuesday. I have been trying to get it looked at for three weeks; there are two “good” mechanics in our city and one is, well….let’s just say I will not take my car back to him. The good news was that I had a car to do grocery shopping. Robin and I made out a menu for the next 10 days and then I headed towards an ATM machine to get some personal money. This normally works however….yesterday all the ATM’s had long lines as the system was down. I spent an hour trying to find an ATM that was not jammed packed with people. I was very frustrated! I headed home about 10:30am and grabbed the little money that we had at home to at least get some of the shopping done. I was able to buy some meat that we needed for dinner and get home around 12:00 to put the meat in the crock pot. We crock pot most everything, however meat especially must cook at least 6 hours or it is like rubber. After dropping off the meat I headed back out for a third time assuming that during the lunch hour I might be able to find an ATM with a line that was manageable. Finally I got money! I could now shop at the one grocery store that is open during lunch hours and then about 2:30pm the other stores would start opening again. I started to go to search the stores for the items on our list. I was able to buy milk for under $4.00 a gallon, what a blessing! Then I got a call on my cell phone. Robin asked if the welder was for certain coming that day adding that the gate had just fallen on Karunia. I rushed home thinking the worst! Praise the Lord she had escaped with only a few bruises! God had indeed protected her. I helped Robin finish getting our guest room ready for guests that were arriving at 5:00 and then headed off to the airport to pick them up. The evening did end well as we spent time with our company – teammates who’d just returned from the States after having a baby.

Well that was my day – rather crazy and yet . . . . . .somewhat normal!