Last week I woke up on Sunday morning and felt a little off, my throat wasn’t technically sore, but there was a little tickle. I went to church and taught my class but came home and slept most of the afternoon. I got up and made dinner for the family and then went to bed early. Monday morning came so fast. We are waking up at 6:45 during the week to read from the scriptures; we read and then I laid back down. I told the kids that I wasn’t feeling well. Macy said she wasn’t either and Sally said if Macy’s wasn’t going, then she wasn’t going to go. Teddy said if I wasn’t going to go to work, then he wasn’t going to go to school, which was fine because I really didn’t want to get up and drive him. Having the girls home was so hard; they seemed to be feeling fine but they were off the wall crazy. I was so tired but they kept coming in and asking me things, they were hungry even though I had just fed them; and they were fighting constantly. By noon, Macy said she wished she was at school and I told her that I wished she was there too. Because they were not technically sick, I let Teddy go to his speed and agility class and Macy went to dance.
A side note to that; remember this summer while on our trip, our car was had some troubles…we put in a new ignition switch in DC and a new started in Tulsa. Well at the beginning of December the car starting acting up again; it made a weird sound when trying to start and sometimes would take a few seconds; well as the month progressed it started to get worse and worse. The last Saturday before school started Teddy had asked if we could take his friend Amya to our local soda shop called Fizz Bizz; we set up a time to go and I went out to the car to get it started and after a couple of minutes and many prayers, it wouldn’t start. I came inside and told Teddy we would have to wait until dad got home; Sam had been doing some baseball lessons all morning and I asked him if we could use his car when he was done. He had already set a time to go with a friend to lunch which I didn’t know about but he was able to move his lunch to later. Also during this time, I was suppose to take Macy to a friends house and we ended up having to walk. It took us a good 15 minutes to get there; but we made it. The family has some knowledge about cars, so he brought me home and helped me with a portable battery charger, just in case it was my battery that wasn’t working. I got it hooked up and then waited. I was able to take Teddy and his friend out and then Sam was able to go out too. When I got back, I tried the car and it started with the help of the charger. I took off the cables and it took a second but started again. When Macy’s friends dropped her off, I gave them back the charger.
So back to Monday; I had to take Teddy and Macy to their activities. I said a prayer and the car started but I didn’t want to take any changes; so after I dropped off Teddy at 3:30, I came home and left the car running for 20 minutes and then took Macy to her dance at 4:00, then came home and kept the car running again and picked up Teddy at 4:30 and did the same thing ending with Macy at 5:00. After that I came home and stayed for the rest of the night. So Tuesday, I woke up still not feeling great, but I got up and got the kids to school, I was still trying to decide if I was going to call in sick again or just come home and rest and then go in. So as I was driving Teddy to school, I had the thought to take my car into the shop. I had an appointment on the 16th for them to look at my headlight (which in itself is a different story-my luck with cars is just so not great) but I decided to take it in and see if they could help me. I waited for a little while and they came out and said that it looked like it was the starter. I told them that we had put in a new starter back in July in Oklahoma and they asked if we had the receipt. I called my dad since he was the one that was there and he said if there was a receipt, it could be in the car. So I went out to the car and checked and found it in the glove box. The people at the shop were able to get a hold of the place that we had gotten the starter from and try and see if we could get the part and labor under warranty. I was so lucky that they had a loner car at the shop and let me barrow it for the day. They were able to get the part in and will work with them on the warranty. So for now, I got my car back and I didn’t have to pay anything, which is such a miracle for me. I acknowledge the whole day was a miracle and I have so much gratitude in my heart.
The rest of the week went okay; activities started up again. Teddy had his first basketball practice this week and he had his first game on Saturday. It was more of a jamboree style where they played 3 teams for just a quarter just to gauge ability. It seems like he had a good time. He knows all the players on his team and his coach seems nice and will be good.
Church was good today. During second hour, we met with the young men and Teddy was ordained to the priesthood; he is now a deacon. It was special and he got to share it with his best friend Jonas. Callan, Karey and Liam were also able to come. After church we headed over to their ward building where Liam was ordained to a teacher. They are growing up so fast. What great young men they are becoming. I hope that this will help Teddy at home with being nicer to his sisters. 
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